Energy security principles: Legal nature, classification and modernisation

With Ukraine gaining EU candidate status and developing realistic scenarios for post-war reconstruction, there is a lack of theoretical and methodological developments, comparative studies, etc. Thus, it is necessary to concentrate the efforts of scientists and experts on various aspects of energy security. A solid basis for this, of course, is the existing work of domestic and foreign scholars on the principles, namely, the key fundamental ideas, concepts, theories, methodology, and organisational and functional principles in this area.

Conclusions

Thus, it should be noted that in modern legal science, scholars often resort to studying the issues of principles, principles of law, principles of legal regulation, provision, and implementation of state and legal phenomena. This is most typical for the theory of state and law, constitutional, administrative, information and other branches of law and legislation. At the same time, energy security - one of the most important objects of national and international security - is marked by the lack of conceptual comprehensive studies, including its fundamental principles.

Based on the analysis of existing doctrinal and regulatory sources, international legal acts, as well as bylaws at the national level, it can be argued that regulation is somewhat fragmented and inconsistent. This also applies to the implementation of the principles of energy security, the lack of unified approaches to understanding their essence, nature, essential features, mechanisms of implementation, their role and importance, etc. In particular, the Energy Security Strategy of Ukraine, the Energy Strategy of Ukraine until 2035 “Security, Energy Efficiency, Competitiveness”, the Sustainable Development Goals of Ukraine until 2030 and other acts contain such categories as the principles of energy policy of Ukraine, principles of implementation of the state policy in the field of energy security, main fundamental principles of the strategy of cooperation in the energy sector, etc. Such inconsistency and terminological uncertainty, the ambiguity of object and subject composition and related factors have largely led to the unsystematic and inconsistent state energy policy of Ukraine and its organisational and legal framework.

The main principles, criteria and indicators in the field of energy security, regulated in international and supranational acts, multilateral and bilateral agreements (the Energy Charter Treaty, the Treaty establishing the Energy Community, the Memorandum of Understanding between Ukraine and the European Union on cooperation in the energy sector, the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU), seem to be more clear, which allows for a certain typology of energy security principles. Their system is quite extensive and diverse in terms of spatial, temporal, subjective and other features and criteria. Both individual principles in this area and mechanisms for their implementation require further in-depth research, especially in the context of intensifying the process of harmonisation with EU legislation and the fulfillment of Ukraine's international obligations. In other words, it is obvious that the existing principles of energy security need to be modernised and their effectiveness improved, as well as the mechanisms of state policy in the field of energy and energy efficiency, sustainable development, restoration of energy infrastructure and strengthening of the energy independence of the Ukrainian state, especially in the context of the legal regime of martial law and post-war peacebuilding.

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