The Civil Law Treatment of Property of the Union State of Russia and Belarus

   The article examines the civil law treatment of the property of the Union State of Russia and Belarus in the context of the special legal status of such an interstate union, which has independent international and civil legal personality and belongs to international organizations, and the need to address to private international law in regulating property relations with its participation. In addition to the international rules of the law of the Union State contained in international treaties between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus and the normative legal acts of the Union State, it is proved that such a regime should be determined in accordance with the applicable civil law of the Russian Federation or the Republic of Belarus based on the various conflict-of-laws rules depending on the type of a property (things or intangible assets). It is argued that the property of the Union State as belonging to an international organization should be classified as a type of public property, which is different from state and municipal one in the Russian Federation and republican and communal one in the Republic of Belarus. In addition, the legal problems in the implementation of the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus “On the Regulation of Property Issues of the Union State” have been identified and analyzed, taking them into account in further improving the law of the Union State, including the adoption of normative legal acts by its authorized bodies, in the field of property relations.

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