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CAB
Civil Aeronautics Board (USA:
up to 1978)
CAD i.
Comité
d'aide au développement (OECD)
= Development Assistance
Committee
CAD
ii. computer-assisted
design
CAE Conseil d'analyse
économique (FR:
reports to Prime minister)
CAEM Conseil d'assistance
économique mutuelle =
COMECON
q.v.
CAMM
computer-assisted maintenance management
CANDU
type of heavy water reactor (Canada
Deuterium
and
Uranium)
CAO i.
conception
assistée par ordinateur
= CAD
ii.
q.v.
CAO ii.
collectieve
arbeidsovereenkomst (NL)
= collective labour agreement;
collective
bargaining agreement
CAP i.
certificate
d'aptitude professionelle (FR)
CAQ
computer-aided quality
CASTOR
cask for storage and transport of radioactive material
CAUE Conseil d'architecture,
d'urbanisme et de l'environnement
(FR)
CBEC
Classification by broad economic
categories
(Eurostat)
CBLIA Centre
Belgo-Luxembourgeoise d'Information de l'Acier
CBP Communautair Bureau voor
Plantenrassen = CPVO
q.v.
CBR
crude birth rate (population
studies)
CBS Centraal Bureau voor de
Statistiek (NL)
= Statistics Netherlands (title
as used on their own letterhead)
(NB
sometimes also seen (presumably
wrongly?)
as:
Central
Bureau of Statistics)
CBSS
Council of Baltic Sea States
CBYX
Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (DE)
CCACE Comité de
Coordination des Associations de Coopératives
d'Europe =
Coordinating Committee of EEC Cooperative Associations
CCAM
Comission Consultative des Achats et Marchés (EU)
= ACPC
q.v.
CCC
Customs Cooperation Council
CCD
i. charge-coupled
device (as in CCD camera;
scans
an infrared image)
CCD ii.
Conseil
de Coopération Douanière
= CCC
q.v.
CCDD
Coördinatiecentrum voor de Diergeneeskundige Diagnostiek (B)
= (suggest) Veterinary Diagnostic
Coordinating Centre
CCEE
countries of Central and Eastern Europe
CCGT
combined cycle gas turbine (energy)
CCI = Chambre de Commerce
Internationale, see ICC
CCMC Comité des
constructeurs d'automobiles du Marché Commun
CCN Commission des Comptes de
la Nation (FR)
CCPCS
Commission consultative
pour les carburants de substitution (FR)
= (suggest)
Advisory
Committee on
Alternative Fuels
CCR Coördinatiecentrum
Reddingswezen (B)
=
Rescue coordination centre (coalm.)
CCRN Centre commun de
recherches nucléaires
= Joint
Nuclear
Research Centre (EU)
CCT
Common Customs Tariff (EU)
CCW
(Convention on prohibitions or restrictions on the use of)
Certain
Conventional Weapons (UN)
CDIS Comité
directeur de l'information statistique
= Steering
Committee
on Statistical Information (Eurostat:
use F
acronym)
CDLR Comité
Directeur des Autorités Locales &
Régionales =
Steering
Committee on Local & Regional Authorities (CoE,
abbrev. CDLR)
CDM
clean development mechanism (environment)
CDO Commissie voor Duurzame
Ontwikkeling = CSD
q.v.
CDW Communitair Douanewetboek
= Community Customs Code (EU;
1994)
ce
i. coal
equivalent
CE ii.
colonne
d'eau = WG
q.v.
CEAC Conférence
Européenne de l'Aviation Civile
= ECAC
q.v.
CECE
countries of Eastern and Central
Europe
(EU
prefers CCEE
q.v.)
CECR = Cadre
européen commun de
référence pour les langues
= CEFR
q.v.
CECRL
Cadre
européen commun de
référence pour les langues =
CEFR
q.v.
CEDAR
Central European Environmental Data Request Facility (administered
by ISEP q.v.)
CEDAW
Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of
Discrimination
against Women (UN)
CEDEAO Communauté
économique des états d'Afrique orientale
= ECOWAS
q.v.
CEDEFOP Centre
européen pour le développement de la formation
professionelle
= European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (EU:
use French acronym)
CEDEX
courrier d'entreprise à
distribution
exceptionelle (FR):
postal
service for
business introduced 1966
CEDH Convention
européenne (de sauvegarde) des droits de l'homme (et
des
libertés fondamentales)
= ECHR
q.v.
CEDT
Confédération européenne des
débitants de tabac =
ECTR
q.v.
CEE
i.
Centre d'Etudes et d'Emploi (FR)
CEE ii.
comité
d'entreprise européen
= European works council
CEE
iii.
Communauté
économique européenne
= EEC
q.v.
CEEC
Central and Eastern European countries (EU
prefers CCEE
q.v.)
CEEP Centre européen
de l'entreprise publique = ?ECPE
CEF = CEFR
q.v.
CEFR
=
Common European
Framework of Reference for Languages (devised
by Council of Europe)
CEFRL = CEFR
q.v.
