Abbreviations
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EA
energy amplifier (nucl.)
EAD économies
dynamiques d'Asie = "Tiger"
economies of Asia
EAEC
see
EURATOM
EAEU =
Eurasian Economic Union
EAWU Eurasische Wirtschaftsunion = EAEU
q.v.
EAMA Etats africains et
malagache associés = AAMS
q.v.
EASDAQ
European Association of Securities Dealers Automated
Quotation =
(proposed, modelled on NASDAQ
q.v.)
EATCHIP
European Air Traffic Control Harmonisation and
Integration
Programme
EBB Enquête
Beroepsbevolking (NL)
(suggest)
Working Population Survey
EBRD
European Bank for Reconstruction &
Development
(EU:
based London)
EBU Europeese Betalingsunie
= European Payments Union
EBWO Europeese Bank voor
Wederopbouw en Ontwikkeling = EBRD
q.v.
EC European
Community
ECAC
European Civil Aviation Conference (NB
not
Commission, since 1993)
ECAR
European Committee on Asylum and Refugees
ECE
Economic Commission for Europe (UN)
ECHO
European Community Humanitarian
Office (EU)
ECHR
European Convention for the Protection
of Human
Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
(Rome
1950; NB abbreviated
title is
'European Convention on
Human Rights' )
ECI
Euratom Classified Information
ECIP
European Communities Investment Partners (ECIP
Financial
Instrument for Latin America, Asia, the Mediterranean & South
Africa)
ECIR
European Centre for Industrial Relations
ECLA
Economic Commission for Latin America (UN)
ECMM
European Community Monitoring Mission (Albania)
ECMT
European Conference of Ministers of
Transport (OECD)
ECMWF
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (based
Reading, UK)
ECN Energieonderzoek Centrum
Nederland = Netherlands Energy
Research
Foundation
ECOSOC
Economic and Social Council (UN)
ECOWAS
Economic Community of West African States (1975)
ECPRD
European Centre for Parliamentary Research and Documentation (NB
its
website
uses “Center” just once in the heading but always
“Centre” thereafter)
ECRD
European Committee on Research and Development
ECRI
Energy Care Research Institute (e.g.
medical
lasers)
ECSA European
Community Shipowners' Association
ECSC
European Coal and Steel Community
(EU)
ECTAO
European Commission Technology Assistance Office
ECTR
European Confederation of Tobacco
Retailers (source:
EP)
ECTSM
European Credit Transfer System (education)
ECU
European Currency Unit (upper
case in English, the French
insist
on "Ecu"; introduced 1/1/79, superseded by the euro 1/1/99)
ECU
Equatorial Customs Union
EDCS
= European Development Cooperative
Society
(NL-based NGO, originally a
World Council of Churches initiative,
now familiarly known as Oikocredit, though EDCS remains the official
name)
EDF
European Development Fund (EU)
EDI
electronic data interchange
EDPB European Data Protection Board (under
GDPR)
EDTC
European Diving Technology Committee
EEA
European Economic Area
EEC
European Economic Community
EEE
Espace économique européen = EEA
q.v.
EEI
energy efficiency index
EEIGs
European Economic Interest Groupings
EER Europese Economische Ruimte
= EEA
q.v.
EFICS
European Forestry Information and Communication System (EU;
1989)
EFILWC
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and
Working
Conditions (based Dublin)
EFRE Europäischer
Fonds für Regionale Entwicklung
= ERDF
q.v.
EFRO Europees Fonds voor
Regionale Ontwikkeling = ERDF
q.v.
EFSA European
Food Safety Authority (Regulation (EC)178/2002, NB other
languages use the EN abbreviation)
EFTA
European Free Trade Area
EG Erwägungsgrund = recital (laws)
EGA Europese Gemeenschap voor
Atomenergie = EURATOM
q.v.
EGKS
Europäische
Gemeinschaft für Kohle und Stahl =
ECSC
q.v.
EGV = Europäischer
Gründungsvertrag =
Treaty establishing the European Community
(the 1957 Treaty of Rome,
usually
called the 'EC Treaty')
EGW Einwohnergleichwert
(also EWG)
= PE
q.v.
EHB
Einschienenhängebahn = overhead
monorail conveyor (coalm.)
EIA
energy impact assessment (EU)
EIC
Euro Info Centre(s) (EU,
network set up 1987)
EIF
European Investment Fund (EU)
EINECS
European Inventory of Existing Commercial Substances (EU)
EIO = European
Investigation Order (Directive
2014/41/EU)
EJN
European Judicial Network (EU)
EJTN European
Judicial Training Network (EU)
e.k. eerstkomend
= next
EK =
Einkauf = CP; cost
price; "zum
EK-Preis" =
"at cost"
(comm.)
