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OACI Organisation de l'aviation
civile internationale = ICAO
q.v.
OAP
old-age pensioner (UK)
OAPI Organisation Africaine
pour la Propriété Intellectuelle
=
African Intellectual Property Organisation (French-speaking
Africa;
based
Yaoundé, Cameroon)
OAS Organisation
of American States
OBD on-board
diagnostics (automotive: car
technology)
OBEA Office Belge de l'Economie
et de l'Agriculture = (suggest)
Belgian Office for Economic and Agricultural Affairs
OBM
oxygen bottom Maxhütte (metal.:
steel process)
OBR Ontwikkelingsbedrijf
Rotterdam = Rotterdam City
Development
Corporation (NL)
OcenW Onderwijs, Cultuur en
Wetenschappen = (Minister
e.g. for)
Education, Culture and Science (NL)
OCLC
Online (orig. 'Ohio')
Computer Library Center (located
Dublin, Ohio)
OCM organisation commune du
marché (EU)
= COM
q.v.
OCMW
Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschapelijk
Welzijn (B)
= Public Social
Assistance Centre, cf. CPAS
OCR
optical character recognition (IT,
cf. ICR
q.v.)
OCT
overseas countries and territories (EU)
ODA
official development assistance (UN
goal for ODA is
0.7% of GNP
for the industrialised countries)
ODETTE Organisation de
données échangées par
télé-transmission en
Europe
= Organisation for Data Exchange by Tele-Transmission in Europe (EU:
?1991)
ODI Office
for Democratic Institutions (CSCE,
based
Warsaw)
ODL
open distance learning (educ.)
OEB Office Européen
des Brevets = EPO
q.v.
OECD
Organisation for Economic
Cooperation and
Development (based Paris)
OEEC
Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (forerunner
of
OECD)
OEES Organisatie voor Europese
Economische Samenwerking = OEEC
q.v.
OEM
original equipment manufacturer (automotive:
car parts
e.g.)
OEOA
Office for Emergency Operations in Africa (UN)
OEPM Oficina
Española de Patentes y Marcos (Spain)
OESO Organisatie voor
Economische Samenwerking en Ontwikkeling
= OECD
q.v.
OETC onderwijs eigen taal en
cultuur (NL:
immigration e.g.)
ÖFPZ
Österreichisches Forschungs- und Prüfungszentrum
Arsenal =
(suggest)
Austrian Research and Testing Centre Arsenal
ÖGB
Österreichischer Gewerkschaftsbund =
Austrian Federation of
Trade
Unions
OHIM
Office for Harmonization in the Internal
Market
(Trade Marks and Designs) (EU, based
Angers)
OHMI Office de l'Harmonisation dans le Marché Interne
(Marques, Dessins
et
Modèles) see
OHIM
ÖHT
Österreichische Hotel Treuhand,
renamed (same
acronym)
Österreichische Hotel-
und Tourismusbank Ges.m.b.H. (finances
investment in hotel & tourism)
OIC Organisation
of the Islamic Conference
OIT Organisation Internationale
du Travail = ILO
q.v.
OLAF Office de lutte antifraude
= European Anti-Fraud Office (EU)
OMC
Organisation Mondiale du Commerce
= WTO
q.v.
OMD Organisation Mondiale de la
Douane = WCO
q.v.
OMI Organisation Maritime
Internationale = IMO
q.v.
OMPI Organisation Mondiale de
la Propriété Intellectuelle
= WIPO
q.v.
ONE Office de la Naissance et
de l'Enfance = (its
website
offers 'Birth
and Child Office' but suggest use FR acronym)
(B)
ONEM Office national de
l'emploi et de la main d'oeuvre (B)
ONP
open network provision (telecom.)
ONS
Office for National Statistics (UK:
from 1 April 1996)
O&O onderzoek en
ontwikkeling = R&D
OP orientation professionnelle
= vocational guidance, counselling
OPA offre
publique d'achat = take-over
bid
OPA
aggressive = hostile take-over
bid
OPCS Office
of Population Censuses and Surveys (UK)
OPEC
Oil Producing and Exporting Countries
OPET
organisations for the promotion of energy technologies;
"the
OPET Network" (EU)
OPOCE
Office des Publications
Officielles des
Communautés
Européennes = Office
for Official Publications of the EC (EU:
use FR acronym in EN)
OPQCB Organisme Professionnel
de Qualification et de Classification
du
Bâtiment (FR)
OPT
optimised production technology
OPTA Onafhankelijke Post en
Telecommunicatieautoriteit (NL)
= Independent Post and
Telecommunications
Authority (1997)
ÖPUL
Österreichisches Programm zur
Förderung einer
umweltgerechten, extensiven und den natürlichen Raum
schützenden Landwirtschaft
= Austrian Agri-Environmental
Programme;
Austrian Country Stewardship
Programme (2000)
OR ondernemingsraad =
works council
ORSTOM Office de la recherche
scientifique et technique outre-mer (FR)
O&S Onderzoek en
Statistiek (Amsterdam
city dept.)
OSCE
Organisation for Security and
Cooperation
in Europe
OSP onderwijs voor sociale
promotie (B)
=
(suggest)
training for social advancement
ÖSP
Ökologischer Sanierungsprogramm (D)
=
(suggest)
Programme of Ecological Redevelopment
OST
Office of Science & Technology (UK)
ÖSTAT
Österreichisches Statistisches Zentralamt =
(suggest)
Austrian National Statistical Office
OSZE Organisation für
Sicherheit und Zusammenarbeit in Europa = OSCE
q.v.
OTA Office of Technology Assessment (USA:
1972-95)
OTC
over-the-counter (comm.)
OTUA Office technique pour
l'utilisation de l'Acier (FR)
OVD optical
variable device (anti-forgery)
öVE
österreichischer Verband für Elektrotechnik
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Last
updated: 6 March 2018
