diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/ape/ape.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/ape/ape.go
index 077e03737..8fcd4a441 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/ape/ape.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/ape/ape.go
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/commonflags"
-	parseutil "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/util"
 	commonCmd "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/internal/common"
+	apeCmd "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/internal/common/ape"
 	apechain "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine/pkg/chain"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -14,26 +14,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	namespaceTarget   = "namespace"
-	containerTarget   = "container"
-	userTarget        = "user"
-	groupTarget       = "group"
-	jsonFlag          = "json"
-	jsonFlagDesc      = "Output rule chains in JSON format"
-	chainIDFlag       = "chain-id"
-	chainIDDesc       = "Rule chain ID"
-	ruleFlag          = "rule"
-	ruleFlagDesc      = "Rule chain in text format"
-	pathFlag          = "path"
-	pathFlagDesc      = "path to encoded chain in JSON or binary format"
-	targetNameFlag    = "target-name"
-	targetNameDesc    = "Resource name in APE resource name format"
-	targetTypeFlag    = "target-type"
-	targetTypeDesc    = "Resource type(container/namespace)"
-	addrAdminFlag     = "addr"
-	addrAdminDesc     = "The address of the admins wallet"
-	chainNameFlag     = "chain-name"
-	chainNameFlagDesc = "Chain name(ingress|s3)"
+	jsonFlag      = "json"
+	jsonFlagDesc  = "Output rule chains in JSON format"
+	addrAdminFlag = "addr"
+	addrAdminDesc = "The address of the admins wallet"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -101,17 +85,17 @@ func initAddRuleChainCmd() {
 	addRuleChainCmd.Flags().StringP(commonflags.EndpointFlag, commonflags.EndpointFlagShort, "", commonflags.EndpointFlagDesc)
 	addRuleChainCmd.Flags().String(commonflags.AlphabetWalletsFlag, "", commonflags.AlphabetWalletsFlagDesc)
 
-	addRuleChainCmd.Flags().String(targetTypeFlag, "", targetTypeDesc)
-	_ = addRuleChainCmd.MarkFlagRequired(targetTypeFlag)
-	addRuleChainCmd.Flags().String(targetNameFlag, "", targetNameDesc)
-	_ = addRuleChainCmd.MarkFlagRequired(targetNameFlag)
+	addRuleChainCmd.Flags().String(apeCmd.TargetTypeFlag, "", apeCmd.TargetTypeFlagDesc)
+	_ = addRuleChainCmd.MarkFlagRequired(apeCmd.TargetTypeFlag)
+	addRuleChainCmd.Flags().String(apeCmd.TargetNameFlag, "", apeCmd.TargetTypeFlagDesc)
+	_ = addRuleChainCmd.MarkFlagRequired(apeCmd.TargetNameFlag)
 
-	addRuleChainCmd.Flags().String(chainIDFlag, "", chainIDDesc)
-	_ = addRuleChainCmd.MarkFlagRequired(chainIDFlag)
-	addRuleChainCmd.Flags().StringArray(ruleFlag, []string{}, ruleFlagDesc)
-	addRuleChainCmd.Flags().String(pathFlag, "", pathFlagDesc)
-	addRuleChainCmd.Flags().String(chainNameFlag, ingress, chainNameFlagDesc)
-	addRuleChainCmd.MarkFlagsMutuallyExclusive(ruleFlag, pathFlag)
+	addRuleChainCmd.Flags().String(apeCmd.ChainIDFlag, "", apeCmd.ChainIDFlagDesc)
+	_ = addRuleChainCmd.MarkFlagRequired(apeCmd.ChainIDFlag)
+	addRuleChainCmd.Flags().StringArray(apeCmd.RuleFlag, []string{}, apeCmd.RuleFlagDesc)
+	addRuleChainCmd.Flags().String(apeCmd.PathFlag, "", apeCmd.PathFlagDesc)
+	addRuleChainCmd.Flags().String(apeCmd.ChainNameFlag, apeCmd.Ingress, apeCmd.ChainNameFlagDesc)
+	addRuleChainCmd.MarkFlagsMutuallyExclusive(apeCmd.RuleFlag, apeCmd.PathFlag)
 }
 
 func initRemoveRuleChainCmd() {
@@ -120,26 +104,25 @@ func initRemoveRuleChainCmd() {
 	removeRuleChainCmd.Flags().StringP(commonflags.EndpointFlag, commonflags.EndpointFlagShort, "", commonflags.EndpointFlagDesc)
 	removeRuleChainCmd.Flags().String(commonflags.AlphabetWalletsFlag, "", commonflags.AlphabetWalletsFlagDesc)
 
-	removeRuleChainCmd.Flags().String(targetTypeFlag, "", targetTypeDesc)
-	_ = removeRuleChainCmd.MarkFlagRequired(targetTypeFlag)
-	removeRuleChainCmd.Flags().String(targetNameFlag, "", targetNameDesc)
-	_ = removeRuleChainCmd.MarkFlagRequired(targetNameFlag)
-	removeRuleChainCmd.Flags().String(chainIDFlag, "", chainIDDesc)
-	removeRuleChainCmd.Flags().String(chainNameFlag, ingress, chainNameFlagDesc)
+	removeRuleChainCmd.Flags().String(apeCmd.TargetTypeFlag, "", apeCmd.TargetTypeFlagDesc)
+	_ = removeRuleChainCmd.MarkFlagRequired(apeCmd.TargetTypeFlag)
+	removeRuleChainCmd.Flags().String(apeCmd.TargetNameFlag, "", apeCmd.TargetNameFlagDesc)
+	_ = removeRuleChainCmd.MarkFlagRequired(apeCmd.TargetNameFlag)
+	removeRuleChainCmd.Flags().String(apeCmd.ChainIDFlag, "", apeCmd.ChainIDFlagDesc)
+	removeRuleChainCmd.Flags().String(apeCmd.ChainNameFlag, apeCmd.Ingress, apeCmd.ChainNameFlagDesc)
 	removeRuleChainCmd.Flags().Bool(commonflags.AllFlag, false, "Remove all chains for target")
-	removeRuleChainCmd.MarkFlagsMutuallyExclusive(commonflags.AllFlag, chainIDFlag)
+	removeRuleChainCmd.MarkFlagsMutuallyExclusive(commonflags.AllFlag, apeCmd.ChainIDFlag)
 }
 
 func initListRuleChainsCmd() {
 	Cmd.AddCommand(listRuleChainsCmd)
 
