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AAE
Agence
d'Approvisionnement EURATOM =
Euratom
Supply Agency (no EN abbrev.)
AAMS
Associated African and Malagasy States
AAS
atomic absorption spectrometry
ABC-Waffen
Atom-, biologische und chemische Waffen = NBC
weapons q.v.
ABM
Arbeitsbeschaffungsmaßnahmen (D)
= (suggest)
job creation measures
ABS
anti-lock braking system (automotive)
ABU code (NL)
a Dutch
anti-discrimination
code of conduct for employment agencies
ACC
Administrative Committee on Coordination (UN)
ACE
Association for the Conservation
of Energy (UK)
ACF Action
Contre La Faim = Action
Against Hunger (an
NGO)
ACI Alliance
Coopérative Internationale
= ICA
q.v.
ACLU American
Civil Liberties Union
ACORD
Advisory Council on Research and Development for Fuel and
Power (UK:
Dept. of Energy)
ACP
Africa, Caribbean and Pacific countries (signatories
to the Lomé Convention(s)
concluded with the EU)
ACPC
Advisory Committee on Procurements and Contracts (EU:
NB not
Consultative
Committee on
Purchases Contracts as per Eurodicautom)
ACS i.
Afrika,
Caribisch gebied en de Stille Zuidsee
= ACP
q.v.
ACS
ii. Association
of Caribbean States
ACU
Administration of the Customs Union
(EU)
ADC
analog to digital converter (computers)
ADE Association du
Développement de l'Enfant
(?
F)
ADL ambassade de
démocratie locale = LDE
q.v.
ADNs
amounts deemed necessary (EU
budgets)
ADPIC (Accord sur les) aspects
des droits de la propriété
intellectuelle qui
touchent au commerce = TRIPS
q.v.
ADR
The "European Agreement concerning the international
carriage
of dangerous goods by road", 30/9/57
ADV
analog-digitalverarbeitung = ADP
analog/digital
processing (IT)
ADV arbeidsduurverkorting (NL),
e.g.
'ADV-dagen'
AED atomic
emission detection
AELE Association de
Libre-Echange Européen
= EFTA
q.v.
AEN Agence pour
l'Énergie Nucléaire
= NEA
q.v.
AERES Association
européenne pour la promotion de la recherche
technique en
sidérurgie
AET Arbeitswissenschaftliches Erhebungsverfahren zur
Tätigkeitsanalyse =
?
work
study survey method of
job analysis
AETR average effective tax rate
AEUV Vertrag über die
Arbeitsweise der Europäischen Union =
TFEU q.v.
AFEAMA Aide à la
Famille pour l'Emploi d'une Assistance Maternelle
agréée =
family assistance for employment of an approved child minder
(FR)
AFPA i.
Association
pour la formation professionelle
accélérée
(FR)
AFPA ii.
Association
pour la formation
professionelle des
adultes (FR)
AFTA
ASEAN Free Trade Area (planned
for 2008)
Association
française des volontaires du progrès
(French NGO)
A/G
arithmetic/geometric (ratio;
geology)
AGB Allgemeine
Geschäftsbedingungen (D)
= General Terms of Business
AGCS = Accord
général sur le commerce des
services
= GATS
q.v.
AGR advanced
gas-cooled reactor
AHOI Actieplan Hogescholen op
Internet (B) =
(suggest)
Action Plan for
Colleges on the
Internet
AHV
Alters- und
Hinterlassenenversicherung = Old
Age and Survivors’ Insurance (CH)
AI i.
Amnesty
International (human rights
NGO, founded
UK 1961by Peter Benenson)
AI
ii. artificial
intelligence
AIBT
Association of International Banks and Trust Companies (Bahamas)
AICE Action Internationale
contre la Faim = International
Action
Against
Hunger (now ACF
q.v.)
AID i.
Agence
internationale
de
développement (UN)
= IDA
q.v.
AID
ii. automatic
interaction detector
AIDN Association Internationale
du Droit Nucléaire = INLA
q.v.
AIEA Agence internationale de
l'énergie atomique =
IAEA
q.v.
AIP Association Internationale
des Procureurs = IAP
q.v.
AIPM = actions
d'intérêt public mondial
= world public service (Rotary
International)
AISS Association internationale
de la Sécurité sociale
= ISSA
q.v.
AIT Association internationale
du Transport = International
Transport
Association
ALE agences locales pour
l'emploi (B;
1994)
ALENA Accord de Libre-Echange
Nord-Américain = NAFTA
q.v.
