The article analyzes legislative acts that are the basis of economic and legal responsibility. Attention is focused on the fact that issues of economic and legal responsibility are regulated both by codified acts: The Economic Code of Ukraine, the Civil Code of Ukraine, and special laws. The Economic Code of Ukraine has a section “Liability for offenses in the field of business”, which regulates relations regarding compensation for losses in the field of business; reveal the concepts, sizes, types and procedure of applying fines, operational-economic sanctions and administrative-economic sanctions.

The Civil Code of Ukraine contains a number of chapters and articles devoted to compensation for damages; compensation for moral damage; protection of property rights; penalty, withholding, etc. as a form of economic and legal liability. The Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses regulates the general procedure for prosecution for offenses in the field of business. Special legislation of Ukraine regulates certain areas of economic activity and liability for violation of its norms, for example: liability for offenses in the field of urban planning; responsibility for untimely fulfillment of monetary obligations; responsibility in the field of public procurement; responsibility for the use of low-quality and dangerous products; responsibility for violation of banking norms; responsibility for violations in the field of consumer rights protection; responsibility for violation of license terms of economic activity, etc.

Key words: legal regulation, legal responsibility, administrative and economic sanctions, licensing of economic activity, public procurement, offense, fine, penalty, reparation, detention, operational and economic sanctions, economic competition.

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