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VA Voest Alpine (Austrian
steelmaker):
steels described as "VA" usually mean stainless steels
VACMA veille
automatique par contrôle du maintien
d'appui =
dead man's handle (or switch,
pedal etc., depending on design of machine)
VAV
= variable air volume (ventilation)
VBO
voorbereidend
beroepsonderwijs (NL)
(suggest)
preparatory vocational education
VC voie en couche
= gate road (coalm.)
VCA Veiligheids Checklijst
Aannemers (NL)
Safety Checklist Contractors
VDAB Vlaamse Dienst van
Arbeidsvoorziening en Beroepsopleiding
=
(suggest)
Flemish Vocational Training and Job Procurement Service
VDE Verband deutscher
Elektrotechniker = Association
for
Electrical,
Electronic and Information Technologies (source:
VDE website)
Vdg Verordnung
(AU)
VDI Verein Deutscher Ingenieure
(issues Richtlinien =
Guidelines)
VECAI Vereniging van
exploitanten en machtiginghouders van centrale
antenne
inrichtingen = (suggest)
Association of Cable Operators (NL)
VEU
= Vertrag über die
Europäische Union
= TEU
q.v.
VEWIN Vereniging van
Exploitanten van Waterleidingsbedrijven in
Nederland =
(suggest)
Association of Netherlands Water Authorities
VGR (System der)
Volkswirtschaftlichen Gesamtrechnungen
see
SNA
Vgr. Vergütungsgrad (D)
=
pay grade (BAT
e.g.)
VHN Vereniging van
Houtimpregneerinrichtingen (NL)
= (suggest)
Association of Wood Impregnation Companies
VHS Volkshochschule (D)
=
adult
education college
VIP "very
important person"
VIZO Vlaams Instituut voor het
Zelfstandig Ondernemen = (suggest)
Flemish Institute for Self-Employment
VLCC
very large crude carriers (shipping)
VLIR Vlaamse Interuniversitaire
Raad (B)
VM
voie montante (FR)
rise
heading (coalm.)
VNI = valeur nette d'inventaire
= NAV
q.v.
VNO Verbond Nederlandse
Ondernemers = (suggest)
Federation of
Netherlands Industry
VNU Verenigde Nederlandse
Uitgeversbedrijven = (suggest)
Associated Dutch Publishers
VOG Vereniging van organisaties
in de gepremieerde en gesubsidieerde
sector (NL)
(suggest)
Association of
Subsidised-Sector Organisations
VP Volkspolizei
= People's Police (former
GDR)
VPE Verpackungseinheit,
see VSE
VPR
?
vapour pressure
VRA
voluntary restraint agreement (comm.)
VRD voirie et
réseaux divers (FR)
= (suggest)
highways and public utilities
VROM Volkshuisvestiging,
Ruimtelijke Ordening en Milieubeheer
(NL)
=
(Minister e.g. of)
Housing, Spatial
Planning and Environment
VRT voyageur,
représentant, placier
=
travelling salesman, "rep" (comm.)
VS-Anweisung VSA Allgemeine
Verwaltungsvorschrift des Bundesministeriums des Innern zum materiellen
und
organisatorischen Schutz von Verschlusssachen = Federal
Ministry of
the Interior’s Administrative Regulation on the Safeguarding
of Classified Information (DE)
VSA
visual storage access (method,
documentation)
VSE = Verkaufseinheit
(e.g. "1 VSE = 36 VPE
à 2 Spulen")
VSK i. Vertragsstaatenkonferenz
see COP;
VSK ii. Videoschaltkonferenz
= video conference
VTC vehicule de transport avec chauffeur = passenger car with driver
(Uber-style)
VTMIS
vessel traffic management and information system (EU
shipping)
VTS
i. vehicle
traffic system
VTS
ii. vessel
traffic
services (shipping,
ports)
VUB Vrije Universiteit Brussel
VUT vervroegde uittreding
= early
retirement
VW Verkeer en Waterstaat
(NL)
=
Transport, Public Works & Water Management (Minister,
Ministry..)
VWO
voorbereidend
wetenschappelijk onderwijs (NL)
= pre-university education
VWS
Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport
= (Minister/Ministry of) Health, Welfare and Sport (NL)
vztb voor zover te beoordelen
vzw vereniging zonder
winstdoeleinden = not-for-profit
association (body,
organisation, etc.)
Created
by Alison Gaunt
Last
updated: 25 May 2024
