SOME ASPECTS OF LEGAL REGULATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES IN UKRAINE AND THE EUROPEAN UNION: THEORY AND REALITIES

Administrative procedures are of fundamental legal importance in the practice of legal construction and public administration. This institution is an integral part of modern administrative law. In countries that have a positive practice of applying legislation on administrative procedures in public administration systems, a proper legal order, openness and accessibility of the functioning of the public administration apparatus, real responsibility of officials and civil servants have been established. The study allowed not only to establish the main elements of the content and the internal logic of the development of administrative procedures, but also to expand the understanding of the structure and prospects of codification of the general part of administrative law by creating a legislative foundation for the positive management activities of public administration. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the fact that a comprehensive consistent concept of legal regulation of administrative procedures has been developed. Essentially new is the disclosure of administrative procedures as an institution inextricably linked with the principles of administrative law and with administrative acts.