EMCF
European Monetary Cooperation Fund
EMI
European Monetary Institute (EU)
EMO
Ethnische Minderheden bij de Overheid (NL)
(the"EMO-plan", 1987, EMO-2 in
1994: for
greater civil service employment of ethnic minorities
EMPA
Euro-Mediterranean
Parliamentary Assembly
EMS
European Monetary System (EU)
EMU Economic
and Monetary Union (EU)
ENDAF
evaluated nuclear data file
ENDS
Euratom Nuclear Documentation System
ENM
École Nationale de la Magistrature
= National
School for the Judiciary (FR;
source: its website)
ENOF
European Network for Scientific Research Coordination in
Organic
Farming
ENP
European Neighbourhood Policy (EU)
ENT Environnement Numérique de Travail =
Intranet
EO
equal opportunities
EOC
Equal Opportunities Commission (UK)
EOTC
European Organisation for Testing and Certification (EU)
EPA
i.
Einmannpackung
MRE
q.v.
EPA
ii.
Environmental Protection Agency
(USA)
EPA
iii.
European partnership agreement (EU)
EPAS
Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport (Council
of Europe), NB has a Comité de direction
= Statutory
Committee
EPC
European
Political Cooperation (EU)
EPD
Enig Programmeringsdocument
= SPD
q.v.
EPO European Patent Office (based
Munich)
EPRD
European Programme for Reconstruction and Development in
South
Africa (EU)
EPSF = Europäisches
Programm für die Sicherheitsforschung
= ESRP
q.v.
EPTO European
Permanent Traffic Observatory (EU
transport)
EPZ Europäische
Politische Zusammenarbeit = EPC
q.v.
ERA
exploratory rapid appraisal (methodology)
ERDF
European Regional Development Fund (EU)
ERGA
Ad Hoc Group on the Evolution of Regulations - Global
Approach (EP)
ERNP European
Radio-Navigation Plan (EU)
ERP
European Recovery Programme
ERSF
European Road Safety Federation
ESRP
= European Security Research Programme (EU)
ERT European
Round Table (45
captains of
industry grouping)
ERTMS
European Rail Traffic Management System (EU)
ESA
i. Employment
Services Agency (UK)
ESA
ii. European
Surveillance Authority (EU:
regional development aid
legislation)
ESA
iii. European
System of
Integrated Economic
Accounts (Eurostat)
ESAF
Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility (IMF)
ESC
Economic
and Social Committee (EU)
ESCB
European System of Central Banks
ESM Europäischer
Stabilitätsmechanismus; European Stability
Mechanism (EU)
ESO
Ecole supérieure d'optique
ESR
external standard ratio (analysis
method)
ESRF
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (nucl.)
ESRP
= European Security Research Programme (EU)
ESS European
Statistical System (Eurostat)
ESSPROS
European System of Integrated
Social
Protection Statistics (Eurostat)
ESTA
European Science and Technology Assembly
ESTO
European Science and Technology Observatory (EU:
based Seville)
ESVG
Europäisches System
Volkswirtschaftlicher
Gesamtrechnungen =
ESA
iii.
q.v.
ET écart-type
= SD
q.v.
ETA
Euskadi
Ta Askatasuna (Basque
separatist
movement)
ETAN
European Technology Assessment Network
ETB Einheitliche Technische
Baubestimmungen (D)
= (suggest)
Standard Building Regulations
ETSC
European Transport Safety Council
ETUC
European Trade Union Confederation (EU:
1973, EEC/EFTA unions)
EUAM
European Union Administration of Mostar (Bosnia)
EUCLID
European Cooperation for the Long Term in Defence (EU
programme)
EUMC
European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EU;
based Vienna, founded 1997;
from 1 March 2007 became the
FRA)
EURATOM
full name European Atomic
Energy
Community (EU)
EUROS
European Register of Shipping
e/v
i.
echtgeno(o)t(e) van (NL)
= spouse of (in legal text, if
meaning wife = 'et uxor')
EV ii.
Einigungsvertrag
(D)
=
Unification Treaty
EVA
Europese
Vrijhandelsassociatie (NL)
= EFTA
q.v.
EVCA
European Venture Capital Association
EVRM European
Convention on Human Rights
EVS European Voluntary Service (EU)
EWG i.
Einwohnergleichwert
(also
EGW) = PE
q.v.
EWG
ii.
Enquête
werkgelegenheid en lonen (NL)
(suggest)
Survey of
Employment and
Earnings
EWPM
i. early
warning and prevention measures (pol./mil.)
EWPM
ii.
European
Wood
Preservation Manufacturers
EZPWD
Europäisches Zentrum für
Parlamentarische Wissenschaft und Dokumentation =
ECPRD
q.v.
Created
by Alison Gaunt
Last
updated: 21 May 2021
