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Despite Poland’s ratification of all major international space law treaties, except the 1979 moon treaty, it has not implemented these norms in internal legal order. It is therefore quite difficult to discuss unlegislated national space law. The only domestic reference to space law is the Act establishing the Polish Space Agency and Polish Space Strategy, but this Act is not legislative. Although Poland has many obligations resulting from membership in the European Union (since 2004) and the European Space Agency ...

Space law is a branch of international law, and the five major treaties that oblige States to implement space law in their national legal order have many stipulations. Most states have now initiated Acts which regulate space laws, space strategies and space policies. The UN countries can be divided into three groups; states that fully implemented international space law in their domestic legislation, states that partly implemented these norms and those who have not legislated space law or this legislation is other...

As a result of Ukraine’s independence and its proclamation as a law-governed state, it became necessary to regulate the scientific, technical and production potential of the space industry formed during the time of the Soviet Union under the rules of Ukraine law. Therefore, the Supreme Council of the Ukraine Parliament, Verkhovna Rada, adopted the Law “On Space Activities” No. 502/96-VR on November 15 1996, and this remains in force today. Since 1993, Ukraine space activity implementation has been based on the fol...