Unified Terminology for International Transportation within the EAEU

Abstract

The study aims to examine the differences in terminology for classifying different types of international transportation within the EAEU. Aim and tasks. To propose a unified terminology to designate international transportation within the EAEU. To identify differences in the name of international transportation in various international legal acts and to propose the most suitable variant for the purposes of harmonization of legislation to ensure uniformity of law enforcement practice in the EAEU. Methods. Comparative-legal and formal-legal and systematic methods of research are used to identify differences in terminology about international transportation, to identify differences and to form proposals for its unification. Results. The idea of the need for a uniform conceptual apparatus in the field of legal regulation of international transportation within the EAEU and, in particular, for the definition of different types of transportation is substantiated. Conclusions. In order to develop further integration processes within the EAEU and to maximize the synergistic effect of integration, it is necessary to harmonize the legislation governing the transport and logistics sector. One of the central points should be the development of a single legal regulation governing multimodal transportation, including a single conceptual apparatus. The term “multimodal” transportation in the legislation of the EAEU member states to denote transportation by different modes of transport under a single document. To ensure the seamlessness of the transportation process, reduce costs and improve the efficiency of logistics within the integration association, it is necessary to legally provide for the possibility to implement this type of transportation under a single document.