 	listRuleChainsCmd.Flags().StringP(commonflags.EndpointFlag, commonflags.EndpointFlagShort, "", commonflags.EndpointFlagDesc)
-	listRuleChainsCmd.Flags().StringP(targetTypeFlag, "t", "", targetTypeDesc)
-	_ = listRuleChainsCmd.MarkFlagRequired(targetTypeFlag)
-	listRuleChainsCmd.Flags().String(targetNameFlag, "", targetNameDesc)
-	_ = listRuleChainsCmd.MarkFlagRequired(targetNameFlag)
+	listRuleChainsCmd.Flags().StringP(apeCmd.TargetTypeFlag, "t", "", apeCmd.TargetTypeFlagDesc)
+	_ = listRuleChainsCmd.MarkFlagRequired(apeCmd.TargetTypeFlag)
+	listRuleChainsCmd.Flags().String(apeCmd.TargetNameFlag, "", apeCmd.TargetNameFlagDesc)
 	listRuleChainsCmd.Flags().Bool(jsonFlag, false, jsonFlagDesc)
-	listRuleChainsCmd.Flags().String(chainNameFlag, ingress, chainNameFlagDesc)
+	listRuleChainsCmd.Flags().String(apeCmd.ChainNameFlag, apeCmd.Ingress, apeCmd.ChainNameFlagDesc)
 }
 
 func initSetAdminCmd() {
@@ -161,15 +144,15 @@ func initListTargetsCmd() {
 	Cmd.AddCommand(listTargetsCmd)
 
 	listTargetsCmd.Flags().StringP(commonflags.EndpointFlag, commonflags.EndpointFlagShort, "", commonflags.EndpointFlagDesc)
-	listTargetsCmd.Flags().StringP(targetTypeFlag, "t", "", targetTypeDesc)
-	_ = listTargetsCmd.MarkFlagRequired(targetTypeFlag)
+	listTargetsCmd.Flags().StringP(apeCmd.TargetTypeFlag, "t", "", apeCmd.TargetTypeFlagDesc)
+	_ = listTargetsCmd.MarkFlagRequired(apeCmd.TargetTypeFlag)
 }
 
 func addRuleChain(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
-	chain := parseChain(cmd)
+	chain := apeCmd.ParseChain(cmd)
 	target := parseTarget(cmd)
 	pci, ac := newPolicyContractInterface(cmd)
-	h, vub, err := pci.AddMorphRuleChain(parseChainName(cmd), target, chain)
+	h, vub, err := pci.AddMorphRuleChain(apeCmd.ParseChainName(cmd), target, chain)
 	cmd.Println("Waiting for transaction to persist...")
 	_, err = ac.Wait(h, vub, err)
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "add rule chain error: %w", err)
@@ -181,14 +164,14 @@ func removeRuleChain(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 	pci, ac := newPolicyContractInterface(cmd)
 	removeAll, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool(commonflags.AllFlag)
 	if removeAll {
-		h, vub, err := pci.RemoveMorphRuleChainsByTarget(parseChainName(cmd), target)
+		h, vub, err := pci.RemoveMorphRuleChainsByTarget(apeCmd.ParseChainName(cmd), target)
 		cmd.Println("Waiting for transaction to persist...")
 		_, err = ac.Wait(h, vub, err)
 		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "remove rule chain error: %w", err)
 		cmd.Println("All chains for target removed successfully")
 	} else {
-		chainID := parseChainID(cmd)
-		h, vub, err := pci.RemoveMorphRuleChain(parseChainName(cmd), target, chainID)
+		chainID := apeCmd.ParseChainID(cmd)
+		h, vub, err := pci.RemoveMorphRuleChain(apeCmd.ParseChainName(cmd), target, chainID)
 		cmd.Println("Waiting for transaction to persist...")
 		_, err = ac.Wait(h, vub, err)
 		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "remove rule chain error: %w", err)
@@ -199,7 +182,7 @@ func removeRuleChain(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 func listRuleChains(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 	target := parseTarget(cmd)
 	pci, _ := newPolicyContractReaderInterface(cmd)
-	chains, err := pci.ListMorphRuleChains(parseChainName(cmd), target)
+	chains, err := pci.ListMorphRuleChains(apeCmd.ParseChainName(cmd), target)
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "list rule chains error: %w", err)
 	if len(chains) == 0 {
 		return
@@ -210,7 +193,7 @@ func listRuleChains(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 		prettyJSONFormat(cmd, chains)
 	} else {
 		for _, c := range chains {
-			parseutil.PrintHumanReadableAPEChain(cmd, c)
+			apeCmd.PrintHumanReadableAPEChain(cmd, c)
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -235,8 +218,7 @@ func getAdmin(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 }
 
 func listTargets(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
-	typ, err := parseTargetType(cmd)
-	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "parse target type error: %w", err)
+	typ := apeCmd.ParseTargetType(cmd)
 	pci, inv := newPolicyContractReaderInterface(cmd)
 
 	sid, it, err := pci.ListTargetsIterator(typ)
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/ape/ape_util.go b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/ape/ape_util.go
index f4373c535..6780e6dd3 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/ape/ape_util.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/ape/ape_util.go
@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@ package ape
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"strings"
 
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/constants"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-adm/internal/modules/morph/helper"
-	parseutil "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/util"
 	commonCmd "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/internal/common"
-	apechain "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine/pkg/chain"
+	apeCmd "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/internal/common/ape"
+	cid "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/container/id"
 	policyengine "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine/pkg/engine"
 	morph "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine/pkg/morph/policy"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/rpcclient/invoker"
@@ -18,90 +17,29 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
-const (
-	ingress = "ingress"
-	s3      = "s3"
-)
-
-var mChainName = map[string]apechain.Name{
-	ingress: apechain.Ingress,
-	s3:      apechain.S3,
-}
-
-var (
-	errUnknownTargetType    = errors.New("unknown target type")
-	errChainIDCannotBeEmpty = errors.New("chain id cannot be empty")
-	errRuleIsNotParsed      = errors.New("rule is not passed")
-	errUnsupportedChainName = errors.New("unsupported chain name")
-)
+var errUnknownTargetType = errors.New("unknown target type")
 
