Abbreviations
&Acronyms
Glossary
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G
Dutch,
English, French,
German
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GA
Gasausbruch = gas
outburst (coalm.)
GAFI
Groupe d'action financière sur le blanchiment de capitaux
= FATF
q.v.
GAK (D)
Gemeinschaftsaufgabe
"Verbesserung der Agrarstruktur und der Küstengebiete"
GAP Global Action Plan
GASM Geassocieerde Afrikaanse
Staten en Madagaskar = AAMS
q.v.
GASP Gemeinsame Auben-
und
Sicherheitspolitik = CFSP
q.v.
GATS
General Agreement on Trade in Services (WTO)
1997
GATT
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (1948)
GAU gröbtmöglicher
anzunehmender Unfall = MCA
q.v.
Gb
gigabarrel (oil)
GBCS Geintegreerde Beheer- en
Controle Systeem = IACS
q.v.
GBVB
Gemeenschappelijk
buitenlands en veiligheidsbeleid
= CFSP
q.v.
GCC
Gulf Cooperation Council
GCEI Gemeentelijk Centrum voor
Elektronische Informatieverwerking
(Amsterdam)
GDP
gross domestic product
GDPR
General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679,
entry
into force 25 May 2018)
GDT
(NL)
= CCT
q.v.
GEA
Group for Efficient Appliances (EU:
electricity)
GeR;
GeRS Gemeinsamer
europäischer Referenzrahmen für
Sprachen, see CEFR
GERD
gross expenditure on research
and
development (OECD)
GERK = Gemeenschappelijk
Europees Referentiekader voor Moderne Vreemde Talen, see
CEFR
GES grubenechte Stäube
=
mine dust
GFT Groente-, fruit- en
tuinafval = vegetable, fruit
and garden
waste (NL)
(consumerism)
GGY
= gross gaming yield (gambling)
GIP Gesellschaft für
Informationstechnologie und Pädagogik (D)
GIS
geographic information systems (assessment
of sites for
e.g. wind
turbines)
GIZ Deutsche
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit =
German
International Cooperation
GKÖD Großer
Kommentar Öffentlicher Dienst (D)
=
Notes on the Civil Service (reference
work)
GL
Gay Lussac (measure of
alcoholic strength)
GMAO gestion de maintenance
assistée par ordinateur
= CAMM
q.v.
GMQ
guaranteed maximum quantity (trade)
GMS grandes et
moyennes surfaces =
shopping centres (in
food context,
effectively means supermarkets)
GNC Groupement national de la
coopération (FR)
= (suggest)
National Cooperatives Group
GNPmp
GNP at market prices
GNSS Global
Navigation Satellite Systems
GNQ
guaranteed national quantity (trade)
GOS Gemenebest van
Onafhankelijke Staten = CIS, see
my General
Glossary
GPRSP
Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (development)
GPS i.
gestion
de parcelles par satellite = (suggest)
parcel management using satellite techniques (agric.)
GPS
ii. Global
Positioning System (satellite
navigation)
GPS
iii. Government
Procurement Agreement (WTO)
GRIP Groupe de Recherche et
d'Information sur la Paix =
Peace
Research and Information Group (based
Brussels)
GRP
glass reinforced polyester (manuf:
car bodies e.g.)
GS Geharmoniseerd Systeem
= HS
q.v.
GSNS
global satellite navigation system
GSP
Generalised System of Preferences (UN:
trade)
GSTP
Global System of Trade Preferences (UN)
Gt
gigatonne (1 Gt = 109
tonnes; NB
British
usage sometimes prefers "thousand million tonnes")
GTA
grant theft, auto (USA:
insurance)
GTC gestion technique
centralisée
= technical control centre
(of a building)
GtC
gigatonne of carbon
Gtoe
gigatonne of oil equivalent
GUS
i.
Gemeinwesen unabhängiger Staaten
= CIS, see
my General
Glossary
GUS ii.
Groupes
utilisateurs de statistiques =
statistical
user groups (Eurostat:
?no
EN acronym)
GV
see
GVE
GVA
gross value added
GWP
gross world product (econ.)
GZT Gemeiner Zolltarif
= CCT
q.v.
Created
by Alison Gaunt
Last
updated: 25 May 2018
