Особенности механизма и практики внесения изменений и прекращения действия нормативных правовых актов, принятых в рамках Содружества Независимых Государств

Abstract

The article deals with the unexplored problem of the international law concerning the procedure of amendments introduction and termination of normative legal acts adopted within the framework of the CIS. The author analyses the mechanism and practice of introducing amendments and terminating the following legal acts adopted within the CIS framework: The Rules of Procedure of the Council of the Heads of States, the Council of the Heads of Governments, the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs and the Economic Council of the CIS adopted by the Council of the Heads of States on October 7, 2002, recommendations on the development of drafts of the international legal instruments of the CIS and the procedure of preparation and holding meetings of the expert groups on the concordance of the CIS instruments drafts adopted by the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs on September 18, 2003, international practice and norms of the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties regulating the mechanism of changing and termination of international agreements. The author goes beyond mere analysis of the normative instruments: he also introduces interesting proposals for the improvement of the CIS law-making activities including amendments in the CIS legal acts and their termination. In particular, the author suggests that amendments in the CIS law should be introduced in proper time. With this aim in view, continuous analysis of the CIS legal base should be carried out in order to compare the adopted legal acts with the existingones. He also makes proposals on the alteration of a number of the CIS acts.