 func parseTarget(cmd *cobra.Command) policyengine.Target {
-	name, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(targetNameFlag)
-	typ, err := parseTargetType(cmd)
-
-	// interpret "root" namespace as empty
-	if typ == policyengine.Namespace && name == "root" {
-		name = ""
-	}
-
-	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "read target type error: %w", err)
-
-	return policyengine.Target{
-		Name: name,
-		Type: typ,
-	}
-}
-
-func parseTargetType(cmd *cobra.Command) (policyengine.TargetType, error) {
-	typ, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(targetTypeFlag)
+	typ := apeCmd.ParseTargetType(cmd)
+	name, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(apeCmd.TargetNameFlag)
 	switch typ {
-	case namespaceTarget:
-		return policyengine.Namespace, nil
-	case containerTarget:
-		return policyengine.Container, nil
-	case userTarget:
-		return policyengine.User, nil
-	case groupTarget:
-		return policyengine.Group, nil
+	case policyengine.Namespace:
+		if name == "root" {
+			name = ""
+		}
+		return policyengine.NamespaceTarget(name)
+	case policyengine.Container:
+		var cnr cid.ID
+		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "can't decode container ID: %w", cnr.DecodeString(name))
+		return policyengine.ContainerTarget(name)
+	case policyengine.User:
+		return policyengine.UserTarget(name)
+	case policyengine.Group:
+		return policyengine.GroupTarget(name)
+	default:
+		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "read target type error: %w", errUnknownTargetType)
 	}
-	return -1, errUnknownTargetType
-}
-
-func parseChainID(cmd *cobra.Command) apechain.ID {
-	chainID, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(chainIDFlag)
-	if chainID == "" {
-		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "read chain id error: %w",
-			errChainIDCannotBeEmpty)
-	}
-	return apechain.ID(chainID)
-}
-
-func parseChain(cmd *cobra.Command) *apechain.Chain {
-	chain := new(apechain.Chain)
-
-	if rules, _ := cmd.Flags().GetStringArray(ruleFlag); len(rules) > 0 {
-		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "parser error: %w", parseutil.ParseAPEChain(chain, rules))
-	} else if encPath, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(pathFlag); encPath != "" {
-		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "decode binary or json error: %w", parseutil.ParseAPEChainBinaryOrJSON(chain, encPath))
-	} else {
-		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "parser error: %w", errRuleIsNotParsed)
-	}
-
-	chain.ID = parseChainID(cmd)
-
-	cmd.Println("Parsed chain:")
-	parseutil.PrintHumanReadableAPEChain(cmd, chain)
-
-	return chain
-}
-
-func parseChainName(cmd *cobra.Command) apechain.Name {
-	chainName, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(chainNameFlag)
-	apeChainName, ok := mChainName[strings.ToLower(chainName)]
-	if !ok {
-		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "", errUnsupportedChainName)
-	}
-	return apeChainName
+	panic("unreachable")
 }
 
 // invokerAdapter adapats invoker.Invoker to ContractStorageInvoker interface.
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/ape_manager/add_chain.go b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/ape_manager/add_chain.go
index a85f3c93e..f4039283f 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/ape_manager/add_chain.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/ape_manager/add_chain.go
@@ -1,44 +1,19 @@
 package apemanager
 
 import (
-	"encoding/hex"
-	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 
 	internalclient "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-cli/internal/client"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-cli/internal/commonflags"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-cli/internal/key"
-	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/util"
 	commonCmd "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/internal/common"
+	apeCmd "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/internal/common/ape"
 	apeSDK "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/ape"
 	client_sdk "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/client"
-	cid "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/container/id"
-	apechain "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine/pkg/chain"
+	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine/pkg/engine"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-const (
-	chainIDFlag    = "chain-id"
-	chainIDHexFlag = "chain-id-hex"
-	ruleFlag       = "rule"
-	pathFlag       = "path"
-)
-
-const (
-	targetNameFlag = "target-name"
-	targetNameDesc = "Resource name in APE resource name format"
-	targetTypeFlag = "target-type"
-	targetTypeDesc = "Resource type(container/namespace)"
-)
-
-const (
-	namespaceTarget = "namespace"
-	containerTarget = "container"
-	userTarget      = "user"
-	groupTarget     = "group"
-)
-
-var errUnknownTargetType = errors.New("unknown target type")
-
 var addCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "add",
 	Short: "Add rule chain for a target",
@@ -49,55 +24,28 @@ var addCmd = &cobra.Command{
 }
 
 func parseTarget(cmd *cobra.Command) (ct apeSDK.ChainTarget) {
-	typ, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(targetTypeFlag)
-	name, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(targetNameFlag)
+	t := apeCmd.ParseTarget(cmd)
 
-	ct.Name = name
+	ct.Name = t.Name
 
-	switch typ {
-	case namespaceTarget:
+	switch t.Type {
+	case engine.Namespace:
 		ct.TargetType = apeSDK.TargetTypeNamespace
-	case containerTarget:
-		var cnr cid.ID
-		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "can't decode container ID: %w", cnr.DecodeString(name))
+	case engine.Container:
 		ct.TargetType = apeSDK.TargetTypeContainer
-	case userTarget:
+	case engine.User:
 		ct.TargetType = apeSDK.TargetTypeUser
-	case groupTarget:
+	case engine.Group:
 		ct.TargetType = apeSDK.TargetTypeGroup
 	default:
-		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "read target type error: %w", errUnknownTargetType)
+		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "conversion error: %w", fmt.Errorf("unknown type '%c'", t.Type))
 	}
 	return ct
 }
 
 func parseChain(cmd *cobra.Command) apeSDK.Chain {
-	chainID, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(chainIDFlag)
-	hexEncoded, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool(chainIDHexFlag)
-
-	chainIDRaw := []byte(chainID)
-
-	if hexEncoded {
-		var err error
-		chainIDRaw, err = hex.DecodeString(chainID)
-		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "can't decode chain ID as hex: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	chain := new(apechain.Chain)
-	chain.ID = apechain.ID(chainIDRaw)
-
-	if rules, _ := cmd.Flags().GetStringArray(ruleFlag); len(rules) > 0 {
-		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "parser error: %w", util.ParseAPEChain(chain, rules))
-	} else if encPath, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(pathFlag); encPath != "" {
-		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "decode binary or json error: %w", util.ParseAPEChainBinaryOrJSON(chain, encPath))
-	} else {
-		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "parser error: %w", errors.New("rule is not passed"))
-	}
-
-	cmd.Println("Parsed chain:")
-	util.PrintHumanReadableAPEChain(cmd, chain)
-
-	serialized := chain.Bytes()
+	c := apeCmd.ParseChain(cmd)
+	serialized := c.Bytes()
 	return apeSDK.Chain{
 		Raw: serialized,
 	}
@@ -126,13 +74,13 @@ func initAddCmd() {
 	commonflags.Init(addCmd)
 
 	ff := addCmd.Flags()
-	ff.StringArray(ruleFlag, []string{}, "Rule statement")
-	ff.String(pathFlag, "", "Path to encoded chain in JSON or binary format")
-	ff.String(chainIDFlag, "", "Assign ID to the parsed chain")
-	ff.String(targetNameFlag, "", targetNameDesc)
-	ff.String(targetTypeFlag, "", targetTypeDesc)
-	_ = addCmd.MarkFlagRequired(targetTypeFlag)
-	ff.Bool(chainIDHexFlag, false, "Flag to parse chain ID as hex")
+	ff.StringArray(apeCmd.RuleFlag, []string{}, apeCmd.RuleFlagDesc)
+	ff.String(apeCmd.PathFlag, "", apeCmd.PathFlagDesc)
+	ff.String(apeCmd.ChainIDFlag, "", apeCmd.ChainIDFlagDesc)
+	ff.String(apeCmd.TargetNameFlag, "", apeCmd.TargetNameFlagDesc)
+	ff.String(apeCmd.TargetTypeFlag, "", apeCmd.TargetTypeFlagDesc)
+	_ = addCmd.MarkFlagRequired(apeCmd.TargetTypeFlag)
+	ff.Bool(apeCmd.ChainIDHexFlag, false, apeCmd.ChainIDHexFlagDesc)
 
