Theoretical problems of defining the concept of «economic organization»

The concept of “economic organization” is known in the science of economic law since Soviet times. However, it did not become widespread and was used only by some scholars. The legal status of economic organizations has not been comprehensively studied in the Ukrainian science of economic law. The purpose of the article is to set out the theoretical problems of defining the concept of “economic organization” and to outline the directions of their solution. The concept of “economic organization” is quite apposite to denote all the diversity of economic entities, but its usage caused a number of theoretical problems. These include problems: the relationship between the concepts of “economic organization” and “undertaking”, the status of a legal entity, the definition of organizational and legal forms of economic organizations, the distinction between commercial and non-commercial economic organizations and classification of economic organizations in general. The definition of “economic organization” needs to be clarified taking into account the following: in the economic turnover involved some business organizations that are not legal entities; the right to carry out economic activities should have the organization, that formed in the prescribed organizational and legal form, which provides economic competence for commercial or non-commercial economic activities