A.
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| ACP |
African, Caribbean and Pacific States, party to the Lomé Convention
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ACP-EU
|
Joint assembly of the convention concluded between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Economic Community
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Acquis
|
Acquis Communautaire
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Agrifin
|
DG agriculture - financial information systems
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ALDE
|
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (EP)
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APEC
|
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
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ASEAN
|
Association of South-East Asian Nations
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ASEM
|
Asia Europe meeting
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AU
|
African Union
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B.
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BCEAO
|
Central Bank of West African States
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BEAC
|
Bank of Central African States
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BEAC
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Barents Euro-Arctic Council
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Beijing + 10
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Follow-up of the UN world conference on women held in Beijing
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| BEUC |
European Bureau of Consumers’ Union
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BIC
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Community measure for the creation and development of business and innovation centres and their network
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C.
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CAP
|
Common agricultural policy
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CBSS
|
Council of the Baltic Sea States
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CCPCJ
|
Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (UN)
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CCT
|
Common Customs Tariff
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Cedefop
|
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
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CdG
|
Conseil de gouvernement - Cabinet meeting
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CEECs
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Central and eastern European countries (Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia)
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CEIES
|
Advisory Committee on Statistical Information in the Economic and Social Spheres
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CELEX
|
Interinstitutional computerised documentation system for Community law
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CEN
|
European Committee for Standardisation
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Cenelec
|
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation
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CERN
|
European Organisation for Nuclear Research
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CFP
|
Common fisheries policy
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CFSP
|
Common foreign and security policy
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CHOD
|
Chief of Defence
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CIRCE
|
European Communities Information and Documentary Research Centre
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CIREA
|
Centre for Information, Discussion and Exchange on Asylum (within the General Secretariat of the Council)
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CIS
|
Commonwealth of Independent States
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CJTF
|
Combined Joint Task Forces
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CMEA
|
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance(Comecon)
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Codest
|
Committee for the European Development of Science and Technology
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Cogeca
|
General Committee for Agricultural Cooperation in the EC
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Cohom
|
Council Working Group on Human Rights
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Com
|
European Commission
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Comecon
|
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
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Comett
|
Community programme in education and training for technology
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COPA
|
Committee of Agricultural Organisations in the European Economic Community
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COPEC
|
Joint Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men
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COPO
|
Political committee (Comité politique)
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COR
|
Committee of the Regions
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Cordis
|
Community Research and Development Information Service
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Coreper
|
Permanent Representatives Committee
(Comité des représentants permanents)
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COSAC
|
Conference of European Affairs Committees of the National Parliaments of Member States
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COST
|
European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research
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CRAFT
|
European cooperative research action for technology
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CREST
|
Scientific and Technical Research Committee
(Comité de la recherche scientifique et technique)
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CSF
|
Community support framework
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CSIFA
|
Strategic Committee on Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum
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CST
|
Scientific and Technical Committee (Euratom)
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CTC
|
Counter-Terrorism Committee
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D.
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DAC
|
Development Assistance Committee
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| DECT |
Digital European cordless telecommunications
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| DELTA |
Development of European learning through technological advance
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| DG |
Directorate-general
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| DIB |
Defence industrial base
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| DOSES |
Development of statistical expert systems (Community programme)
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| DRIVE |
Dedicated road infrastructure for vehicle safety in Europe
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E.