-	addCmd.MarkFlagsMutuallyExclusive(pathFlag, ruleFlag)
+	addCmd.MarkFlagsMutuallyExclusive(apeCmd.PathFlag, apeCmd.RuleFlag)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/ape_manager/list_chain.go b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/ape_manager/list_chain.go
index a5dd44614..b07ecc52f 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/ape_manager/list_chain.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/ape_manager/list_chain.go
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import (
 	internalclient "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-cli/internal/client"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-cli/internal/commonflags"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-cli/internal/key"
-	apeutil "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/util"
 	commonCmd "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/internal/common"
+	apeCmd "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/internal/common/ape"
 	client_sdk "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/client"
 	apechain "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine/pkg/chain"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func list(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 	for _, respChain := range resp.Chains {
 		var chain apechain.Chain
 		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "decode error: %w", chain.DecodeBytes(respChain.Raw))
-		apeutil.PrintHumanReadableAPEChain(cmd, &chain)
+		apeCmd.PrintHumanReadableAPEChain(cmd, &chain)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func initListCmd() {
 	commonflags.Init(listCmd)
 
 	ff := listCmd.Flags()
-	ff.String(targetNameFlag, "", targetNameDesc)
-	ff.String(targetTypeFlag, "", targetTypeDesc)
-	_ = listCmd.MarkFlagRequired(targetTypeFlag)
+	ff.String(apeCmd.TargetNameFlag, "", apeCmd.TargetNameFlagDesc)
+	ff.String(apeCmd.TargetTypeFlag, "", apeCmd.TargetTypeFlagDesc)
+	_ = listCmd.MarkFlagRequired(apeCmd.TargetTypeFlag)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/ape_manager/remove_chain.go b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/ape_manager/remove_chain.go
index 179bd5c9e..136ca81c3 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/ape_manager/remove_chain.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/ape_manager/remove_chain.go
@@ -1,29 +1,23 @@
 package apemanager
 
 import (
-	"encoding/hex"
-	"errors"
-
 	internalclient "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-cli/internal/client"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-cli/internal/commonflags"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-cli/internal/key"
 	commonCmd "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/internal/common"
+	apeCmd "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/internal/common/ape"
 	client_sdk "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/client"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-var (
-	errEmptyChainID = errors.New("chain id cannot be empty")
-
-	removeCmd = &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "remove",
-		Short: "Remove rule chain for a target",
-		Run:   remove,
-		PersistentPreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
-			commonflags.Bind(cmd)
-		},
-	}
-)
+var removeCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "remove",
+	Short: "Remove rule chain for a target",
+	Run:   remove,
+	PersistentPreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
+		commonflags.Bind(cmd)
+	},
+}
 
 func remove(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 	target := parseTarget(cmd)
@@ -31,19 +25,9 @@ func remove(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 	key := key.Get(cmd)
 	cli := internalclient.GetSDKClientByFlag(cmd, key, commonflags.RPC)
 
-	chainID, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(chainIDFlag)
-	if chainID == "" {
-		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "read chain id error: %w", errEmptyChainID)
-	}
+	chainID := apeCmd.ParseChainID(cmd)
 	chainIDRaw := []byte(chainID)
 
-	hexEncoded, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool(chainIDHexFlag)
-	if hexEncoded {
-		var err error
-		chainIDRaw, err = hex.DecodeString(chainID)
-		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "can't decode chain ID as hex: %w", err)
-	}
-
 	_, err := cli.APEManagerRemoveChain(cmd.Context(), client_sdk.PrmAPEManagerRemoveChain{
 		ChainTarget: target,
 		ChainID:     chainIDRaw,
@@ -58,9 +42,10 @@ func initRemoveCmd() {
 	commonflags.Init(removeCmd)
 
 	ff := removeCmd.Flags()
-	ff.String(targetNameFlag, "", targetNameDesc)
-	ff.String(targetTypeFlag, "", targetTypeDesc)
-	_ = removeCmd.MarkFlagRequired(targetTypeFlag)
-	ff.String(chainIDFlag, "", "Chain id")
-	ff.Bool(chainIDHexFlag, false, "Flag to parse chain ID as hex")
+	ff.String(apeCmd.TargetNameFlag, "", apeCmd.TargetNameFlagDesc)
+	ff.String(apeCmd.TargetTypeFlag, "", apeCmd.TargetTypeFlagDesc)
+	_ = removeCmd.MarkFlagRequired(apeCmd.TargetTypeFlag)
+	ff.String(apeCmd.ChainIDFlag, "", apeCmd.ChainIDFlagDesc)
+	_ = removeCmd.MarkFlagRequired(apeCmd.ChainIDFlag)
+	ff.Bool(apeCmd.ChainIDHexFlag, false, apeCmd.ChainIDHexFlagDesc)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/bearer/generate_override.go b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/bearer/generate_override.go
index 482c0027e..13fe07995 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/bearer/generate_override.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/bearer/generate_override.go
@@ -1,31 +1,20 @@
 package bearer
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-cli/internal/commonflags"
-	parseutil "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/util"
 	commonCmd "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/internal/common"
+	apeCmd "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/internal/common/ape"
 	apeSDK "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/ape"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/bearer"
 	cidSDK "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/container/id"
-	apechain "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine/pkg/chain"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-var (
-	errChainIDCannotBeEmpty = errors.New("chain id cannot be empty")
-	errRuleIsNotParsed      = errors.New("rule is not passed")
-)
-
 const (
-	chainIDFlag    = "chain-id"
-	chainIDHexFlag = "chain-id-hex"
-	ruleFlag       = "rule"
-	pathFlag       = "path"
-	outputFlag     = "output"
+	outputFlag = "output"
 )
 
 var generateAPEOverrideCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -40,7 +29,7 @@ Generated APE override can be dumped to a file in JSON format that is passed to
 }
 
 func genereateAPEOverride(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
-	c := parseChain(cmd)
+	c := apeCmd.ParseChain(cmd)
 
 	targetCID, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(commonflags.CIDFlag)
 	var cid cidSDK.ID
@@ -77,39 +66,11 @@ func init() {
 	ff.StringP(commonflags.CIDFlag, "", "", "Target container ID.")
 	_ = cobra.MarkFlagRequired(createCmd.Flags(), commonflags.CIDFlag)
 