CEGB
Central Electricity Generating Board (UK)
CEIES Comité
consultatif européen de l'Information statistique dans
les
domaines économiques et sociaux = European
Advisory Committee on
Statistical Information in the Economic and Social Spheres (Eurostat:
use French acronym)
CEMAC
Communauté Economique et Monétaire de l'Afrique
Centrale
=
Central African Economic and Monetary Community
CEMT Conférence
européenne des Ministres des Transports
= ECMT
q.v.
CEO
chief executive officer (comm.)
CEP
common energy policy (EU)
CEPAL Commission
économique pour l'Amérique Latine
= ECLA
q.v.
CEPCEO Comité
d'étude des producteurs de charbon d'Europe occidentale
=
Western European Coal Producers' Research Committee
CEPMMT = Centre
Européen de Prévision
Météorologique à Moyen Terme
= ECMWF
q.v.
CERVA (B) =
VAR
q.v.
CES
i.
Comité
économique et social
= ESC
q.v.
CES
ii.
Confédération
européenne des syndicats
= ETUC
q.v.
CEST
Centre for the Exploitation of Science & Technology (UK)
CET
corrected effective temperature
CETA
Comprehensive
Economic and Trade Agreement (EU-Canada)
CETP Comité
européen de technologie de la plongée
= EDTC
q.v.
CF
Constitution
Fédérale (CH
e.g.) = Federal Constitution
CFA Communauté
financière africaine:
"the CFA franc";
CFAF
CFE
(Treaty) Conventional Forces in Europe (1950s)
CFF
critical fusion frequency
CFMU
Central Flow Management Unit (aviation;
Eurocontrol)
CFSP
Common Foreign and Security Policy (EU)
CFTA Cosmetic,
Toiletry and Fragrance Association
CGCE
Classification par grandes
catégories économiques
= CBEC
q.v.
CGG
Commission on Global Governance; Commission de Gouvernance
Globale (grouping
of 28 world leaders, based Switzerland)
CGPM
Conférence
générale sur les poids et measures
= General
Conference
on Weights and Measures (Metre
Convention, Paris, May 1975, set up
the SI
system. No English acronym.)
CGS
centimetre-gram-second (system
using these units)
CHP
= combined heat and power (energy)
CIDEX; CIDEX rural: courrier
individuel à distribution exceptionnel (FR):
postal service for rural
areas, cf. CEDEX
CIDST Comité de
l'Information et de la Documentation Scientifique et
Technique
(EU)
= Committee for Scientific
and
Technical Information and Documentation, STID Committee
CIECA
European Association of Driving Licence Issuing
Authorities
CIF Conseil International des
Femmes =
ICW
q.v.
CIGN
Chief Inspector's Guidance Notes (UK:
HMIP)
CILSS Comité
Inter-Etats de Lutte contre la Sécheresse au Sahel
= (EN
unconfirmed) Intergovernmental
Committee for Drought Control in the
Sahel (use
French acronym)
CIM
computer-integrated manufacturing
CIPM Comité
International des Poids et Mesures
= International
Committee
for Weights and Measures (no
English acronym)
CIPRES Conférence
Inter-Africaine de la Prévoyance Sociale
=
Inter-African Conference on Social Security
CIRDES Centre International
pour la Recherche et le Développement de
l'Elevage en Zone Humide (EN
unconfirmed) = International
Centre for
Livestock Research and Development in Subhumid Zones
CIREA
Centre for information, reflection and exchange of
information on
asylum (EU:
informal
body set up by Council)
CIREFI
Centre for information, discussion and exchange on the
crossing
of frontiers and immigration (EU:
informal
body decided on by Council in 1992, given official remit from 1/1/95.
Use
English acronym)
CIRIA
Construction Industry Research and Information Association
(UK)
CIS
i.
Commonwealth of Independent States (for
details see my main Glossary
of Terms, under CIS)
CIS
ii.
Community Innovation Survey (EU)
CISL
Confédération internationale des syndicats libres
= ICFTU
q.v.
CITI Classification
Internationale Type par Industries de toutes les
branches
(UN)
= ISIC
q.v.
CITP Classification
Internationale Type des Professions
(ILO)
= International Standard
Classification by
Occupations
CIVETs Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam,
Egypt, Turkey & South Africa (trade: emerging markets)
CKD
countable knocked down (automotive:
motor
vehicles
imported in parts for assembly)
CLA
Country Landowners' Association (UK)
CLIO Classification et
nomenclature des branches entrées-sorties
(statistics)
CLM Centrum voor Landbouw en
Milieu (NL)
= (suggest)
Centre for Agriculture and Environment
CLRAE
Congress of Local and Regional
Authorities of
Europe
CMT
Confédération Mondiale du Travail
= WCL
q.v.
CN
Combined Nomenclature (Eurostat)
CNAM
Conservatoire national des arts et metiers
= National
Conservatory
of Arts and Crafts (FR)
CNC
computer numerically controlled (machine
tools)
CND i.
Campaign
for Nuclear Disarmament (UK)
(most
active in 1960s)
CND ii.
