Abbreviations
&Acronyms
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K
Dutch,
English, French,
German
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KAHO katholische hogeschool (suggest)
Catholic
college of
higher education (B)
KAU
kind-of-activity unit (EU
statistics)
KBA Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt
= Federal Motor Transport
Authority (D)
KDV Kapitaldeckungsverfahren
see General
Glossary
for explanation
KdW
Keuringsdienst van Waren (NL)
=
Food and Drug Inspection Department
KEMA (Instituut voor) Keuring
van Electrotechnische Materialen te
Arnden (NL)
=
(suggest)
Dutch quality control
institute for electrical goods and materials
KIS Kandidaturen Informatie
Systeem (B)
= (suggest)
Situations Wanted Information System
KIWA Keurings Instituut voor
Waterleiding Artikelen (NL)
= Waterworks Articles Inspection Institute
KLO
(dienst) Kijk- en
Luisteronderzoek = (suggest)
TV and
Radio Audience Surveys Department (of
Dutch national broadcaster NOS)
KMK Kulturministerkonferenz = Standing Conference of
the Ministers of
Education and Cultural Affairs (of the Länder) (DE)
KMO (NL)
= SME
q.v.
KMP
key measurement point
KNK
Kompetenznachweis Kultur = Cultural Competency Record (DE)
KOBRA "das
Verfahren der Zollverwaltung zur Ausfuhrdatenerfassung sensibler Waren (DE)
KOMO Keurings Organisatie
Materialen Onderzoek (NL:
"Komo certification" is an
environmental quality mark)
KPN
Koninklijke PTT Nederland (NL:
the Dutch post office,
formerly a monopoly, now split (1997)
into KPN Telecom and TNT Post Groep)
KSS
Kühlschmierstoff
= coolant;
metalworking fluid
(MWF) (metal.)
KSZE Konferenz über
Sicherheit und Zusammenarbeit in Europa
= CSCE
q.v.
k.u.k. kaiserlich und
königlich = "right
royally"
KV i.
Kollektivvertrag
= collective agreement (labour:KOBRA "das Verfahren
der Zollverwaltung zur Ausfuhrdatenerfassung sensibler Waren" (DE)
wage bargaining)
KV ii.
kombinierter
Verkehr
= combined transport
KVAE Konferenz für
Vertrauensbildende und Sicherheitsmaßnahmen und
Abrüstung
in Europa = Conference on
Confidence- and Security-building
Measures and
Disarmament in Europe
KvW Keuring van
Waren = Inspectorate
for Health Protection, Commodities and Veterinary Public Health (NL)
KWK =
Kraft-Wärme-Kopplungsanlage
= CHP
q.v.
Created
by Alison Gaunt
Last
updated: 27 March 2020