-	ff.StringArray(ruleFlag, []string{}, "Rule statement")
-	ff.String(pathFlag, "", "Path to encoded chain in JSON or binary format")
-	ff.String(chainIDFlag, "", "Assign ID to the parsed chain")
-	ff.Bool(chainIDHexFlag, false, "Flag to parse chain ID as hex")
+	ff.StringArray(apeCmd.RuleFlag, []string{}, "Rule statement")
+	ff.String(apeCmd.PathFlag, "", "Path to encoded chain in JSON or binary format")
+	ff.String(apeCmd.ChainIDFlag, "", "Assign ID to the parsed chain")
+	ff.Bool(apeCmd.ChainIDHexFlag, false, "Flag to parse chain ID as hex")
 
 	ff.String(outputFlag, "", "Output path to dump result JSON-encoded APE override")
 	_ = cobra.MarkFlagFilename(createCmd.Flags(), outputFlag)
 }
-
-func parseChainID(cmd *cobra.Command) apechain.ID {
-	chainID, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(chainIDFlag)
-	if chainID == "" {
-		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "read chain id error: %w",
-			errChainIDCannotBeEmpty)
-	}
-	return apechain.ID(chainID)
-}
-
-func parseChain(cmd *cobra.Command) *apechain.Chain {
-	chain := new(apechain.Chain)
-
-	if rules, _ := cmd.Flags().GetStringArray(ruleFlag); len(rules) > 0 {
-		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "parser error: %w", parseutil.ParseAPEChain(chain, rules))
-	} else if encPath, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(pathFlag); encPath != "" {
-		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "decode binary or json error: %w", parseutil.ParseAPEChainBinaryOrJSON(chain, encPath))
-	} else {
-		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "parser error: %w", errRuleIsNotParsed)
-	}
-
-	chain.ID = parseChainID(cmd)
-
-	cmd.Println("Parsed chain:")
-	parseutil.PrintHumanReadableAPEChain(cmd, chain)
-
-	return chain
-}
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/control/add_rule.go b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/control/add_rule.go
index c648377bd..42f229ad9 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/control/add_rule.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/control/add_rule.go
@@ -1,23 +1,14 @@
 package control
 
 import (
-	"encoding/hex"
-	"errors"
-
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-cli/internal/key"
-	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/util"
 	commonCmd "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/internal/common"
+	apeCmd "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/internal/common/ape"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/services/control"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/api/rpc/client"
-	apechain "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine/pkg/chain"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-const (
-	ruleFlag = "rule"
-	pathFlag = "path"
-)
-
 var addRuleCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "add-rule",
 	Short: "Add local override",
@@ -31,41 +22,12 @@ control add-rule --endpoint ... -w ... --address ... --chain-id ChainID --cid ..
 	Run: addRule,
 }
 
-func parseChain(cmd *cobra.Command) *apechain.Chain {
-	chainID, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(chainIDFlag)
-	hexEncoded, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool(chainIDHexFlag)
-
-	chainIDRaw := []byte(chainID)
-
-	if hexEncoded {
-		var err error
-		chainIDRaw, err = hex.DecodeString(chainID)
-		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "can't decode chain ID as hex: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	chain := new(apechain.Chain)
-	chain.ID = apechain.ID(chainIDRaw)
-
-	if rules, _ := cmd.Flags().GetStringArray(ruleFlag); len(rules) > 0 {
-		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "parser error: %w", util.ParseAPEChain(chain, rules))
-	} else if encPath, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(pathFlag); encPath != "" {
-		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "decode binary or json error: %w", util.ParseAPEChainBinaryOrJSON(chain, encPath))
-	} else {
-		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "parser error", errors.New("rule is not passed"))
-	}
-
-	cmd.Println("Parsed chain:")
-	util.PrintHumanReadableAPEChain(cmd, chain)
-
-	return chain
-}
-
 func addRule(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 	pk := key.Get(cmd)
 
 	target := parseTarget(cmd)
 
-	parsed := parseChain(cmd)
+	parsed := apeCmd.ParseChain(cmd)
 
 	req := &control.AddChainLocalOverrideRequest{
 		Body: &control.AddChainLocalOverrideRequest_Body{
@@ -94,13 +56,13 @@ func initControlAddRuleCmd() {
 	initControlFlags(addRuleCmd)
 
 	ff := addRuleCmd.Flags()
-	ff.StringArray(ruleFlag, []string{}, "Rule statement")
-	ff.String(pathFlag, "", "Path to encoded chain in JSON or binary format")
-	ff.String(chainIDFlag, "", "Assign ID to the parsed chain")
-	ff.String(targetNameFlag, "", targetNameDesc)
-	ff.String(targetTypeFlag, "", targetTypeDesc)
-	_ = addRuleCmd.MarkFlagRequired(targetTypeFlag)
-	ff.Bool(chainIDHexFlag, false, "Flag to parse chain ID as hex")
+	ff.StringArray(apeCmd.RuleFlag, []string{}, "Rule statement")
+	ff.String(apeCmd.PathFlag, "", "Path to encoded chain in JSON or binary format")
+	ff.String(apeCmd.ChainIDFlag, "", "Assign ID to the parsed chain")
+	ff.String(apeCmd.TargetNameFlag, "", apeCmd.TargetNameFlagDesc)
+	ff.String(apeCmd.TargetTypeFlag, "", apeCmd.TargetTypeFlagDesc)
+	_ = addRuleCmd.MarkFlagRequired(apeCmd.TargetTypeFlag)
+	ff.Bool(apeCmd.ChainIDHexFlag, false, "Flag to parse chain ID as hex")
 
-	addRuleCmd.MarkFlagsMutuallyExclusive(pathFlag, ruleFlag)
+	addRuleCmd.MarkFlagsMutuallyExclusive(apeCmd.PathFlag, apeCmd.RuleFlag)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/control/get_rule.go b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/control/get_rule.go
index 4b4d6eef5..4da903a9a 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/control/get_rule.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/control/get_rule.go
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"encoding/hex"
 
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-cli/internal/key"
-	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/util"
 	commonCmd "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/internal/common"
+	apecmd "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/internal/common/ape"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/services/control"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/api/rpc/client"
 	apechain "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine/pkg/chain"
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ func getRule(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 
 	target := parseTarget(cmd)
 
