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B
blank (analyt. chem.: e.g. Bstand
= standard
blank)
BA Bundesanstalt für
Arbeit (DE)
=
Federal Labour Office; renamed
Bundesagentur
für Arbeit =
Federal Employment Agency
BAFA Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle
= Federal
Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (DE)
BAFin Bundesanstalt für
Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht = Federal
Financial Supervisory Authority
BAG
Bundesamt für
Güterverkehr = Federal
Office for Freight Transport
BAIID breath
alcohol ignition lock device (also called an
“alcohol interlock”)
BAK i.
Bundesaufsichtsamt
für das Kreditwesen (DE)
= Federal Banking Supervisory
Office (G&C)
BAK ii.
Bundeskammer
für Arbeiter und Angestellte (AU)
= Federal Labour Chamber (usually
shortened to Bundesarbeitskammer)
BalBat
Baltic battalion (troops from 3
Baltic states + Nordic
countries, part
of peacekeeping
operations in Bosnia)
BALTCON
Baltic contingent (part of
NATO-led peacekeeping
force in Bosnia,
cf. BalBat)
BAT i.
Biologische
Arbeitsstofftoleranz
BAT ii.
Bundesangestelltentarif
(DE)
= Federal Employees' Collective
Salary Agreement
BAT
iii.
bureau
technique
d'assistance (EU)
= TAO
q.v.
BATNEEC
Best Available Technique(s) Not Entailing Excessive Cost
BAU
Bundesanstalt
für
Arbeitsschutz und Unfallforschung (DE)
BBA
British
Board of Agrément (building
materials)
BBG Bergbau-Berufsgenossenschaft
bbl barrels
(oil)
BBSRC
Bio-technology & Biology Sciences Research Council (UK)
BCBG bon chic, bon genre
= "U", as opposed to
"non-U"
BCC
business cooperation centre (EU)
BCNet Business
Cooperation Network (EU)
BCR Bureau Communautaire de
Référence
= Community Bureau of
Reference (EU: metrology,
1973)
BCSD
Business Council for Sustainable Development
BDA Bundesvereinigung der
Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände
= Confederation of German Employers' Associations
BDI Bundesverband der Deutschen
Industrie = Federation
of
German Industries
BDGW
Bundesvereinigung Deutscher Geld-
und Wertdienste = Federal
Association of German Cash and Valuables
Services
BEAC Banque des Etats de
l'Afrique Centrale = Bank of
Central
African
States (based
Yaoundé, Cameroon)
BEP i.
brevet
d'enseignement professionnel (FR)
=
vocational training
certificate
BEP ii.
brevet
d'études
professionnelles
BEPS
base erosion and profit shifting (int.
finance)
BERD i.
Banque
européenne de reconstruction et de
développement = EBRD
q.v.
BERD
ii. business
expenditure on research and development (OECD)
BET i.
bedrijfseffectentoets
= (suggest)
business
impact assessment
BET
ii. Brunauer/Emmet/Teller
(coalm.)
Used in English, defined as
"Methode zur Bestimmung der absoluten Gröbe
einer Oberfläche unter
Berücksichtigung
aller Unebenheiten"; source: Bill Grahamslaw.
BEUC Bureau européen
des Consommateurs = European
Bureau of
Consumers'
Unions (no EN acronym)
BfR Bundesinstitut für
Risikobewertung (DE)
=
Federal Institute for Risk Assessment
(formerly
BgVV)
BG
Berufsgenossenschaft
q.v.
