An interim report on the implementation of the research work under state registration number 0124U004964 dated 03.12.2024 was submitted to the Ukrainian Institute of Scientific and Technical Expertise and Information. The results of the relevant stage of the research and development work were reviewed by the Academic Council of LLC «Independent Professional Expertises» (Minutes No. 06-1/25-003 dated 29.12.2025).
Based on the results of the research conducted, its performers prepared and published 3 scientific articles in professional journals of Ukraine, as well as 5 abstracts of presentations in the proceedings of scientific and practical conferences.
The practical and financial support for the implementation of the research work was provided through 22 orders for independent professional expertise in the form of a conformity assessment received by LLC «IPE» during 2025.
Main results and key scientific ideas:

1. A comparative legal analysis of expert activities in Ukraine was conducted, making it possible to identify their institutional nature and forms of implementation, determine the functional purpose of each of them and their place in the law enforcement mechanism. (performer — Cand. of Legal Sci. Romanovska L.A.)
2. Independent professional expertise in the form of a conformity assessment was defined as a preventive law enforcement instrument. (performer — Cand. of Legal Sci. Romanovska L.A.)
3. The key characteristics of independent professional expertise in the form of a conformity assessment were identified. (performer — Cand. of Legal Sci. Romanovska L.A.)
4. The functional purpose of independent professional expertise in the form of a conformity assessment was determined. (performer — Cand. of Legal Sci. Romanovska L.A.)
5. The processes of gradual integration of independent professional expertise in the form of a conformity assessment into the activities of business entities and state authorities, in particular in the fields of public procurement and performance of contractual obligations, were noted. (performer — Cand. of Legal Sci. Romanovska L.A.)
6. The effectiveness of the use of expert opinions in practical activities was proven, in particular in cases related to clarifying the legal nature of business transactions and minimizing economic and financial risks. (performer — Cand. of Legal Sci. Romanovska L.A.)
7. A comparative legal analysis made it possible to determine the place of independent professional expertise in the form of a conformity assessment in relation to the institution of an expert on legal matters (legal expert). (performer — Cand. of Legal Sci. Romanovska L.A.)
8. The definition of the procedural and institutional foundations of independent professional expertise in the form of a conformity assessment was substantiated as the basis for its prospective development. (performer — Cand. of Legal Sci. Romanovska L.A.)
9. Recommendations for improving the legal regulation of independent professional expertise in the form of a conformity assessment were formulated. (performer — Cand. of Legal Sci. Romanovska L.A.)
10. The dualistic legal nature of independent professional expertise in the form of a conformity assessment was established. (performer — Cand. of Legal Sci. Romanovska L.A.)
11. International approaches to professional liability insurance, in particular in the field of independent professional expertise in the form of a conformity assessment, were analyzed, and the existing organizational models of professional liability insurance were identified. (performer — Cand. of Legal Sci., Assoc. Prof. Zaiets O.M.)
12. The transformation of professional liability insurance for independent professional expertise in the form of a conformity assessment from an exclusively compensatory instrument into a risk-oriented and preventive management mechanism was substantiated. (performer — Cand. of Legal Sci., Assoc. Prof. Zaiets O.M.)
13. The system of functions of professional liability insurance in the civil law mechanism for regulating the relevant legal relations was determined. (performer — Cand. of Legal Sci., Assoc. Prof. Zaiets O.M.)
14. The theoretical and methodological principles for constructing a professional liability insurance model for independent professional expertise in the form of a conformity assessment were formulated, and a professional liability insurance model for independent professional expertise in the form of a conformity assessment was developed. (performer — Cand. of Legal Sci. Romanovska L.A.)
15. The fragmentation of the regulatory framework for professional liability insurance was established, and the need for its further improvement was substantiated. (performer — Cand. of Legal Sci., Assoc. Prof. Zaiets O.M.)
16. The evolution of the institution of a material change of circumstances from an exceptional method of contract adjustment to an instrument of adaptation of contractual relations under conditions of heightened economic turbulence was proven. (performer — Junior Research Fellow Krylova O.I.)
17. Theoretical and methodological approaches to the interpretation of a material change of circumstances (dogmatic, functional, economic-legal and risk-oriented) were summarized, and their integrative combination was proposed. (performer — Junior Research Fellow Krylova O.I.)
18. The place of independent professional expertise in the form of a conformity assessment in the structure of the law enforcement mechanism, taking into account its functional purpose, was substantiated; independent professional expertise was systematically examined as an instrument for transforming actual economic changes into legally relevant circumstances capable of affecting the further fate of a contract. (performer — Junior Research Fellow Krylova O.I.)
19. A theoretical and methodological model for the application of independent professional expertise in the form of a conformity assessment to prove a material change of circumstances that the parties could not have foreseen at the time of concluding the contract was developed; emphasis was placed on the formalization of the logical link between the expert opinion and the contract adaptation mechanism. (performer — Junior Research Fellow Krylova O.I.)
20. The expediency of institutionalizing the standards of independent professional expertise in the form of a conformity assessment as a component of the civil law risk management mechanism was proven; it was proposed to regard independent professional expertise in the form of a conformity assessment not only as evidence in a dispute, but as an instrument of pre-trial settlement and conflict minimization. (performer — Junior Research Fellow Krylova O.I.)
21. Scientifically grounded recommendations for improving civil law risk management mechanisms were formulated. (performer — Junior Research Fellow Krylova O.I.)
22. The doctrinal understanding of the institution of a material change of circumstances was expanded, and the groundwork was laid for its further institutional and methodological specification. (performer — Junior Research Fellow Krylova O.I.)

Overall, the research conducted made it possible to form and substantiate the theoretical, methodological, regulatory and institutional foundations of:

1. independent professional expertise in the form of a conformity assessment as an effective preventive instrument of the law enforcement mechanism, which has practical significance for ensuring legal certainty, preventing legal risks and maintaining legality in civil law and commercial relations; (performer — Cand. of Legal Sci. Romanovska L.A.)
2. professional liability insurance for independent professional expertise in the form of a conformity assessment as a structural element of the civil law risk management mechanism, the integration of which ensures increased reliability, predictability and preventive potential of expert activities, contributes to the protection of the rights of third parties and the building of trust in the results of conformity assessment; (performer — Cand. of Legal Sci., Assoc. Prof. Zaiets O.M.)
3. the institution of a material change of circumstances as an element of the contractual risk management mechanism, within which independent professional expertise in the form of a conformity assessment plays a leading role in proving the relevant legally significant facts. (performer — Junior Research Fellow Krylova O.I.)