CRIMINAL LAW PROTECTION OF THE CIRCULATION OF MEDICINAL PRODUCTS ACCORDING TO THE LEGISLATION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA AND THE SWISS CONFEDERATION.

The purpose of the article is to find out the scope of the criminal law protection of the circulation of medicinal products according to the legislation of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Austria, and the Swiss Confederation. The materials of the research were the legislation of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Austria, and the Swiss Confederation. Dialectical, axiological, comparative, and legal methods were applied during the research.

THE PROBLEMS OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY OF PHARMACEUTICAL EMPLOYEES IN THE CONTEXT OF CERTAIN FORMS OF COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITIES.

Objective: The aim: Based on the specifics of the criminal legislation, which provides liability for collaborative activity, it is necessary to offer an adequate understanding of the limits of the criminal liability of pharmaceutical employees for these criminal offenses, as well as to determine the characteristics of the components of these criminal offenses related to the pharmaceutical activities carried out by pharmaceutical employees.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: The conducted research is based on the analysis of the provisions of the criminal legislation of Ukraine and Georgia.

Conclusion: Conclusions: The main problems of criminal liability for collaboration activities by pharmaceutical employees are connected to the following: without clari-fication of the aforementioned criminal offenses, it is impossible to specify the limits of criminal liability.

THE PROBLEMS OF DEFINITION OF THE ABETTING IN THE COMISSION OF THE OFFENCES INVOLVING THREATS TO PUBLIC HEALTH (PART 1 OF ARTICLE 9 OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE CONVENTION ON THE COUNTERFEITING OF MEDICAL PRODUCTS AND SIMILAR CRIMES INVOLVING THREATS TO PUBLIC HEALTH).

Objective: The aim: based on the features of the notion of "abetting the commission of crimes established in accordance with the Convention" provided for in Part 1 of Art. 9 of the Medicrime Convention, it is necessary to offer an adequate understanding of the notion of "abetting" and define the types of criminal offenses (crimes) that are the "subject" of such abetting.

Patients And Methods: Materials and methods: the research is based on an analysis of the provisions of the Medicrime Convention and the criminal law of Ukraine.

THE PROBLEMS OF CRIMINALIZATION OF THE SIMILAR CRIMES INVOLVING THREATS TO PUBLIC HEALTH (ARTICLE 8 OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE CONVENTION ON THE COUNTERFEITING OF MEDICAL PRODUCTS AND SIMILAR CRIMES INVOLVING THREATS TO PUBLIC HEALTH).

Objective: The aim: Medicrime Convention is a first international treaty against counterfeit medical products and similar crimes involving threats to public health. There are problems in criminalization of those acts that are listed in Art. 8 of the Medicrime Convention because the term of "similar crimes" is absent in the current criminal legislation of Ukraine.