Abstract: The object of the reseaerch is the social relations that may arise in the process of state control (supervision) over behavior compliant with the law. The subject of the research is the legal norms and judicial acts that regulate the issuance of prescriptions and representations. Prescription to eliminate violations discovered during state control (supervision) audits is an instrument that enforces a legal entity or individual entrepreneur to comply with the requirements of the law and creates a possibility to carry out an audit to check whether a prescription has been fulfilled. Representation is issued in cases of administrative violations and is subject to be executed within a month, a report should be submitted to the authorities as a result thereof. The methodological basis of the research includes the formal law, comparative law and general research methods. The theory of prescription is a rather understudied topic, thus the novelty of the research is caused by the fact that the author summarizes available law-enforcement practice (decisions of state authorities, courts). Mechanisms of the issuance of prescriptions and representations are an important act of state regulation that still needs to be legally developed which creates contraditions in the legal practice of its enforcement.