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EAC
|
European Association for Cooperation
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EAEC
|
European Atomic Energy Community, Euratom
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EAGGF
|
European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund
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EAPC
|
Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
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EASA
|
European Aviation Safety Agency |
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EBRD
|
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
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EC
|
European Community, European Communities
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EC
|
European Commission
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ECA
|
European Court of Auditors
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ECA
|
Economic Commission for Africa (UN)
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ECB
|
European Central Bank
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ECB-NET
|
European chemicals bureau network
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ECCAS
|
Economic Community of Central African States
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ECDIN
|
Environmental chemicals data and information network
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ECHO
|
1. European Community Humanitarian Office
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2. European Commission host organisation (Commission database server)
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ECHR
|
European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
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ECIP
|
EC Interantional Investment Partners
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ECJ
|
Court of Justice of the European Communities
(European court of justice)
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Eclair
|
European collaborative linkage of agriculture and industry through research
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ECMF
|
European Monetary Cooperation Fund
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Ecofin
|
Council of Ministers for Economic and Financial Affairs
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ECOS
|
European city cooperation system
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Ecosoc
|
Economic and Social Council (UN)
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Ecowas
|
The Economic Community of West African States
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ECPE
|
Centre of Enterprises with Public Participation
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ECPT
|
European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations
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ECSC
|
European Coal and Steel Community
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ECU
|
European currency unit
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| EDD |
Group for a Europe of Democracies and Diversities
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EDF
|
European Development Fund
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EEA
|
European Economic Area
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EEA
|
European Environment Agency
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EEC
|
European Economic Community
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EEIG
|
European Economic Interest Group
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EESC
|
European Economic and Social Committee
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EFICS
|
European forestry information and communication system
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EFGP
|
European Federation of Green Parties
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EFSA
|
European Food Safety Authority |
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EFTA
|
European Free Trade Association
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EIB
|
European Investment Bank
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EICs
|
Euro-Info Centres
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EIN
|
European informatics network
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Einecs
|
European inventory of existing commercial chemical substances
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ELISE
|
European information exchange network on local development and local employment
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EMCDDA
|
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
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EMEA
|
European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products
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EMCF
|
European Monetary Cooperation Fund
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EMI
|
European Monetary Institute
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EMS
|
European Monetary System
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EMU
|
Economic and monetary union
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ENEA
|
European Nuclear Energy Agency
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Envireg
|
Programme for regional environment measures
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EOTC
|
European Organisation for Testing and Certification
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EP
|
European Parliament
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EPA
|
European Protection Agency
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EPC
|
European political cooperation
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EPC
|
European Political Community
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EPO
|
European Patents Office / European Patent Organisation
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EPOS
|
European pool of studies (and analysis)
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EPP
|
European People's Party (EP)
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EPSCO
|
Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs
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Erasmus
|
European Community action scheme for the mobility of university students
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ERDC
|
European Research and Development Committee
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ERDF
|
European Regional Development Fund
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ERICA
|
European Research Institute for Consumer Affairs
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ERM
|
Exchange rate mechanism
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ESA
|
European Space Agency
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ESC
|
Economic and Social Committee
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ESCAP
|
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
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ESBC
|
European System of Central Banks
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ESCWA
|
Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
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ESF
|
European Social Fund
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ESDI
|
European Security and Defence Identity
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Esdi
|
European strategic programme for research and development in information technologies
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ESSI
|
European software and systems initiative
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ETSI
|
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
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ETUC
|
European Trade Union Confederation
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EU
|
European Union
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EUA
|
European unit of account
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EU HR
|
European Union High Representative
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EUI
|
European University Institute
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EUMC
|
European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia |
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EUMC
|
European Union Military Committee
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EURAM
|
European research on advanced materials
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| Euratom |
European Atomic Energy Community, EAEC
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Eureka
|
European Research Coordination Agency
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EURES
|
European employment services
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EURET
|
European research for transport
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Euro
|
European single currency
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Euro-12
|
Eurogroup
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EURO-AIM
|
European Organisation for and Audiovisual Independent Market
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Euromed
|
Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (Barcelona Process), Member States: EU+Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestinian Authority, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey. Libya has observer status since 1999
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Europol
|
European Police Office
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Eurostat
|
Statistical Office of the European Union
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EYC
|
Education, Youth and Culture
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F.
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FAO
|
Food and Agriculture Organisation
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FIDE
|
International Federation for European Law
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FIFG
|
Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance
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G.
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GAERC
|
General Affairs and External Relations Council
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GAC
|
General Affairs Council
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GATS
|
General Agreement on Trade in Services
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GATT
|
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
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GCC
|
Gulf Cooperation Council
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GDP
|
Gross domestic product
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Greens/EFA
|
Greens/ European Free Alliance (EP)
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GSC
|
General Secretariat of the Council
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GUE/NGL
|
European United Left – Nordic Green Left (EP)
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Gymnich
|
Informal meeting of Foreign Ministers
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I.
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IAEA
|
International Atomic Energy Agency (UN)
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IBRD
|
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) (UN)
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ICAO
|
International Civil Aviation Organisation
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ICC
|
International Criminal Court
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ICJ
|
International Court of Justice
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ICSC
|
International Civil Service Commission
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IEA
|
International Energy Agency (OECD)
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IEFR
|
International Emergency Food Reserve
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IFC
|
International Finance Corporation (UN)
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IGC
|
Intergovernmental Conference
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ILO
|
International Labour Organisation
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IMCO
|
Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organisation
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IMF
|
International Monetary Fund (UN)
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IMO
|
International Maritime Organisation
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IMP
|
Integrated Mediterranean programme
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IND/DEM
|
Independence/Democracy Group (EP)
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Interreg
|
Community initiative for border areas
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IST
|
Information society technologies
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J.
