PEASANT (PRIVATE FARM) ENTERPRISE AS A SUBJECT OF CIVIL LAW

Currently, the problem of the development of peasant (private farm) enterprises that serve to supply the country with food in sufficient volumes is the most urgent. Agricultural producers supply raw materials for the agro-industrial complexes and consumer goods what is particularly important for the country’s economy. Peasant (private farm) enterprises face many difficulties as the farming institute has emerged relatively recently. At the moment of its introduction, the normative base was not properly defined. The paper gives a comprehensive study of the problems related to the specifics of legal regulation of the peasant (private farm) economy, as well as to the amendments of the RF Civil Code and the current Federal law “Concerning Peasant (Private Farm) Holdings” of 11.06.2003 No. 74-FZ taking into account practical application. The paper compares the previous RSFSR Law “Concerning Peasant (Private Farm) Holdings” of 22.11.1990 No. 348-1 and the new Federal law. The author considers the issues of legal support for the development of various business associations of peasant (private farm) enterprises, briefly describes the specific attributes of a peasant (private farm) enterprise as a legal entity. The result of this study is a theoretical understanding and analysis of the provisions of the current legislation on the peasant (private farm) economy, as well as the proposals for improving the legal regulation of the economy, taking into account current trends in the development of the agricultural sector of the Russian economy.