Das Verwaltungsverfahrensgesetz – ein großer Schritt der Ukraine auf ihrem Weg in die Europäische Union

Abstract

The entry into force of the Law on Administrative Procedure on 15 December 2023, is a significant event in the life of the Ukrainian state, for its national legal culture, for the modernization of its administrative law and for the development of an administrative culture based on the rule of law. The law is a legal breakthrough, as it finally completes the codification of Ukraine's general rules of Administrative Law after a quarter of a century of repeatedly faltering reform efforts. As the general administrative law is concerned, Ukraine now has, in principle, the same standard as its Eastern and Central European neighbors, which joined the European Union in 2004. While it is a tragedy that the law is coming into force under emergency conditions because of Russia's war against Ukraine, this fact does not deprive the reform of its historic significance!