PROBLEMS OF IMPLEMENTATION AND PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE LEGAL ORDER OF THE EAEU

This article examines the participation of individuals without entrepreneur status in relations governed by EAEU law. Despite the economic nature of the EAEU, its activities affect the rights and obligations of not only business entities but also ordinary citizens not engaged in entrepreneurial activity. The author identifies the key areas of public  life in which individuals exercise rights and bear obligations directly arising from EAEU law. These areas include, in particular, labor migration, protection of competition in cross-border markets, customs union and international civil service. These areas are fully or partially regulated by EAEU law. The purpose of this article is to determine the extent of participation of individuals in relations governed by EAEU law, as well as the existing forms of protection of the rights and legitimate interests of individuals within the EAEU legal order. As a result of this study the author concludes that individuals are quite actively involved in legal relations governed by Union law. At the same time Union law does not provide an adequate level of legal protection for individuals, depriving them of access to integration justice and leaving a state of legal uncertainty regarding the regulation of legal relations involving them. In this situation the author believes it is necessary to strengthen the legal status of individuals, ensuring their full participation in relations governed by Union law.