Ershova, I.V. State regulation of prices in the conditions of economic integration

Abstract: The article concerns the legal fundamentals of the regulation of prices by the state, based upon the principal provisions of the WTO and the Customs Union. The author provides characteristics of the price regulation in the Russian legislation and the by-laws. Use of comparative legal studies allowed the author to make novel conclusions and propositions. In particular, she notes the spheres for harmonization and unification of the price regulation. She substantiates the opinion of the need to have a codified law on prices. She mentions the types of price regulation and the legal instruments for influencing the prices. She also provides apparatus of definitions and categories in the conditions of Russia’s membership in the WTO and the Customs Union. She evaluates some directions for price regulation, regarding socially important goods, medications, etc. She pays attention to the legal mechanism for fighting price dumping in the conditions of economic integration. She makes a conclusion on the nature of legal institution of price regulation and the directions for its further development.

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