-	chainID, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(chainIDFlag)
-	hexEncoded, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool(chainIDHexFlag)
+	chainID, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(apecmd.ChainIDFlag)
+	hexEncoded, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool(apecmd.ChainIDHexFlag)
 
 	if hexEncoded {
 		chainIDBytes, err := hex.DecodeString(chainID)
@@ -56,16 +56,16 @@ func getRule(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 
 	var chain apechain.Chain
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "decode error: %w", chain.DecodeBytes(resp.GetBody().GetChain()))
-	util.PrintHumanReadableAPEChain(cmd, &chain)
+	apecmd.PrintHumanReadableAPEChain(cmd, &chain)
 }
 
 func initControGetRuleCmd() {
 	initControlFlags(getRuleCmd)
 
 	ff := getRuleCmd.Flags()
-	ff.String(targetNameFlag, "", targetNameDesc)
-	ff.String(targetTypeFlag, "", targetTypeDesc)
-	_ = getRuleCmd.MarkFlagRequired(targetTypeFlag)
-	ff.String(chainIDFlag, "", "Chain id")
-	ff.Bool(chainIDHexFlag, false, "Flag to parse chain ID as hex")
+	ff.String(apecmd.TargetNameFlag, "", apecmd.TargetNameFlagDesc)
+	ff.String(apecmd.TargetTypeFlag, "", apecmd.TargetTypeFlagDesc)
+	_ = getRuleCmd.MarkFlagRequired(apecmd.TargetTypeFlag)
+	ff.String(apecmd.ChainIDFlag, "", "Chain id")
+	ff.Bool(apecmd.ChainIDHexFlag, false, "Flag to parse chain ID as hex")
 }
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/control/list_rules.go b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/control/list_rules.go
index 7162df5e0..a6c65d083 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/control/list_rules.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/control/list_rules.go
@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
 package control
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-cli/internal/key"
-	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/util"
 	commonCmd "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/internal/common"
+	apeCmd "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/internal/common/ape"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/services/control"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/api/rpc/client"
-	cid "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/container/id"
 	apechain "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine/pkg/chain"
-	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/cli/input"
+	policyengine "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine/pkg/engine"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
@@ -23,65 +21,25 @@ var listRulesCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Run:   listRules,
 }
 
-const (
-	defaultNamespace = "root"
-	namespaceTarget  = "namespace"
-	containerTarget  = "container"
-	userTarget       = "user"
-	groupTarget      = "group"
-)
-
-const (
-	targetNameFlag = "target-name"
-	targetNameDesc = "Resource name in APE resource name format"
-	targetTypeFlag = "target-type"
-	targetTypeDesc = "Resource type(container/namespace)"
-)
-
-var (
-	errSettingDefaultValueWasDeclined = errors.New("setting default value was declined")
-	errUnknownTargetType              = errors.New("unknown target type")
-)
+var engineToControlSvcType = map[policyengine.TargetType]control.ChainTarget_TargetType{
+	policyengine.Namespace: control.ChainTarget_NAMESPACE,
+	policyengine.Container: control.ChainTarget_CONTAINER,
+	policyengine.User:      control.ChainTarget_USER,
+	policyengine.Group:     control.ChainTarget_GROUP,
+}
 
 func parseTarget(cmd *cobra.Command) *control.ChainTarget {
-	typ, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(targetTypeFlag)
-	name, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(targetNameFlag)
-	switch typ {
-	case namespaceTarget:
-		if name == "" {
-			ln, err := input.ReadLine(fmt.Sprintf("Target name is not set. Confirm to use %s namespace (n|Y)> ", defaultNamespace))
-			commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "read line error: %w", err)
-			ln = strings.ToLower(ln)
-			if len(ln) > 0 && (ln[0] == 'n') {
-				commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "read namespace error: %w", errSettingDefaultValueWasDeclined)
-			}
-			name = defaultNamespace
-		}
-		return &control.ChainTarget{
-			Name: name,
-			Type: control.ChainTarget_NAMESPACE,
-		}
-	case containerTarget:
-		var cnr cid.ID
-		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "can't decode container ID: %w", cnr.DecodeString(name))
-		return &control.ChainTarget{
-			Name: name,
-			Type: control.ChainTarget_CONTAINER,
-		}
-	case userTarget:
-		return &control.ChainTarget{
-			Name: name,
-			Type: control.ChainTarget_USER,
-		}
-	case groupTarget:
-		return &control.ChainTarget{
-			Name: name,
-			Type: control.ChainTarget_GROUP,
-		}
-	default:
-		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "read target type error: %w", errUnknownTargetType)
+	target := apeCmd.ParseTarget(cmd)
+
+	typ, ok := engineToControlSvcType[target.Type]
+	if !ok {
+		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "%w", fmt.Errorf("unknown type '%c", target.Type))
+	}
+
+	return &control.ChainTarget{
+		Name: target.Name,
+		Type: typ,
 	}
-	return nil
 }
 
 func listRules(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
@@ -117,7 +75,7 @@ func listRules(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 	for _, c := range chains {
 		var chain apechain.Chain
 		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "decode error: %w", chain.DecodeBytes(c))
-		util.PrintHumanReadableAPEChain(cmd, &chain)
+		apeCmd.PrintHumanReadableAPEChain(cmd, &chain)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -125,7 +83,7 @@ func initControlListRulesCmd() {
 	initControlFlags(listRulesCmd)
 
 	ff := listRulesCmd.Flags()
-	ff.String(targetNameFlag, "", targetNameDesc)
-	ff.String(targetTypeFlag, "", targetTypeDesc)
-	_ = listRulesCmd.MarkFlagRequired(targetTypeFlag)
+	ff.String(apeCmd.TargetNameFlag, "", apeCmd.TargetNameFlagDesc)
+	ff.String(apeCmd.TargetTypeFlag, "", apeCmd.TargetTypeFlagDesc)
+	_ = listRulesCmd.MarkFlagRequired(apeCmd.TargetTypeFlag)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/control/list_targets.go b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/control/list_targets.go
index 7c401eb17..8bd2dc9cd 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/control/list_targets.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/control/list_targets.go
@@ -2,26 +2,20 @@ package control
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"crypto/sha256"
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 	"text/tabwriter"
 
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-cli/internal/key"
 	commonCmd "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/internal/common"
+	apeCmd "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/internal/common/ape"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/services/control"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/api/rpc/client"
-	cid "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/container/id"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
 )
 
-const (
-	chainNameFlag      = "chain-name"
-	chainNameFlagUsage = "Chain name(ingress|s3)"
-)
-
 var listTargetsCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "list-targets",
 	Short: "List local targets",
@@ -32,15 +26,11 @@ var listTargetsCmd = &cobra.Command{
 func listTargets(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 	pk := key.Get(cmd)
 
