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A

AA Automobile Association
AAMT Automobile Association Motoring Trust
ACEA European Automobile Manufacturers Association
ACI Automobile Club d'Italia
ACP Automovel Clube de Portugual
ADAC Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club e.V.
AL Autoliitto
ALDE Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
ANWB Royal Dutch Touring Club
ARC ARC Transistance S.A.
AT Austria

 


B

BASt Federal Highway Research Institute of Germany
BE Belgium
BER The Block Exemption Regulation
BP British Petroleum

 


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C

CAFE Clean Air for Europe
CEN European Committee for Standardization
CO2 Carbon Dioxide
COM Commission
CORTE Confederation of Organisations in Road Transport Enforcement
COST Committee of Senior Officials for Scientific and Technical Research
CVIS Cooperative Vehicle-Infrastructure Systems

 


D

DE Germany
DG Directorate General
DRL Daytime Running Lights

 


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E

EC European Community
eCall emergency call
ECE Economic Commission for Europe
ECMT European Conference of Ministers of Transport
ECON Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
ECOtest Environmental Test
EEC European Economic Community
ELDR Liberal Democrat and Reform Party
ENVI Committee on the Environment
EP European Parliament
EPP-ED European People’s Party – European Democrats
EP European Parliament
ERF European Road Federation
ERTRAC European Road Transport Research Advisory Council
ERTICO European Road Transport Telematics Implementation Co-ordination
eSafety electronic safety
ESC Electronic Stability Control
ETF European Transport Federation
EU European Union
EuroRAP European Road Assessment Programme
EuroTAP European Tunnel Assessment programme

 


F

FEMA Federation of European Motorcyclists Association
FDM Forenede Danske Motorejere
FIA Fédèration Internationale de l’Automobile
FIAT Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino
FIGIEFA Fédération Internationale des Grossistes, Importateurs & Exportateurs en Fournitures Automobiles

 


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G

GRPE working group on pollution and energy
GRSP Global Road Safety Partnership
GSI Gear Shift Indicator
Gtr global technical regulation
GUE/NGL European United Left/Nordic Green Left
GVW Gross Vehicle Weight

 


H

HGV Heavy Goods Vehicle
HDV Heavy-Duty Vehicle

 


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I

IAM Institute of Advanced Motorists
ICRT International Consumer Research and Testing
ICT Intelligent Communication Technology
ID Independence/ Democracy Group
IMCO Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Affairs
ITRE Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy
IRU International Road Transport Union
ISO International standardisation Organisation
IT Information Technology
ITF International Transport Forum
ITS Intelligent Transportation System

 


J

JURI Committee on Legal Affairs

 


K

Km Kilometre

 


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M

m Meter
m3 Meter cube
mg milligram
MEP Member of the European Parliament
MoU Memorandum of Understanding
Mo.Ve Mobilita Venizia
MSA Motorway service area
MVEG Motor Vehicle Emissions Group

 


N

NCAP New Car Assessment Programme
NGO Non governmental Association
NOx Nitrous Oxides
NPACS New Programme for the Assessment of Child-restraint Systems

 


O

ÖAMTC Der Österreichische Automobil Motorrad und Tourung Club
OASIS Organisation for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
OBD On board diagnostic system
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

 


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P

PEOPIL Pan European Organisation for Personal Injury Lawyers
PES Party of European Socialists
PISA II Drivers knowledge survey of eSafety
PM Particulate matter
PR Public relations

 


R

RACC Real Automvil Club Catalonia
RACE Real Automvil Club Espana
RAS Russian Automobile Society
RTD Research Testing Development

 


S

SUV Sports utility Vehicle

 


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T

Tbc to be confirmed
t Tonne
TCS Touring Club Suisse
TMR Test Model Requirement
TMWG transport and mobility working group
TRAN Committee on Transport and Tourism
TREN Transport and Energy
TRIO Transport Related International Organisations
TWG Technical working group

 


U

UEN Union for a Europe of Nations
UITP Union Internationale des Transports Publics
UK United Kingdom
UN United Nations
UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
US United States

 


V

Verts/ALE Greens/European Free Alliance

 


W

WBCSD World Business Council for Sustainable Development
WG Working Group
WP1 Working Party on Road Traffic Safety
WP29 World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle regulations
μg microgram

 


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