Commission
on Narcotic Drugs (UN)
CNEXO Centre National
d'Exploitation des Océans (FR)
CNLAMCA Comité
national de liaison des activités mutualists,
coopératives et
associatives (FR)
= (suggest)
National Liaison Committee for Friendly Societies, Cooperatives and
Associated
Activities
CNMCCA
Confédération Nationale de la
Mutualité, de la Coopération et
du
Crédit Agricole (FR)
= (suggest)
National Confederation of Agricultural Friendly Societies, Cooperatives
and
Savings Banks
CNUCED Conférence
des Nations Unies sur le Commerce et le
Développement
= UNCTAD
q.v.
CoBo-fonds Coproduktiefonds
binnenlandse omroep (NL)
= Coproduction Fund for National Broadcasting (Eurodicautom)
COBRA Controle, Bewaking,
Registratie en Afdoeningssysteem
(NL)
= (suggest)
Inspection,
Surveillance,
Registration and Implementation System (fisheries)
COCCEE Comité des
organisations commerciales de la Communauté
Economique
Européenne =
Committee of Commercial Organisations of the EEC
Cocobu
Commission du
contrôle budgétaire
(EP)
= Committee on Budgetary Control
(NB
always use full title in English, never the French acronym)
COCOM
Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls (1958)
COISP
Centre d'orientation de d'insertion socio-professionnelle (B)
= (suggest)
centre for
social and
occupational guidance and placement
COM
common organisation of the market (in
bananas e.g.)
(EU)
COMECON
Committee for Mutual Economic
Assistance
COMESA
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
COP
i. coefficient de performance =
coefficient of
performance (heating,
ventilation)
COP ii. Conference of the Parties (climate change e.g.)
COPAC
Consortium of the Packaging Chain (UK)
COS
coéfficient d'occupation des sols
(FR)
COSAC Conférence des
organes spécialisés dans les affaires
communautaires
= Conference of Community and European Affairs Committees (EU national
parliaments and EP) (EU:
use
FR
acronym)
CoSS
Committee on Safe Seas (EU)
COTOREP Commission technique
d'orientation et de reclassement
professionnel (FR)
CP
critical points (analysis, e.g.)
CPA Classification de produits
par activité =
Classification of
products
by activity (Eurostat)
CPAS
Centre Publique d'Assistance Sociale (B)
= Public Social Assistance Centre,
cf. OCMW
CPB Centraal Planbureau (NL)
Netherlands Bureau for Economic
Policy Analysis
cpc i.
cahier
des prescriptions communes (contracts)
CPC ii.
Common Product Classification (UN)
CPE coopération
politique européenne
= EPC
q.v.
CPERE Comité
permanent de l'espace rural = SCERA
q.v.
CPLRE Congrès de
Pouvoirs locaux et régionaux
= CLRAE q.v.
CPM capteur
poussières mines (FR)
CPN
Conflict Prevention Network (EU:
CFSP)
CRRE
Council for the Protection of Rural England (UK)
CPS i.
Comité
du Programme Statistique = SPC
(Eurostat)
CPS
ii. Consumer
Protection Service (ECOM)
CPT Committee
for the Prevention of Torture (and Inhuman or
Degrading
Treatment or Punishment) (CoE)
CPU
central processing unit (computers)
CPVO Community
Plant Variety Office (EU)
CQFD ce qu'il fallait
démontrer = QED
q.v.
CREST
Committee for Scientific and Technical Research (EU:
use FR acronym)
cS
centistoke (measure of viscosity)
CSCE
Conference on Security and Cooperation
in Europe (Helsinki)
CSD
Commission for Sustainable Development (UN)
CSE connaissances
secrètes Euratom = ECI
q.v.
CSLP Cadre
stratégique de lutte contre la pauvreté =
(concept
of)
Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers, see
PRSP
CSR
corporate social responsibility
CST Classification statistique
et tarifaire pour le commerce
international
= Statistical and Tariff Classification for International Trade (use
FR
acronym)
CSTE Classification statistique
des Transports en Europe =
Commodity
Classification for Transport Statistics in Europe (UN
Economic Commission for Europe)
CSTO
Collective Security Treaty Organisation (1992, post-Soviet
states
CTBT
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
CTCI Classification Type pour
le Commerce international (UN)
= SITC
q.v.
CTE
Committee on Trade and Environment (WTO)
CTMR
Community Trade Mark Regulation (EU)
CTP
i. common
transport policy (EU)
CTP ii.
common
training
programme (EU,
customs)
CV
i.
calorific value
CV
ii.
coefficient of variation (stat.)
CVC
compound vortex controlled (automotive:
engine)
CVSE (NL)
= CSCE
q.v.
CWC
Chemical Weapons Convention (Convention on the
Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons) (UN:
1993)
CWI
centra voor werk en inkomen = (suggest)
employment
and income centres (a
"one-stop-shop" arrangement grouping
employment agencies, social services and implementing agencies, set up
to help
job seekers and persons on benefit)
(NL)
CWÜ
Übereinkommen über das Verbot chemischer Waffen
= CWC
q.v.
Created
by Alison Gaunt
Last
updated: 29 September 2020
