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NAACP National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People
(USA)
NA
beim BIBB = Nationale Agentur beim Bundesinstitut für
Berufsbildung = National Agency for the Federal Institute
for Vocational Education and Training (DE)
NA im DAAD = Nationale Agentur im Deutschen Akademischen
Austauschdienst = National Agency for the German Academic
Exchange Service (DE)
NA im PAD = Nationale Agentur im Pädagogischen
Austauschdienst = National Agency for the Educational
Exchange Service (DE)
NA
JFE Nationale Agentur Jugend für Europa = National
Agency for Youth for Europe (DE)
NABS
Nomenclature pour
l'analyse et la comparaison des
programmes et
budgets scientifiques =
Nomenclature for the analysis and
comparison of
scientific programmes and budgets (Eurostat:
use French acronym)
NACE Nomenclature
générale des activités
économiques dans les
Communautéte
européennes; Algemene Systematische Bedrijfsindeling in de
Europese
Gemeenschappen; Allgemeine Systematik der Wirtschaftszweige in der
Europäischen
Gemeinschaft = General
Industrial Classification of Economic
Activities
within the European Communities (use
FR acronym in all languages)
NAFTA
North American Free Trade Area
NAO National
Authorising Officer (EU:
development)
NARVA
nitrogen,
argon,
vacuum
(trademark
name of
German company making lamps and lighting equipment, originally a GDR
combine
founded 1969)
NASDAQ
National Association of
Securities
Dealers Automated Quotation (USA:
comm.)
NAV
= net asset value (fin.)
NAW
= "personal details" (Naam,
Adres, Woonplaats: often
seen as a "NAW-formulier")
NBC
nuclear, biological and chemical (weapons)
NBS
National Bureau of Standards (USA)
NC Nomenclature
Combiné = CN
q.v.
NC
numerically controlled (machine
tools)
NCC; NCCA = Netherlands Commercial Court (of Appeal) (established 2018)
NCI
nationale
coördinatie instantie (EU)
= NCU
q.v.
NCU
national co-ordination unit (EU;
Leonardo da Vinci programme)
NCW Nederlandse Christelijk
Werkgeversbond = Netherlands
Federation of
Christian Employers
ND
nominal diameter
n.d.a.
non
dénominé ailleurs
= n.e.s.
q.v.
NDB Nomenclature
Douanière de Bruxelles
= BTN
q.v.
NEA i.
nationale
economische aanwijzer(s) =
national
economic indicators (NL)
(stat.)
NEA
ii. Nuclear
Energy Agency (part
of OECD)
Neat
Neue Eisenbahn-Alpentransversale (CH:
railways)
NEBI Nuclear
Energy Board (Ireland)
NEI Nouveaux Etats
Indépendants = NIS
q.v.
NEM
New Economic Mechanism (EP)
NEPRO Nomenclature des produits
énergétiques
NEREIS Navire
européen de recherche et d'intervention sous-marine
=
European research, experiment and underwater operations vessel (developed
late 1980s as part of EC deep-sea exploration programme)
n.e.s.
not elsewhere
specified (classifications
e.g.)
NFC Nederlands Federatie voor
de Cinematografie = Dutch
Federation for
Cinematography
NFFO
non-fossil fuel obligation
NFK Nederlandse Filmkeuring
= Netherlands Board of Film
Classification
n.g.e. Nederlandse
grootte-eenheid = ?number
of employees (NL:
employed in
agriculture?)
NGI Neues gemeinschaftliches
Instrument = new Community
instrument (EU)
NGY net gaming
yield (gambling)
NIC
i.
National Insurance Contributions (UK:
employers'
and employees')
NIC
ii.
newly
industrialised
country (EP)
NICAM Nederlands Instituut voor
Classificatie van Audiovisuele Media
= (suggest)
Netherlands
Institute for the Classification of Audiovisual Media
NIDI i.
Nederlands Interdisciplinair Demografisch
Instituut
= Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute
NIDI ii. ?Nationale
?Nederlandse
Infodienst Immigratie
NII
Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (UK)
NIMEXE
Nomenclature of Goods for External Trade Statistics of
the
Community and Statistics of Trade between Member States
NIP
National Indicative
Programme (EU:
development, EDF)
NIS
Newly Independent States (for
details see my Glossary of Terms, under CIS)
NISO
National Industrial Safety Organisation (Ireland)
NITs
new information technologies
NJW Neue Juristische
Wochenschrift (D)
=
(suggest, if necessary)
New Legal Weekly
NNC
National Nuclear Corporation (UK)
NOS Nederlandse Omroep
Stichting = Netherlands
Broadcasting
Authority (public service
broadcaster)
NOS Nieuwe Onafhankelijke Staten
= NIS
q.v.
NOSER Nomenclature des Services
(context unconfirmed)
NPCF Nederlandse
Patiënten
Consumenten Federatie =
Federation of Patients' and Consumer
Organisations in the Netherlands
NPF nation plus
favorisée = MFN
q.v.
NPRP
National Poverty Reduction
Programme (development)
NPT
Non-Proliferation Treaty (Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons) (UN:
1970)
NRA
national regulatory authority (required
in Member States
under
some EU
laws)
NRC
i. National
Research Council (USA)
NRC
ii. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (USA)
NRDC
National Research Development Council (UK)
NSEJ Nouveaux services, emplois
jeunes (FR)
(suggest)
New Services - Jobs for Young People (French
employment
programme)
NSP ne sait pas
= 'don't know' (in questionnaire)
NST Nomenclature uniforme des
marchandises pour les statistiques des
transports = Standard Goods
Classification for Transport Statistics
(EU:
?use
FR
acronym)
NTA
New Transatlantic Agenda (EU-USA,
Madrid 1995)
NTBF new
technology-based firm
NUS Neue Unabhängige
Staaten = NIS
q.v.
NUTS Nomenclature des
unités territoriales pour les statistiques;
Systematik
der Gebietseinheiten für die Statistik =
Nomenclature of
territorial units
for statistical purposes (EU)
NVLS NV Luchthaven Schiphol (NL)
(operating
company of Amsterdam's Schipol Airport)
NVPl Nederlandse Vereniging van
Platenproducenten = (suggest)
Dutch Record Producers' Association (music)
NVV Nichtverbreitungsvertrag
= NPT
q.v.
NW Nennweite
= ND
q.v.
NZS
Independent
Students'
Association (Poland)
(1988)
Created
by Alison Gaunt
Last
updated: 28 October 2018