-	var cnr cid.ID
-	chainName, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(chainNameFlag)
-
-	rawCID := make([]byte, sha256.Size)
-	cnr.Encode(rawCID)
+	chainName := apeCmd.ParseChainName(cmd)
 
 	req := &control.ListTargetsLocalOverridesRequest{
 		Body: &control.ListTargetsLocalOverridesRequest_Body{
-			ChainName: chainName,
+			ChainName: string(chainName),
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -82,7 +72,7 @@ func initControlListTargetsCmd() {
 	initControlFlags(listTargetsCmd)
 
 	ff := listTargetsCmd.Flags()
-	ff.String(chainNameFlag, "", chainNameFlagUsage)
+	ff.String(apeCmd.ChainNameFlag, "", apeCmd.ChainNameFlagDesc)
 
-	_ = cobra.MarkFlagRequired(ff, chainNameFlag)
+	_ = cobra.MarkFlagRequired(ff, apeCmd.ChainNameFlag)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/control/remove_rule.go b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/control/remove_rule.go
index a996156a5..036317bcb 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/control/remove_rule.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/control/remove_rule.go
@@ -6,17 +6,12 @@ import (
 
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-cli/internal/key"
 	commonCmd "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/internal/common"
+	apecmd "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/internal/common/ape"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/services/control"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/api/rpc/client"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-const (
-	chainIDFlag    = "chain-id"
-	chainIDHexFlag = "chain-id-hex"
-	allFlag        = "all"
-)
-
 var (
 	errEmptyChainID = errors.New("chain id cannot be empty")
 
@@ -30,8 +25,8 @@ var (
 
 func removeRule(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 	pk := key.Get(cmd)
-	hexEncoded, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool(chainIDHexFlag)
-	removeAll, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool(allFlag)
+	hexEncoded, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool(apecmd.ChainIDHexFlag)
+	removeAll, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool(apecmd.AllFlag)
 	if removeAll {
 		req := &control.RemoveChainLocalOverridesByTargetRequest{
 			Body: &control.RemoveChainLocalOverridesByTargetRequest_Body{
@@ -52,7 +47,7 @@ func removeRule(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	chainID, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(chainIDFlag)
+	chainID, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(apecmd.ChainIDFlag)
 	if chainID == "" {
 		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "read chain id error: %w", errEmptyChainID)
 	}
@@ -92,11 +87,11 @@ func initControlRemoveRuleCmd() {
 	initControlFlags(removeRuleCmd)
 