(DE)
BGB
Bürgerliches
Gesetzbuch (DE)
=
Civil
Code
BgVV
Bundesinstitut
für
gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz und Veterinärmedizin (DE)
=
Federal Institute for Health
Protection and Veterinary Medicine (now
BfR)
BGW Berufsgenossenschaft
für
Gesundheitsdienst und Wohlfahrtspflege (DE)
= Institution for Statutory
Accident Insurance and Prevention in the Health and Welfare Services
Bh
(B='Betriebs-', h='Stunden') machine hours (industry)
biko = Beratung, Information, Kostenübernahme bei
Verhütung (initiative of pro
familia) (DE)
BIPM Bureau International des
Poids et Measures =
International
Bureau
of Weights and Measures (based
Paris, no English acronym)
BISPA
British Independent Steel Producers' Association
BKA
Bundeskriminalamt
= Federal Criminal Police Office (DE)
BKJ
Bundesvereinigung
Kulturelle Kinder- und
Jugendbildung = Union of Federal
Associations for Cultural Youth Education (DE)
BKM Bundesbeauftragter für Kultur und Medien
=
Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (DE)
BLE Bundesanstalt für
Landwirtschaft und Ernährung
= Federal Agency for
Agriculture and Food (DE)
BLS
Bureau of Labor Statistics (USA)
BMAS Bundesministerium
für Arbeit und Soziales (DE)
= Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
BMHS berufsbildendes mittleres
und höheres Schulwesen (AU)
(suggest)
intermediate and
higher
vocational education
BML Bundesministerium
für Landwirtschaft (DE)
=
Federal Ministry of Agriculture
BNFL
British Nuclear Fuels Limited
BNIST Bureau National pour
l'Information Scientifique et Technique (FR)
BO Basisonderwijs (NL)
(suggest)
(basic) primary education
BOLO be on the lookout (police alert)
BPM belasting personenauto's en
motorrijwielen (NL) (suggest)
motor car and motorcycle tax
BPV-St. Bergpolizeiverordnung
Steinkohle (D)
= coal mining regulations (of a Land,
e.g.)
BQG Beschäftigungs-
und Qualifizierungsgesellschaften (DE)
= (suggest)
employment and
new skills
companies
BRAGO
Branchengebührenordnung (DE)
=
scale of professional fees (lawyers e.g.)
BRE Bureau de rapprochement des
entreprises = BCC
q.v.
BRGM = Bureau de recherches
géologiques et minières
= (suggest)
Geological and Mining Research Bureau (FR)
BRICs Brazil, India, China (trade: emerging markets)
BRS
i.
Bedrijfsregistratie
Systeem (NL)
BRS
ii.
budget
rectificatif et
supplémentaire = SAB
q.v.
BSG Bundessozialgericht = Federal Social
Court (DE)
BSI
British Standards Institution
bss
bruto-standaardsaldo (NL:
?employment
in agriculture)
BT i.
brevet
de technicien (FR)
BT
ii. British
Telecom (UK)
BTH brevet de tourisme et
d'hôtellerie (FR)
= tourism and hotel management certificate
BTN i.
brevet
de technicien normal (FR)
BTN
ii. Brussels
Tariff Nomenclature (EU)
BTS brevet de technicien
supérieur (FR)
BTW
bacteriological (biological) and toxin weapons
BV Bundesverband
= federal association (DE
in various titles)
BVB Besondere
Vertragsbedingungen (DE)
bve beroeps- en
volwasseneneducatie
(NL) =
vocational and
adult education
BVG
Berufliches
Vorsorgegesetz = Occupational
Pensions Act (CH)
B
en W burgemeester en
wethouders (NL)
=
mayor and aldermen
BWC
Biological Weapons Convention (Convention on the Prohibition of the
Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological)
and
Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction (UN:
1972)
BWI Bretton
Woods Institutions (development,
= IMF and World
Bank)
BWR
boiling water reactor (energy)
bwu
blue whale units (IWC whaling
quotas)
BWÜ
Übereinkommen über das Verbot biologischer Waffen
= BWC
q.v.
BZK Binnenlandse Zaken en
Koninkrijksrelaties =
(Minister/Ministry of
the) Interior and Kingdom Relations (NL)
BZN Brüsseler
Zollnomenklatur =
Brussels Tariff
Nomenclature
BZR Brüsseler Zollrat
= Customs
Cooperation Council
BZSt Bundeszentralamt
für Steuern (DE)
=
Federal Central Tax
Office
Created
by Alison Gaunt
Last
updated: 27 March 2020