AMAP association pour le
maintien d'une
agriculture paysanne =
community-based agriculture (group)
AME accord
multilatéral sur l'environnement
= multilateral
agreement on
the environment
AMfG
Arbeitsförderungsgesetz
(AU)
AMI accord
multilatéral sur l'investissement
= MAI
q.v.
AMK Agro-Milieukeurmerk
(NL)
= (suggest)
?
AMS
Arbeitsmarktservice
(AU)
employment service
AMU
i. Arab
Maghreb Union
AMU
ii.
atomic
mass unit (phys.)
ANCOVA
analysis of covariance (stat.)
ANDRA Agence Nationale des
Déchets Radioactifs (FR)
ANOVA
analysis of variance (stat.)
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
AO i.
Abgabenordnung
(D)
=
Tax Code
A&O ii.
(fonds)
Arbeidsmarkt
en opleidingsfonds (NL)
AOC Afrique de l'Ouest et du
Centre = West and
Central Africa
AOSIS
Alliance of Small Island States (world
climate)
APAINDE
International Parliamentary Assembly for Democracy
APATASI
Airport Air Traffic Systems Interface
APB i. all-points bulletin (police
alert, esp. USA, Canada)
APB ii. avant-propos
de budget
= PDB
q.v.
APE accord de
parténariat
européen = EPA
q.v.
APEC Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation Forum (17
members
incl. US,
China, Japan, Canada)
APES Accord Partiel
Élargi
sur le Sport = EPAS
q.v.
APHD
Asian Partnership for Human Development
API
American Petroleum Institute
APM
anti-personnel mine
APME Association
of Plastics Manufacturers in Europe (based
Brussels)
APR Asylum Procedure Regulation (EU)
APS
Algmeen Preferentieel Systeem;
Allgemeines
Präferenzensystem
= GSP
q.v.
ARC action
de recherche concertée, q.v.
ARFM
air traffic flow management
ARGO Autonome Raad van het
Gemeenschapsonderwijs (B)
= (suggest)
Independent Council for Community Education
ARIPO African Regional
Industrial Property Organisation (formed
1976,
based Zimbabwe; has an "Administrative Council")
ARYM ancienne
république
yougoslave de Macédoine
see
FYRM
a.s.
(NL)
= next
ASARECA Association
for Strengthening Agricultural Research in
Eastern
and Central Africa
asb
apostilb
ASM
airspace management
ASTA Administration des
Services Techniques de l'Agriculture (Lx)
= (suggest)
Technical
Services
Department for Agriculture
ASTM American
Society for Testing
and Materials
ASV
i. anodic
stripping voltametry
ASV
ii.
Atomsperrvertrag;
Atomwaffensperrvertrag
(Vertrag über
die Nichtverbreitung von Kernwaffen)
= NPT
q.v.
AT Assistance Technique
= Technical Assistance (EU:
development)
ATA Admission Temporaire /
Temporary Admission (ATA
Carnet;
Convention 1956) (WCO)
ata (D)
atmosphere absolute,
atm. abs.
ATC
air traffic control
ATEE
Association of Teacher Education in Europe
ATS
Austrian Schilling(s)
atü (D)
atmosphere gauge,
atm. Gauge
AU
arbitrary units
AUVA Allgemeine
Unfallversicherungsanstalt =
Austrian Workers'
Compensation
Board (source:
govt. website)
AVE
ad valorem equivalent (trade)
AVGAS
aviation gasoline
AVGB Algemene Verordening Gegevensbescherming, see
GDPR
AVID = Arbeitskreis
für veterinärmedizinische Infektionsdiagnostik
(DE)
AVM
anti-vehicle mine
AVS Assurance Vieillesse et
Survivants = AHV
q.v.
AVTS allocation aux vieux
travailleurs salariés
= allowance for
elderly
employed persons (FR)
Avus Automobil-, Verkehrs- und
Übungsstraße
AWR Algemeen Wet Rijksbelastingen
= (suggest)
General
Federal Taxes
Act (NL)
AWTF Ausschuß für Wissenschaftliche und Technische
Forschung = STR
Committee
AWTID Ausschuß
für Wissenschaftliche und Technische Information und
Dokumentation see
STID
AZ Aktenzeichen =
file number
Azapo Anzanian
People's Organisation (South
Africa)
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Last
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