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JET
|
Joint European Torus, research project on controlled thermonuclear fusion
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JHA
|
Justice and Home Affairs
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JRC
|
Joint Research Centre
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K.
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K4
|
Coordinating Committee consisting of Senior Officials (JAI)
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L.
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LDCs
|
Less developed countries
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Leonardo da Vinci
|
Action programme for the implementation of a European Community vocational training policy
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Lingua
|
Programme to promote training in foreign languages
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Lomé
|
Lomé Convention, multilateral trade and development agreements between the EU and the ACP States
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M.
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MCA
|
Monetary compensatory amount
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MEDA
|
Programme for democracy
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MEDIA
|
Measures to encourage the development of the audiovisual production industry
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MED-Invest
|
Programme to support cooperation for the development of SMEs in Mediterranean non-member countries, in association with European SMEs and professional bodies
|
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MED-MEDIA
|
Programme to support cooperation between media institutions, organizations and companies in the Community and in the Mediterranean non-member countries
|
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MED-URBS
|
Programme to support cooperation between local authorities in the Community and those the in Mediterranean non-member countries
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MEP
|
Member of the European Parliament
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MISEP
|
Mutual information system on employment policies
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Missoc
|
Missoc Programme
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Mercosur
|
Southern Cone Common Market (Mercado Común del Sur)
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N.
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NAC
|
North Atlantic Council
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| NACE |
General industrial classification of economic activities within the European Communities
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| NAMSA |
NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency
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| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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| NCI |
New Community Instrument (borrowing and lending facility to promote investment)
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| NEA |
Nuclear Energy Agency (OECD)
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| NET |
Next European Torus (nuclear fusion project)
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| NIS |
New independent States (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan)
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O.
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OAPEC
|
Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries
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OAS
|
Organisation of American States
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| OCAS |
Organisation of Central American States
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ODA
|
Official development assistance
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OECD
|
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
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OHIM
|
Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
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OPEC
|
Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
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OPET
|
Organisation for the Promotion of Energy Technologies
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OSCE
|
Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
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P.
|
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PCA
|
Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (with the NIS)
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PES
|
Party of European Socialists
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PESCA
|
Community initiative concerning the restructuring of the fisheries sector
|
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PETRA
|
Action programme for the vocational training of young people and their preparation for adult and working life (now Leonardo da Vinci)
|
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Phare
|
Phare programme (Poland Council and Hungary: aid for economic restructuring)
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Pres
|
Presidency of the European
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PSC
|
Political and Security Committee
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Q.
|
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QMV
|
Qualified majority voting
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R.
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RACE
|
Research and development in advanced communications technologies for Europe
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RARE
|
Associated networks for European research
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REGEN
|
Community initiative on energy networks
|
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REGEN
|
Community initiative concerning transmission and distribution networks for energy
|
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REGIS
|
Community initiative concerning the most remote regions
|
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Reitox
|
European information network on drugs and drug addiction
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S.
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| SAARC |
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
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| SADC |
South African Development Community
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| SALT |
Strategic arms limitation talks
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| SC |
United Nations Security Council
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| SCA |
Special Committee on Agriculture
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| SEA |
Single European Act
|
| SIDS |
Small Island Developing States
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| SIS |
Schengen information system
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| SME |
Small and medium-sized enterprises
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| SOLAS |
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea
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| Socrates |
Reshaped Erasmus programme
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| Sprint |
Strategic programme for innovation and technology transfer
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T.
|
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| Tacis |
Technical assistance to the Commonwealth of Independent States and Georgia
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| TAIEX |
Technical Assistance Information Exchange Office
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| TARIC |
Integrated customs tariff of the European Communities
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| Tempus |
Trans-European mobility scheme for university studies
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| TENs |
Trans-European networks
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| TEU |
Treaty on European Union
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| TTE |
Transport, Telecommunications and Energy
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U.
|
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| UCLAF |
Unit for the Coordination of Fraud Prevention
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| UEN |
Union for a Europe of Nations
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| UNBRO |
United Nations Border Relief Operation
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| UNCED |
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
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| Unctad |
United Nations Conference in Trade and Development
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| UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme
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| UNDRO |
United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator's Office
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UNECE
|
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme
|
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Unesco
|
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation |
| UNHCR |
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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| UNICE |
Union of Industrial and Employers ‘Confederations of Europe
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| UNRRA |
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Agency
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| UNSC |
United Nations Security Council
|
| UNWRA |
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
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W.
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WB
|
World Bank
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WEU
|
Western European Union
|
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WFP
|
World food programme |
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WHO
|
World Health Organisation |
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WSIS
|
World summit on the information society |
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