Rent Contract under the Legislation of Ukraine

Résumé

This article is aimed at studying some certain aspects of new contract institute of Ukrainian civil law – the institute of rent. The subject of the study is the civil legal relations concerning the conclusion, execution and termination of the rental agreement. The subject of the research is the legislation base of Ukraine.

Legal definition of the rent contract is analyzed in the paper. The object of the contract, its form and its parties are also studied. Types of rent contract are distinguished.  Besides, the authors analyze the questions of origin and development of various aspects of rent relations; they give legal characteristic of rent contract according to Civil Code of Ukraine, reveal drawbacks of the rent regulation in Ukrainian legislation and give suggestions on improvement of current civil legislation in the sphere of rental relations.

The authors have come to conclusion that the practice of applying of the legal construction of rent contract, which have been being formed during the 15 years of the Civil Code, proves that the rent institute is not deprived of certain problems, influencing the legal enforcement.

So provided that the legal loopholes and enforcement deficiencies are eliminated, the construction of rent contract will be used more frequently by participants in the civil turnover.

In order to achieve this goal it is extremely important to offer clear proposals to the national parliament for improvement of the current legislation regarding the regulation of public relations related to the use of the rent agreement.