Legal Entities and Administrative Liability: Challenges of Application.

The article examines the issue of administrative liability of legal entities, since bringing legal entities to administrative liability remains one of the least regulated in national legislation. For quite a long time, the dominant view remained that subjects of administrative liability could only be individuals. The formation of a market economy, the emergence of private initiative and the variety of forms of entrepreneurship posed new challenges to the legal system, including the need to establish an effective mechanism for influencing organizations and enterprises as participants in administrative-legal relations. Therefore, the possibility of bringing legal entities to liability for violations of public law was gradually enshrined in law. The current legislation, case law and individual provisions of the Code of Ukraine on administrative offenses that directly or indirectly relate to the administrative liability of legal entities are analyzed. Based on empirical data, it is proven that most often in practice, officials of a legal entity are responsible, which indicates the imperfection of the mechanism for implementing administrative liability of legal entities in Ukraine. It is stated that the institute of administrative liability of legal entities in Ukraine is at the stage of formation: there are numerous legislative gaps, in particular the lack of clear grounds and procedures for bringing to responsibility. The need for a systematic update of legal regulation and the development of a single concept of liability of legal entities at the level of a separate regulatory legal act is substantiated. In the conditions of modern legal development, leaving legal entities outside the clear structure of administrative tort law contradicts the principles of justice, legal certainty and effective protection of public interests. Key words: administrative liability, legal entities, individuals, officials, administrative offense.