JUDICIAL PROTECTION IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT DISPUTES AS A FACTOR OF ECONOMIC SECURITY
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The article examines judicial protection in disputes regarding public procurement as a tool for ensuring the economic security of the state. It is substantiated that public procurement, being one of the largest channels for distributing budget funds, belongs to the areas of increased corruption risks, and therefore requires effective control and appeal mechanisms. It is shown that the national model of protecting the rights of procurement participants combines extrajudicial (administrative) appeal in the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine and judicial control as the final guarantee of legality. The quasi-judicial nature of the procedures for considering complaints by the appeal body and their practical effectiveness due to integration with the electronic system "Prozorro" are highlighted, in particular through the automatic suspension of procurement actions during the consideration of the complaint. At the same time, the emphasis is placed on the limited integration of judicial control with the electronic procurement infrastructure, which complicates the execution of decisions to secure the claim and sometimes leads to the formal nature of judicial protection. A comparative analysis of appeal mechanisms in Ukraine and EU countries (in particular, on the example of Poland) was conducted, which confirmed the compliance of the Ukrainian model with European approaches according to the general architecture of “quasi-judicial body – court”, but at the same time revealed a significantly higher intensity of appeals to the appeal body in Ukraine and differences in the rates of satisfaction of complaints. It was concluded that judicial protection in the field of public procurement performs a preventive and restorative function: it deters abuse, creates legal certainty, supports competition and business confidence, and also promotes the rational use of public finances. It is proposed to direct further improvement of the system to increasing the efficiency of the execution of court decisions and strengthening the procedural and technical interaction of courts with the electronic procurement system.
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public procurement, judicial protection, administrative appeal, Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, Prozorro, economic security, corruption risks
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