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d.A.
der Akte
DAC Development
Assistance Committee (OECD)
DAS
déclaration
d'assurance = statement of
assurance (European
Court
of Auditors re
budget discharge, EN abbrev.
often used
in English)
DB
draft budget
DC
developing country
DCF
digital coding frequency (atomic
clock, e.g.)
DECRP Document
Stratégique
de Croissance et de Réduction de la Pauvreté
= GPRSP
q.v.
DEOS duurzame economische
ontwikkelings-scenario's (NL)
=
(suggest)
sustainable
economic development
scenarios (to be achieved by
2030)
DEPI = demande d’entraide pénale
internationale = request for mutual legal assistance; MLA
request, see MLA
DEQ
delivery ex
quay (+ port name)
DERV
(fuel for) diesel-engined road vehicles
DESA
Department of Social and Economic Affairs (UN)
DETR
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (UK)
df
degrees of freedom (math/stat.)
DFG Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft = German
Research Foundation
(since
1951)
DFID
Department for International Development (UK)
DG
Directeur-Général:
managing director, general manager (comm.:
cf.
PDG)
DGCCRF
Direction
générale de la concurrence, de la consommation et
de la répression des fraudes
= General
Directorate for Fair Trading, Consumer
Affairs and Fraud Control (FR)
DGINS directors-general
of the national statistical institutes (EU:
use FR acronym)
DGS Deutsche Gebärdensprache = German sign
language
DGVO Druckgasverordnung
= Pressurised
gas regulations
(TTB)
DH
district heating (energy)
DI
direct injection (automotive)
DIBS
Disk Image Back-up System (computers)
DIHT (deutsche) Dachvereinigung
der Industrie- und Handelskammern
DINOs "double income no options" (UK, couples
financially vulnerable if
one of them loses their earnings) (fin.)
DIRD Dépenses
intérieures de R&D
= GERD
q.v.
DIRDE Dépenses
intérieures de R&D des entreprises
= BERD
q.v.
DIS
draft international standard
DIW Deutsches Institut
für Wirtschaftsforschung =
German
Institute for
Economic Research
DZK Deutsches Zentrum Kulturgutverluste = German
Lost Art Foundation
DLK domestic
lighting and broadcast reception charging kit (energy)
DLO Dienst Landbouwkundig
Onderzoek (NL)
DNC
declared net capacity (energy;
?UK)
DNO dépenses
non-obligatoires =
non-compulsory
expenditure (EU
budget)
DOSES
Development of Statistical Expert Systems (Eurostat
programme)
DPD
Deutscher
Paketdienst
DPP Dokument für
Programmplanung = Programme
Planning Document (EU
aid)
dpt
diopter; dioptre (unit
of refractive
power)
DR diagnostic rapide = RA
q.v.
DRI
Délégation à la recherche et
à l'innovation (EU)
DRP
distribution resources planning; distribution requirements
planning
(comm.)
DRS Debtor
Reporting System (World
Bank)
DSAT Département
des Services Administratifs et Techniques
=
Administrative and Technical Services Department (OHIM
q.v.)
DSGVO Datenschutzgrundverordnung, see
GDPR
DSVD
Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data (telecomm.)
DTI
Department of Trade and Industry (UK)
DTS droits de tirage
spéciaux = SDR
q.v.
DTU
Document Technique Unifié
(FR)
= building regulations e.g.
DU
depleted uranium
DVS Deutscher Verband
für Schweißtechnik = German
Welding
Association
DWW Dienst Weg en Waterbouwkunde
(NL)=
(suggest)
Highway and Waterway Engineering Department
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