Postgraduate Student at the Department of European Union Law, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University

Abstract

The study of the problem of legal regulation of international freight transportation in the context of European integration is relevant for domestic legal science for several reasons. Further internationalization of economic relations leads to an increase in the volume of international trade and the exchange of goods and services between states, which creates a significant demand for international transportation, the relations of which require proper legal regulation. As a primary task, it is possible to outline the study of the foundations of modern legal regulation of TEN-T within EU legislation and doctrine, as well as the identification of guidelines for forming mechanisms to ensure the rights and interests of participants in the national transport system when creating tools and mechanisms for international freight transportation, joining TEN-T, and adapting Ukrainian legislation to EU law. An important direction of legal regulation of freight transportation is the formation of legal mechanisms for the functioning of the Trans-European Transport Network. The update of European legislation regarding the Trans-European Transport Network and transport corridors took place with the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network, amending Regulations (EU) 2021/1153 and (EU) No. 913/2010 and repealing Regulation (EU) No. 1315/2013, which also requires consideration in the legislation of Ukraine. The development of multimodal transport infrastructure, and in the future intermodal transport, practically from an initial level provides an opportunity for legislative regulation of the restructuring of Ukraine’s transport system directly, bypassing the previously completed stages of TEN-T development. Key legislative changes in Ukraine should provide for new conditions for administrative and sectoral regulation, as well as for the coordination of major transportation flows in rail, road, and other modes of transport, with technical, technological, and legal adaptation to the TEN-T.