FRAMEWORK CONTRACT: LEGAL NATURE AND PROBLEMS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN BUSINESS
Aim. The article is concerned with identification of legal nature and practice of applying a framework contract in entrepreneurial activity in the Russian Federation at the present stage. Methodology. The research methodology includes empirical methods of comparison, description, interpretation; theoretical methods of formal and dialectical logic; historical, legal and comparative methods for identifying the legal nature and practice of framework contract application in entrepreneurial activity. Results. Some problems of legal regulation of a framework contract in entrepreneurial activity have been detected. It has been proved that the use of organizational contractual structures, including a framework contract, in entrepreneurial activities allows to optimize and simplify the establishment of entrepreneurial legal relations between business community entities, reduce the costs of determining entrepreneurial contractual obligations, and ensure the fulfillment of obligations assumed by the parties. It is determined that the application of various conditions of framework agreements does not provide impeccable legal and technical mechanisms and technologies, and the judicial practice of applying new norms of Russian civil law has not accumulated sufficient experience in resolving disputes arising from conclusion and execution of framework agreements. Research implications. Research findings and individual proposals may form the basis of further research on institutional treaties in general, and a framework treaty in particular.