TY - JOUR AU - Orlova, Iryna PY - 2021/12/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - APPROACHES TO THE DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT «STATE AID TO BUSINESS ENTITIES» JF - Scientific works of National Aviation University. Series: Law Journal "Air and Space Law" JA - ASL VL - 4 IS - 61 SE - Commercial Law DO - 10.18372/2307-9061.61.16366 UR - https://jrnl.nau.edu.ua/index.php/UV/article/view/16366 SP - 172-178 AB - <p><strong>The purpose</strong> of the article is a comprehensive analysis of existing in the science of commercial law and legislation approaches to defining the concept of «state aid to business entities», their systematization and generalization in order to further use the results in improving the current legislation of Ukraine. <strong>Research methods:</strong> during the writing of the article such methods of cognition as dialectical, formal-logical, comparative-legal, analytical-synthetic and others were used. The dialectical method is used to study the legal nature of state aid to business entities. The formal-logical method is used in distinguishing the existing approaches in the science of economic law and legislation to define the concept of state aid to business entities. The comparative law method was used to compare different scientific approaches to the definition of «state aid to economic entities», as well as the legislation of Ukraine and the European Union. The analysis of the current state of legislation in the field of research was carried out using the analytical-synthetic method, which was used in the process of developing proposals to improve the legislation of Ukraine on state aid to economic entities. <strong>Results:</strong> the study of scientific and legislative approaches to the definition of «state aid to economic entities» is important because their analysis, systematization and generalization will serve to improve the current legislation of Ukraine. The results of the research presented in this scientific article can be the subject of scientific discussions and be used by the Ukrainian legislator in creating a comprehensive legal basis for regulating the relevant relations.</p><p>The analysis of the legislation of the European Union and Ukraine, as well as the relevant scientific literature allowed to identify the following main approaches to defining the concept of «state aid to economic entities»: a set of criteria formulation of a clear definition of the term «state aid to economic entities»; definition of the term «state aid to economic entities» through the concept of «state support»; through the ratio of the general concept of «state aid» and partial «individual state aid»; definition of the concept of «state aid to economic entities» through the purpose of its provision.</p> ER -