Export EU: A guide to the European Union for Australian Business
Abbreviations and Acronyms
ABIE Australian Business in Europe
ACP African, Caribbean and Pacific [states]
APEC Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
AQIS Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service
ATA Carnet Admission Temporaire/Temporary Admission Carnet
ATQ Autonomous Tariff Quotas
Austrade The Australian Trade Commission
AWBC Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation
BTI Binding Tariff Information
CAP Common Agricultural Policy
CCP Common Commercial Policy
CCT Common Customs Tariff
CEECs Central and Eastern European Countries
CE Marking Conformité Européene marking
CEN European Committee for Standardisation
CENELEC European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation
COREPER Comité des Représentants Permanents (Committee of Permanent Representatives)
CTM Community Trade Mark
DFAT Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
DITR Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources
EABC European-Australia Business Council
EBA Everything But Arms
EBRD European Bank of Reconstruction and Development
EC European Community
ECB European Central Bank
ECSC European Coal and Steel Community
EEA European Economic Area
EEC European Economic Community
EFIC Export Finance Insurance Corporation
EFTA European Free Trade Association
EMC Electromagnetic compatability
EMDG Export Market Development Grants
EMU Economic and Monetary Union
EP European Parliament
EPA Economic Partnership Arrangement
EPO European Patents Office
ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute
EU European Union
EUEB European Union Eco-labelling Board
EWCG Export Working Capital Guarantee
FAO Food and Agricultural Organisation
FEAST Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology
FTA Free Trade area
FYROM Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
GATS General Agreement on Trade in Services
GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GMO Genetically Modified Organisms
GMP Good Manufacturing Practice
GNI Gross National Income
GNP Gross National Product
GPA Government Procurement Agreement
GSP Generalised System of Preferences
ICC International Chamber of Commerce
IP Intellectual Property
IPCC International Plant Protection Convention
LCID Local Identifier
LMOs Living Modified Organisms
MFN Most Favoured Nation
MRA Mutual Recognition Agreement on Conformity Assessment
NPP National Privacy Principle
OIE Office International des Epizooties
OIV Office International de la Vigne et du Vin
OJ Official Journal of the European Communities
QR Quantitative Restrictions
ROOs Rules of Origin
RTA Regional Trade Agreement
SAA Stabilisation and Association Agreement
SGP Stability and Growth Pact
SLIM Simpler Legislation for the Internal Market
SPS Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement
TARICIntegrated Tariff of the Community
TBT Technical Barriers to Trade
TE Traditional Expressions
TRIPS Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
TRQ Tariff Rate Quota
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
VAT Value-added Tax
WCO World Customs Organisation
WHO World Health Organisation
WTO World Trade Organization