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FAC
Fonds d'aide et de
coopération = Aid and Cooperation Fund (FR)
FAI fournisseur
d'accès à l'internet
= ISP
q.v.
FAPEO
Fédération des Associations de Parents de
l'Engeignement
Officiel (B)
FAR
fatal accident rate(s)
FAS Facilité
d'Ajustement Structurel =
SAF
q.v.
FAS
Fonds pour la protection des animaux sauvages
(unconfirmed)
FATF
Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (OECD,
1989)
FBCF formation brute de capital
fixe = gross fixed capital
formation
FCC
fréquence
de fusion critique = CFF
q.v.
FCI
fuel-coolant interaction (nucl.)
FDAU
flight data acquisition unit (aviation)
FDJ Freie Deutsche Jugend
(former GDR)
FDSEA
Fédération départementale des
syndicats d'exploitants
agricoles (FR)
= (suggest)
Departmental Federation
of Farmers' Unions
FE fachliche Einheit
= KAU
q.v.
FEANTSA
European Federation of national organisations
working with
the homeless (unconfirmed)
FEBEA
Fédération Européenne de Banques
Éthiques et Alternatives
= European Federation of Ethical and Alternative Banks and
Financiers (use FR acronym)
FEBI
Fédération européenne des branches
industrielles =
European
Federation of Branches of Industry
(use
FR acronym)
FED Fonds européen
de développement = EDF
q.v.
FEDEFAM
Latin American Federation of Associations of the
Families of the
Detained-Disappeared (EP)
FEE
Fédération européenne des Experts
Comptables
FEI Fonds européen
d'investissement = EIF
q.v.
FEPAC
Forum Européen pour la Prévention Active des
Conflits (EP)
=
European Forum for Active
Prevention of
Conflicts
ff faisant fonction
= acting
FFC fréquence de
fusion critique = CFF
q.v.
FFH
flora, fauna, habitats (EU
jargon:
the FFH-Richtlinie is known as the "Habitats Directive")
FG frigorie:
a unit of cooling, a negative kcal.
Metric
equivalent of
imperial "ton of refrigeration" /
FGD
flue gas desulphurization (one
byproduct of the
process is "FGD gypsum")
FI (F=Fehlerstrom,
I=symbol for electric current): an
"FI-Schutzschalter" is a safety switch, residual current device,
circuit breaker, trip.
FID
Fédération internationale pour la Documentation
= IFD
q.v.
FINP
'Temporary Committee on
Policy Challenges and Budgetary Means of the Enlarged Union 2007-2013'
(shortened to FINP:
the committee's remit is to set priorities and structure for the
financial perspective 2007-2013)
FIOD Fiscale Inlichtingen- en
Opsporingsdienst = (suggest)
Tax
Information and Investigation Service (NL)
FIPS
Five Interested Parties (WTO:
Australia, Brazil, EU,
India, USA)
FLNKS Front de
Libération Nationale Kanaque Socialiste =
Kanak
Socialist
National Liberation Front (New
Caledonia)
FMO
Framework of Mutual Obligations (EU)
FNCA
Fédération nationale du crédit
agricole (FR)
= (suggest)
National Federation of Agricultural Savings Banks
FNMA
Fédération nationale de la mutualité
agricole (FR)
= (suggest)
National Federation of Agricultural Friendly
Societies
FND fonctionnaire national
détaché = national
civil servant on
secondment
FNE Fonds national d'emploi (FR)
FNV Federatie Nederlandse
Vakbeweging = (suggest)
Federation of
the Dutch Trade Union Movement
FOC
flag of convenience (shipping)
FOD French
overseas departments
FOIA
Freedom of Information Act (USA)
FOPS
falling objects, protection and safety (coalm.)
FOREm Office communautaire et
régional de Formation Professionnel et
de
l'Emploi (B)
= (suggest)
Community and Regional Office for Vocational Training and Employment
FPT
fireproof textiles
FR
frigorie (unit)
FRA
Fundamental
Rights Agency (EU:
casual name for the European
Union Agency for Fundamental
Rights,
formerly the EUMC
q.v.)
FRPC Faculté pour la
réduction de la pauvreté et la croissance
=
Poverty
Reduction and Growth Facility (successor
to ESAF
q.v.)
FRY
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ('rump'
Yugoslavia =
Serbia +
Montenegro)
fs
- femtosecond (unit)
FSC
Forest Stewardship Council
FST
Fédération des syndicats des transports dans
l'Union Européenne
=
Federation of Transport Workers' Unions in the European Union
FSU
Former Soviet Union (EU)
FSW
feet of sea water
FTA
free trade area
FTAA
Free Trade Area of the Americas
FTC
Federal Trade Commission
(USA)
FTE
full-time equivalents (labour)
FTM Std
Federal Test Method Standard (USA)
FTSE "The
FTSE 100 share index", popularly known as
"The Footsie" (UK):
acronym =
Financial Times + (London) Stock Exchange, the co-owners of FTSE
International
(company formed 1995)
FuE Forschung und Entwicklung
= R&D
FVI fuel
volatility index (automotive)
FYROM
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Created
by Alison Gaunt
Last
updated: 3 March 2018
