Petrov, RomanVan der Loo, GuillaumeVan Elsuwege, Peter2018-11-022018-11-022015Petrov R. The EU-Ukraine Association Agreement : a New Legal Instrument of Integration Without Membership? / Roman Petrov, Guillaume Van der Loo, Peter Van Elsuwege // Kyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal. - 2015. - № 1. - P. 1-19.2414-9942https://ekmair.ukma.edu.ua/handle/123456789/7874https://doi.org/10.18523/kmlpj52678.2015-1.1-19This article analyses the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement (EU-Ukraine AA). It argues that this new legal framework, which has the objective to establish a unique form of political association and economic integration, is characterized by three specific features: comprehensiveness, complexity and conditionality. After a brief background of the EU-Ukraine relations, the following aspects are scrutinized: legal basis and objectives, institutional framework and mechanisms of enhanced conditionality, and legislative approximation. In addition, constitutional challenges for the effective implementation of the EU-Ukraine AA are discussed. Based upon a comparison with other EU external agreements, it is demonstrated that the EU-Ukraine AA is an innovative legal instrument providing for a new type of integration without membership.enintegrationDeep and Comprehensive Free Trade AreaEuropean UnionUkraineAssociation AgreementУгода про асоціаціюУкраїнаЄвропейський СоюзінтеграціяПоглиблена зона вільної торгівліArticle