LEGAL BASIS OF DECARBONIZATION OF THE CITY TRANSPORT SYSTEM BASED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ELECTRIC MOBILE INFRASTRUCTURE

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the legal support for the transfer of urban passenger transport from automobile to electric vehicle transport, which is necessary for the decarbonization of transport and the sustainable development of the settlement. It is well-founded that road public transport is part of the transport system of Ukraine and the city infrastructure system, and therefore the legal provision of its environmental protection should be implemented on a comprehensive basis. Legal support for the decarbonization of the urban transport system of road transport by encouraging the use of electric vehicles is carried out by norms of different levels (laws and by-laws) and different sectoral orientations. Regulatory and legal acts, that ensure the use of electric vehicles for urban passenger transportation, can be divided into those that: 1) lay the general principles of greening of economic activity and the field of transport; 2) provide stimulation of the development of ecological motor vehicles and the development of electric mobility infrastructure. The Economic Code of Ukraine is a codified act that should lay the foundations for ecologization of economic activity, and therefore it is advisable to enshrine in it the principles of sustainable development and signs of ecological business activity. The business activity of transporting passengers by electric vehicle can be recognized as an ecological business activity, because it will ensure the environmental safety of human life; the use of such transport eliminates such a negative impact on the natural environment as CO2 emissions into the atmosphere; they will have a level of satisfaction of consumer needs no lower than other similar services provided by traditional modes of transport. The changes made to the current legislation in 2021-2023 regarding the stimulation of the use of electric vehicles, although they do not fully meet the requirements of the European Union in the matter of determining the terms of the complete decarbonization of urban transport, are such that will stimulate the development of the electric vehicle infrastructure of the city in the future. Such an economic and legal instrument as the state program on greening transport should become the basis for the systematic introduction of electric transport infrastructure not only within the city, but in Ukraine as a whole. This will correspond to the European development vector of our state. At the same time, approaches that will fully meet the standards of the European Union should be laid down in the regulatory and legal provision of greening of the city's transport infrastructure.