 	ff := removeRuleCmd.Flags()
-	ff.String(targetNameFlag, "", targetNameDesc)
-	ff.String(targetTypeFlag, "", targetTypeDesc)
-	_ = removeRuleCmd.MarkFlagRequired(targetTypeFlag)
-	ff.String(chainIDFlag, "", "Chain id")
-	ff.Bool(chainIDHexFlag, false, "Flag to parse chain ID as hex")
-	ff.Bool(allFlag, false, "Remove all chains")
-	removeRuleCmd.MarkFlagsMutuallyExclusive(allFlag, chainIDFlag)
+	ff.String(apecmd.TargetNameFlag, "", apecmd.TargetNameFlagDesc)
+	ff.String(apecmd.TargetTypeFlag, "", apecmd.TargetTypeFlagDesc)
+	_ = removeRuleCmd.MarkFlagRequired(apecmd.TargetTypeFlag)
+	ff.String(apecmd.ChainIDFlag, "", apecmd.ChainIDFlagDesc)
+	ff.Bool(apecmd.ChainIDHexFlag, false, apecmd.ChainIDHexFlagDesc)
+	ff.Bool(apecmd.AllFlag, false, "Remove all chains")
+	removeRuleCmd.MarkFlagsMutuallyExclusive(apecmd.AllFlag, apecmd.ChainIDFlag)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/util/convert_eacl.go b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/util/convert_eacl.go
index d588ba35d..caa6dfcfe 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/util/convert_eacl.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/util/convert_eacl.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-cli/internal/common"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-cli/internal/commonflags"
 	commonCmd "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/internal/common"
-	apeutil "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/internal/ape"
+	apeutil "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/util/ape"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine/pkg/chain"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
diff --git a/cmd/internal/common/ape/commands.go b/cmd/internal/common/ape/commands.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e5a35ab71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/internal/common/ape/commands.go
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+package ape
+
+import (
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	commonCmd "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/internal/common"
+	apeutil "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/util/ape"
+	cid "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-sdk-go/container/id"
+	apechain "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine/pkg/chain"
+	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine/pkg/engine"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/cli/input"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+const (
+	defaultNamespace = "root"
+	namespaceTarget  = "namespace"
+	containerTarget  = "container"
+	userTarget       = "user"
+	groupTarget      = "group"
+
+	Ingress = "ingress"
+	S3      = "s3"
+)
+
+var mChainName = map[string]apechain.Name{
+	Ingress: apechain.Ingress,
+	S3:      apechain.S3,
+}
+
+var (
+	errSettingDefaultValueWasDeclined = errors.New("setting default value was declined")
+	errUnknownTargetType              = errors.New("unknown target type")
+	errUnsupportedChainName           = errors.New("unsupported chain name")
+)
+
+// PrintHumanReadableAPEChain print APE chain rules.
+func PrintHumanReadableAPEChain(cmd *cobra.Command, chain *apechain.Chain) {
+	cmd.Println("Chain ID: " + string(chain.ID))
+	cmd.Printf("     HEX: %x\n", chain.ID)
+	cmd.Println("Rules:")
+	for _, rule := range chain.Rules {
+		cmd.Println("\n\tStatus: " + rule.Status.String())
+		cmd.Println("\tAny: " + strconv.FormatBool(rule.Any))
+		cmd.Println("\tConditions:")
+		for _, c := range rule.Condition {
+			var ot string
+			switch c.Kind {
+			case apechain.KindResource:
+				ot = "Resource"
+			case apechain.KindRequest:
+				ot = "Request"
+			default:
+				panic("unknown object type")
+			}
+			cmd.Println(fmt.Sprintf("\t\t%s %s %s %s", ot, c.Key, c.Op, c.Value))
+		}
+		cmd.Println("\tActions:\tInverted:" + strconv.FormatBool(rule.Actions.Inverted))
+		for _, name := range rule.Actions.Names {
+			cmd.Println("\t\t" + name)
+		}
+		cmd.Println("\tResources:\tInverted:" + strconv.FormatBool(rule.Resources.Inverted))
+		for _, name := range rule.Resources.Names {
+			cmd.Println("\t\t" + name)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// ParseTarget handles target parsing of an APE chain.
+func ParseTarget(cmd *cobra.Command) engine.Target {
+	typ := ParseTargetType(cmd)
+	name, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(TargetNameFlag)
+	switch typ {
+	case engine.Namespace:
+		if name == "" {
+			ln, err := input.ReadLine(fmt.Sprintf("Target name is not set. Confirm to use %s namespace (n|Y)> ", defaultNamespace))
+			commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "read line error: %w", err)
+			ln = strings.ToLower(ln)
+			if len(ln) > 0 && (ln[0] == 'n') {
+				commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "read namespace error: %w", errSettingDefaultValueWasDeclined)
+			}
+			name = defaultNamespace
+		}
+		return engine.NamespaceTarget(name)
+	case engine.Container:
+		var cnr cid.ID
+		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "can't decode container ID: %w", cnr.DecodeString(name))
+		return engine.ContainerTarget(name)
+	case engine.User:
+		return engine.UserTarget(name)
+	case engine.Group:
+		return engine.GroupTarget(name)
+	default:
+		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "read target type error: %w", errUnknownTargetType)
+	}
+	panic("unreachable")
+}
+
+// ParseTargetType handles target type parsing of an APE chain.
+func ParseTargetType(cmd *cobra.Command) engine.TargetType {
+	typ, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(TargetTypeFlag)
+	switch typ {
+	case namespaceTarget:
+		return engine.Namespace
+	case containerTarget:
+		return engine.Container
+	case userTarget:
+		return engine.User
+	case groupTarget:
+		return engine.Group
+	default:
+		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "parse target type error: %w", errUnknownTargetType)
+	}
+	panic("unreachable")
+}
+
+// ParseChainID handles the parsing of APE-chain identifier.
+// For some subcommands, chain ID is optional as an input parameter and should be generated by
+// the service instead.
+func ParseChainID(cmd *cobra.Command) (id apechain.ID) {
+	chainID, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(ChainIDFlag)
+	id = apechain.ID(chainID)
+
+	hexEncoded, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool(ChainIDHexFlag)
+	if !hexEncoded {
+		return
+	}
+
+	chainIDRaw, err := hex.DecodeString(chainID)
+	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "can't decode chain ID as hex: %w", err)
+	id = apechain.ID(chainIDRaw)
+	return
+}
+
+// ParseChain parses an APE chain which can be provided either as a rule statement
+// or loaded from a binary/JSON file path.
+func ParseChain(cmd *cobra.Command) *apechain.Chain {
+	chain := new(apechain.Chain)
+	chain.ID = ParseChainID(cmd)
+
+	if rules, _ := cmd.Flags().GetStringArray(RuleFlag); len(rules) > 0 {
+		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "parser error: %w", apeutil.ParseAPEChain(chain, rules))
+	} else if encPath, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(PathFlag); encPath != "" {
+		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "decode binary or json error: %w", apeutil.ParseAPEChainBinaryOrJSON(chain, encPath))
+	} else {
+		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "parser error", errors.New("rule is not passed"))
+	}
+
+	cmd.Println("Parsed chain:")
+	PrintHumanReadableAPEChain(cmd, chain)
+
+	return chain
+}
+
+// ParseChainName parses chain name: the place in the request lifecycle where policy is applied.
+func ParseChainName(cmd *cobra.Command) apechain.Name {
+	chainName, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(ChainNameFlag)
+	apeChainName, ok := mChainName[strings.ToLower(chainName)]
+	if !ok {
+		commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "", errUnsupportedChainName)
+	}
+	return apeChainName
+}
diff --git a/cmd/internal/common/ape/flags.go b/cmd/internal/common/ape/flags.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c5e2a3a99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/internal/common/ape/flags.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package ape
+
+const (
+	RuleFlag           = "rule"
+	RuleFlagDesc       = "Rule statement"
+	PathFlag           = "path"
+	PathFlagDesc       = "Path to encoded chain in JSON or binary format"
+	TargetNameFlag     = "target-name"
+	TargetNameFlagDesc = "Resource name in APE resource name format"
+	TargetTypeFlag     = "target-type"
+	TargetTypeFlagDesc = "Resource type(container/namespace)"
+	ChainIDFlag        = "chain-id"
+	ChainIDFlagDesc    = "Chain id"
+	ChainIDHexFlag     = "chain-id-hex"
+	ChainIDHexFlagDesc = "Flag to parse chain ID as hex"
+	ChainNameFlag      = "chain-name"
+	ChainNameFlagDesc  = "Chain name(ingress|s3)"
+	AllFlag            = "all"
+)
diff --git a/internal/ape/converter.go b/pkg/util/ape/converter.go
similarity index 100%
rename from internal/ape/converter.go
rename to pkg/util/ape/converter.go
diff --git a/internal/ape/converter_test.go b/pkg/util/ape/converter_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from internal/ape/converter_test.go
rename to pkg/util/ape/converter_test.go
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/util/ape.go b/pkg/util/ape/parser.go
similarity index 89%
rename from cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/util/ape.go
rename to pkg/util/ape/parser.go
index 73c368510..b4a31fd8d 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/util/ape.go
+++ b/pkg/util/ape/parser.go
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
-package util
+package ape
 
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	apechain "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine/pkg/chain"
 	nativeschema "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/policy-engine/schema/native"
 	"github.com/flynn-archive/go-shlex"
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -27,38 +25,6 @@ var (
 	errFailedToParseAllAny       = errors.New("any/all is not parsed")
 )
 
-// PrintHumanReadableAPEChain print APE chain rules.
-func PrintHumanReadableAPEChain(cmd *cobra.Command, chain *apechain.Chain) {
-	cmd.Println("Chain ID: " + string(chain.ID))
-	cmd.Printf("     HEX: %x\n", chain.ID)
-	cmd.Println("Rules:")
-	for _, rule := range chain.Rules {
-		cmd.Println("\n\tStatus: " + rule.Status.String())
-		cmd.Println("\tAny: " + strconv.FormatBool(rule.Any))
-		cmd.Println("\tConditions:")
-		for _, c := range rule.Condition {
-			var ot string
-			switch c.Kind {
-			case apechain.KindResource:
-				ot = "Resource"
-			case apechain.KindRequest:
-				ot = "Request"
-			default:
-				panic("unknown object type")
-			}
-			cmd.Println(fmt.Sprintf("\t\t%s %s %s %s", ot, c.Key, c.Op, c.Value))
-		}
-		cmd.Println("\tActions:\tInverted:" + strconv.FormatBool(rule.Actions.Inverted))
-		for _, name := range rule.Actions.Names {
-			cmd.Println("\t\t" + name)
-		}
-		cmd.Println("\tResources:\tInverted:" + strconv.FormatBool(rule.Resources.Inverted))
-		for _, name := range rule.Resources.Names {
-			cmd.Println("\t\t" + name)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 func ParseAPEChainBinaryOrJSON(chain *apechain.Chain, path string) error {
 	data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/util/ape_test.go b/pkg/util/ape/parser_test.go
similarity index 99%
rename from cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/util/ape_test.go
rename to pkg/util/ape/parser_test.go
index b275803df..21649fd24 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/util/ape_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/ape/parser_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package util
+package ape
 
 import (
 	"fmt"