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TA Technische Anleitung (zum
Schutz gegen..) (D);
e.g. TA-Luft, TA-Abfall = (suggest)
Technical Guideline
TA
type approval (manuf.)
TABD
Transatlantic Business Dialogue
TAC
total allowable catch (EU:
fisheries)
TAED
Transatlantic Environmental Dialogue (EU-USA
NGOs)
TAIEX
Technical Assistance Information Exchange
Office (EU)
TAO
technical assistance office (EU:
external contracts)
tato Tagestonnen
= t/d q.v.
(coalm.)
TAV Trockenadditivverfahren
(coalm.)
TBB
Transnational Broadband Backbone (telecom.)
(EP)
t/d
tonnes per day
TDC Tarif Douanier Commun
= CCT
q.v.
TDEV Taxe
départementale d'espaces verts
(FR)
TDSD
Transatlantic Dialogue on Sustainable Development
TEC température
effective corrigée = CET
q.v.
T+ED Tank- und
Erfrischungsdienst (motorway)
services
area
TEDIS
trade electronic data interchange systems
TEH traite des êtres
humains = THB
q.v.
TEL transfert
d'énérgie linéique
= LET
q.v.
TEM
transversal electromagnetic mode (lasers)
TEN
trans-European network (usually
in
plural) (EU:
energy,
transport, telecoms)
TENET
Teacher Education Netork (EU:
equal opportunities project)
TEP
transatlantic economic partnership (EU-USA
1998)
TEPAC taux
d'équivalence des pouvoirs d'achats
= PPPs
q.v.
TES
Training of European Statisticians (Eurostat
programme)
TEU
i. Treaty
on European Union (EU:
Maastricht 1992)
TEU
ii. twenty
feet equivalent (ports)
TFAP
Tropical Forestry Action Plan, also
seen as Programme
(FAO)
TFEU Treaty on
the Functioning of the EU
TFRH Task Force "Ressources
Humaines" = Human Resources
Task Force (EU:
use
FR acronym
)
TGV
train a grande vitesse (FR)
=
high-speed train
THB
trafficking
in human beings
THD = très haut débit =
ultrafast broadband
(usually = fibreoptic)
THORP
thermal oxide reprocessing plant (UK:
nucl.)
TIC Technologies de
l'information et de la communication
= ICT
q.v.
TIES
Transatlantic Information Exchange Service (NGOs)
TIG tungsten
inert gas (metal.: welding)
TIPP taxe intérieure
sur les produits pétroliers (FR)
=
domestic duty on petroleum products
TIR
traditional industrial region (EP)
TKV =
Tier-Körperverwertung =
rendering
TLE Taxe locale
d'équipement (FR:
property)
t/m tot en met
up to and including
TMC
traffic message channel; see RDS-TMC
(transport)
TMP
thermo-mechanical pulp (paper-making)
TNCs
transnational corporations
TNO
(Organisatie voor) Toegepast
Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NL)
=
Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
TNT (NL)
see
KPN
TOE
tonne of oil equivalent
TOFE Tableau des
opérations de l'Etat
= SFFT
q.v.
TOP
Tagesordnungspunkt = agenda item
TPI Tribunal de
Première Instance =
Court of First Instance (EU:
European Court of Justice,
based
Luxembourg)
TPRM
Trade Policy Review Mechanism (WTO)
TPV terminal pointe de vente
= POS
q.v.
tpy
tonnes per year
TQC
total quality control
TQM
total quality management
TRA
topical rapid appraisal (methodology)
TRAFFIC
wildlife trade monitoring
programme; joint
initiative of WWF
and IUCN, set up 1976
Trb Tractatenblad
(NL)
=
Treaty Series
(contains
text of all international, EU etc. treaties binding on the Netherlands
which,
prior to 1951, were published in the Staatsblad)
TREMs
trade-related environmental measures (WTO)
TRIPS (Agreement
on) Trade-Related
Aspects of
Intellectual Property (GATT,
WTO)
TRJ taux de retour aux joueurs
= payout (gambling)
TRK Technische
Richtkonzentration (D)
= (suggest)
Technical Guide Level
TS =
Trockensubstanz = dry extract (food
science)
TSA Training
Services Agency (UK)
TSI Technical
Specification for Interoperability (EU:
transport)
TTIP Transatlantic Trade and Investment
Partnership
TTTs trusted third parties (EU:
companies
which will vet bodies seeking to buy or sell over the Internet; source:
NS)
t.t.z. 'tis te zeggen
= (Belgian variant on NL 'dat
wil
zeggen')
= i.e.
TUIS
Transportunfall-Informations- und Hilfesystem
= (suggest)
Information and Aid System for Transportation Accidents (chemicals,
Germany,
Switzerland and Austria)
TVC
télévisions locales et communautaires (B)
TvF Tonnen verwertbare
Förderung tonnes
saleable (coalm:
includes
coal used in the mine itself)
TVo Toepassingsverordening
= implementing regulation (EU)
TW
Terawatt (1 TW = 1012W)
Created
by Alison Gaunt
Last
updated: 2 March 2020
