Legal basis of defense standardization of the European Union

The article defines the problems and tasks of the European Defense Agency, the historical development of the agency, as well as the national system of military standardization of Ukraine and the construction of bringing it into line with the European model, in particular, the creation of organizational forms of activity in the field of standardization in accordance with international and European practice. Also formulated is the question of the legal basis of defense standardization, which has a direct impact on the protection of sovereignty, territorial integrity and security of states that are members of international and regional defense organizations. It is noted that in order for Ukraine to join the European community, it is necessary to create and implement a national defense standardization system. Standardization in the context of Ukraine's association with the European Union becomes a tool for ensuring national security and defense capability. National security is considered as a factor that guarantees the protection of constitutional rights, freedoms, a decent standard of living of citizens, the protection of sovereignty, territorial integrity and sustainable development of Ukraine, the defense and security of the state, the protection of individuals, society and the state from internal and external threats. Harmonization of administrative and legal legislation on standardization in the field of defense of the European Union states is a key factor in ensuring the compatibility of weapons and other means used by the armed forces of European countries. It was established that for the development of the standardization system of weapons and military equipment, in particular with regard to conducting tests, it is recommended to use NATO standards as an information base, taking into account the domestic experience of the standardization system in the field of developing requirements for reliability and resistance to the influence of external factors. Implementation of NATO standards is recommended to be carried out by the method of reissue (rework, translation) with the involvement of domestic specialists in military standardization. It was concluded that in order to implement the experience of the developed countries of the West in the Ukrainian legal field, there is a need to perform a thorough analysis of the administrative and legal legislation on standardization in the field of defense of the USA and some European NATO member countries.