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PAAERD
see UNPAAERD
PAAG Prognose, Auffinden (der
Ursachen),
Abschätzen (der Auswirkungen),
Gegenmaßnahmen = HAZOP
q.v.
PACA
(region):
Provence, Alpes,
Côte
d'Azur (FR)
PACE
Policies, appropriability and competitiveness for European
industries (EU:
survey)
PACS Pacte Civil de
Solidarité (FR;
1999)
gives new rights to non-married couples e.g. homosexuals
PACT
Pilot Actions for Combined Transport (EU)
PADH Partenariat Asiatique pour
le Développement humain
= APHD
q.v.
PAQ
position analysis questionnaire (McCormick)
PARAFE = passage automatisé rapide aux
frontières
extérieures (FR)
PAS Programme d'Ajustement
Structurel =
SAP
q.v.
PbEG Publicatieblad van de
Europese Gemeenschappen =
Official
Journal of
the European Communities
PBJ produit brut des jeux
= GGY
q.v.
PCE
Postgraduate Certificate in Education (UK)
PCS puissance calorifique
supérieure = HHV
q.v.
PDB
preliminary draft budget (EU)
PDF
packaging-derived
fuel
PDG
Président-Directeur-Général:
chairman & managing
director; CEO (comm.)
PE
population equivalent (stat.)
PECO pays d'Europe centrale et
occidentale = CCEE
q.v.
PEGIDA
=
Patriotische
Europäer
gegen die Islamisierung des Abendlandes
= Patriotic Europeans Against
the
Islamisation of the West
(DE)
PEN Poets
& Playwrights, Essayists & Editors &
Novelists (International
organisation)
PESC Politique
étrangère et de sécurité
commune = CFSP
q.v.
PEZ
Pan-European Free Trade Zone (EEA
+ CEEC, from 1 July 1997)
PFP
Progressive Federal Party (South
Africa)
PfP
Partnership for Peace (NATO
programme)
PfP
SOFA Partnership for Peace Status of Forces Agreement
(NATO)
pg = picogram
(unit of mass equal to 10−12 grams)
PGCE
post-graduate certificate of education (UK)
ph phot
(CGS system of units)
PIB produit
intérieur brut = GDP
q.v.
PIEM principe de
l'investisseur en
économie de marché
=
market
economy investor principle (EU)
PIFOR
Peace Implementation Force, see
IFOR
PIMB produit
intérieur
manufacturier brut = GDP in
manufacturing
PIN Programme national indicatif
see NIP
PIPO planification des
interventions par objectifs =
logical
framework
for analysis (development
economics)
PIR Programme
régional indicatif see
RIP
pixel picture
cell element (image resolution)
PJ
peta Joule
PL poids lourds
= lorry; truck; heavy goods vehicle; HGV
PLEV personal
light electric vehicle (PLEVs include electric
skateboards & kick scooters, hoverboards and Segways)
PMA pays en
développement les moins avancés
= LLDC
q.v.
PMA Pre-Metro Antwerp
PME petites et moyennes
entreprises = SME
q.v.
PMP possibilités
maximales de production = maximum
production
potential
PMS psycho-medisch-sociale
(centra) (B)
= (suggest)
psycho-medical-social centres
PMU
precision manufacturing unit (assembly
production line e.g.)
PNAI Plan national d'action
pour l'inclusion sociale =
National Action
Plan
for Social Inclusion (EU)
PNJ produit net des jeux
= NGY
q.v.
PNLP
Programme national de lutte contre la pauvreté
= NPRP
q.v.
PNUD Programme des Nations
Unies sur le Développement
= UNDP
q.v.
P&O personnel &
organisatie = (just)
"personnel"
POC
products of combustion (coalm.,
OSH)
POP
programme
opérationalle
plurifonds =
multifund operational programme (EU:
regional
policy)
POS
point of sale (comm.:
a terminal e.g.)
POST
= POS
PPP i.
Parlamentarisches Patenschafts-Programm
= CBYX
q.v.
PPP
ii.
public-private partnership (EU
research funding)
PPP
iii.
purchasing power parity
PPPs
purchasing power parities
PPS
purchasing power standard
PPTE Pays Pauvres et
Très Endettés
= HIPC
q.v.
PRA
participatory rapid appraisal (methodology)
PrepComs
Preparatory Committees (for
UNCED)
PREST politique de la recherche
scientifique et technique = STRP
q.v.
PRSP
poverty reduction strategy paper
(development)
PSC
port state control (shipping)
PSG
passive solar gain (solar
heating)
psi
pounds per square inch
PTA
parent-teacher association (primary
&
secondary
education)
PTC Permanent
Technical Committee (WCO)
PTEC poids total en charge
= total laden weight (road
vehicles)
PTF productivité
tous facteurs = aggregate
productivity (Eurostat)
PTOM pays et territoires
d'outre-mer = OCT
q.v.
PV
photo-voltaic (cell)
PVD
pays
en voie de développement =
developing
country,
countries
PWTF Politik auf dem Gebiet der
wissenschaftlichen und technischen
Forschung
= STRP
q.v.
PWR
pressurised water reactor (energy)
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Last
updated: 13 September 2024 