comparative analysis of the legal systems of the EAEU and the EU

1. The legal aspects of the Eurasian economic
integration process in the context of the European
Union integration practice
Student: Tsovinar Hayrapetyan
Supervisor: C.L.S. Arman Sargsyan

3. ➢ the Eurasian Economic Union is not able to fulfil its goals and
objectives because of ineffective legal mechanisms
➢ the Eurasian Economic Union is mostly based on
intergovernmental cooperation and lacks some portion of
supranationality
HYPOTHESIS

4. THE RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1. Do the legal mechanisms ensure realization of the objectives of the EAEU and
effective functioning of the organization?
2. What reforms or amendments are needed in order to be able to achieve the
declared goals?
3. Which are the main similarities and differences between EAEU and EU institutions
and legal procedures?

5. Structure of the work
Chapter 1. The history of development of the Eurasian
integration process and its legal grounds.
Chapter 2. The system of government of the
Eurasian Economic Union
Chapter 3. The role of the Court of the EAEU and the Union
law

6. DIFFERENCES IN
INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN

8. Eurasian Economic Commission
➢ organising the work to improve legal regulation
of activities of the Union
➢ submitting for the approval of the Supreme
Council main integration directions within the
Union
➢ considering the cancellation of the Commission's
decisions taken by the Board of the Commission
or the introduction of amendments
➢ considering the results of monitoring and
control of the implementation of international
treaties that form the Union law
1. monitoring and controlling the
implementation of international treaties
that form the Union law and decisions of
the Commission
2. submitting annual progress reports for
consideration by the Council of the
Commission
3. developing recommendations on issues
relating to the formation, functioning and
development of the Union
4. preparing expert reports
COUNCIL BOARD

9. Decision-making procedures

10. WEAK COURT?
❏ only Member states have a right to file actions against
the others
❏ only economic entities can file cases to the Court against
the Commission
❏ private individuals cannot file a court case
❏ no preliminary ruling procedure
❏ the parties may independently determine the
appropriate form and manner of the enforcement of the
Court decision
❏ the EAEU law is not superior to national constitutions

11. CONCLUSIONS
➢effective supranational
institutions
➢primacy of EAEU law
➢effective dispute-resolution
mechanisms
➢qualified majority voting

12. Thank you for your attention!