LEGAL REGULATION OF CONTROL OVER THE ACTIVITIES OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT BODIES IN UKRAINE IN THE CONDITIONS OF DECENTRALIZATION OF POWER AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

Abstract

The article discloses the legal regulation of control over the activities of local self-government bodies in order to determine its system and directions for improvement in the conditions of modern democratic processes in Ukraine, which are due to European integration. Legal provision of control over the activities of local self-government bodies includes: regulation and organization of the functioning of control subjects; forms and methods of implementation of control and supervision; principles of interaction between local self-government bodies and controlling entities; guaranteeing legality during control, as well as guaranteeing compliance with the rights and interests of the community and society. The system of normative legal acts in the field of control over the activities of local self-government bodies consists of: 1) the Constitution of Ukraine; 2) international legal acts ratified by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine; 3) laws of Ukraine; 4) subordinate legal acts. It is substantiated that the legal provision of control over the activities of local self-government bodies is a process of creation, implementation and constant support of the normatively determined qualities of the relevant activity, ensuring the achievement of its goal with the help of regulatory and legal means. Control over the activities of local self-government bodies develops in the system of international acts. Internal control over the activities of local self-government bodies is ensured at the legislative level and is detailed through the local rule-making of municipal bodies. In matters of organization and legal provision of internal control, local self-government bodies enjoy broad discretionary powers. The legal concept of state control over the activities of local self-government bodies is in the process of formation. One of the tasks of decentralization of power was the definition of a new approach to the organization of control over compliance with legality during the exercise of both own and delegated powers of local self-government bodies. In the national legislation, public control over the activities of local self-government bodies is established conditionally and fragmentarily. For the comprehensive development of democracy in Ukraine, we support the establishment of the institution of public control in the Law of Ukraine “About Public Control”.