NEW CHALLENGES OF REGULATORY AND LEGAL SUPPORT OF UKRAINE'S INTEGRATION INTO THE EUROPEAN UNION

Cooperation between Ukraine and the EU, which is the main priority of Ukraine's foreign policy, has been evolving in recent years, as Ukraine takes active steps to become a full member of the European Union. To do this, the country needs to implement many changes and create all the conditions for the fastest possible accession to the European Union. Therefore, an important role in this matter is played by the creation of an appropriate legal framework for Ukraine's accession to the European Union. The article analyses the current status and new challenges of the legal framework for Ukraine's accession to the EU, which is currently a topical issue in academic circles. The article is based on an analysis of current research on this issue, as well as provisions of certain legal acts relating to Ukraine's European integration. First, the author analyses the legal acts which can be considered as an element of regulatory and legal support and which regulate Ukraine's accession to the European Union and cooperation between Ukraine and the EU in general. Special attention is paid to some of the legal acts that play a key role in ensuring Ukraine's accession to the EU. The author analyses the provisions of the Association Agreement between Ukraine, on the one hand, and the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, on the other. It is noted that today there is no strategy that would define the main actions of Ukraine to join the EU, which poses a threat to its proper regulatory and legal support. The main challenges of regulatory and legal support for Ukraine's accession to the EU are outlined. In the context of current challenges, a special role is played by the need for final adaptation of Ukrainian legislation to the legislation of the European Union and the rules of European law. The results obtained demonstrate the need to improve the legal framework for Ukraine's accession to the EU. This study is of great scientific importance in terms of identifying the main new challenges of the legal framework for Ukraine's accession to the EU and justifying the need for their improvement.