(p. xiii) List of Abbreviations
(p. xiii) List of Abbreviations
ACER | EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators |
ACP | Asian, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States |
ADR | Alternative Dispute Resolution |
AEC | Atomic Energy Commission |
AFSJ | Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice |
AGFISH | Agriculture and Fisheries Council |
AIVD | Dutch Intelligence and Security Service |
ALDE | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
APEC | Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
BBQ | British Budgetary Question |
BENELUX | Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg Economic Union |
BEPGs | Broad Economic Policy Guidelines |
BERs | Block Exemption Regulations |
BIA | Security Information Agency of the Republic of Serbia |
BIS | Bank for International Settlements |
BM | Blocking Minority |
BSE | Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy |
CACM | Central American Common Market |
CAP | Common Agricultural Policy |
CCM | Civilian Crisis Management |
CCP | Common Commercial Policy |
CCS | Carbon Capture and Storage |
CdT | Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union |
CDU | Christian Democratic Union (Germany) |
CEAS | Common European Asylum System |
Cedefop | European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training |
CEE | Central and East European States (p. xiv) |
CEEC | Central and Eastern European Country |
CEGB | Central Electricity Generating Board |
CEN | European Committee for Standardization |
CENELEC | European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization |
CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
CEPOL | European Police College |
CFCA | Community Fisheries Control Agency |
CFI | Court of First Instance |
CFSP | Common Foreign and Security Policy |
CGS | Council Secretariat |
CIA | Central Intelligence Agency |
CJEU | Court of Justice of the European Union |
COGs | National Chiefs of Government |
COP | Copenhagen Conference of the Parties |
CoR | Committee of the Regions |
COREPER | Committee of Permanent Representatives |
CPCC | Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability |
CPVO | Community Plant Variety Office |
CSP | Confederation of Socialist Parties of the European Community |
CSU | Christian Social Union (Germany) |
CTG | Counter Terrorist Group |
DAS | Déclaration d’assurance |
DCFR | Academic Draft Common Frame of Reference |
DRC | Democratic Republic of Congo |
EAFRD | European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development |
EAGGF | European Agricultural Guarantee and Guidance Fund |
EAP | Environmental Action Programme |
EASA | European Aviation Safety Agency |
ECA | European Court of Auditors |
ECB | European Central Bank |
ECDC | European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control |
ECEP | European Climate and Energy Package |
ECHA | European Chemicals Agency |
ECHR | European Convention on Human Rights |
ECJ | European Court of Justice (p. xv) |
ECN | European Competition Network |
ECOFIN | Council of Economics and Finance Ministers |
ECSC | European Coal and Steel Community |
ECtHR | European Court of Human Rights |
ECU | European Currency Unit |
EDA | European Defence Agency |
EDC | European Defence Community |
EDF | Electricité de France |
EDPS | European Data Protection Supervisor |
EEA | European Economic Area |
EEA | European Environment Agency |
EEAS | European External Action Service |
EEC | European Economic Community |
EES | European Election Studies |
EES | European Employment Strategy |
EFC | European Financial Coalition |
EFGP | European Federation of Green Parties |
EFSA | European Food Safety Authority |
EFSF | European Financial Stability Facility |
EFTA | European Free Trade Association |
EGP | European Green Party |
EIB | European Investment Bank |
EIGE | European Institute for Gender Equality |
ELDR | Federation of European Liberal, Democrat, and Reform Parties |
EMA | European Medicines Agency |
EMCDDA | European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction |
EMI | European Monetary Institute |
EMS | European Monetary System |
EMSA | European Maritime Safety Agency |
EMU | European Monetary Union |
ENGOs | Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations |
ENISA | European Network and Information Security Agency |
EPC | European Political Cooperation |
EPP | Euro Plus Pact |
EPP | European People's Party (p. xvi) |
EPRG | European Parliament Research Group |
EPU | European Payments Union |
ERA | European Railway Agency |
ERDF | European Regional Development Fund |
ERF | European Refugee Fund |
ERG | European Regulators Group |
ERM | Exchange Rate Mechanism |
ERRIN | European Regions and Innovation Network in Brussels |
ERT | European Roundtable of Industrialists |
ESCB | European System of Central Banks |
ESDP | European Security and Defence Policy |
ESF | European Social Fund |
ESM | European Stability Mechanism |
ESPRIT | European Strategic Program on Research in Information Technology |
ESRB | European Systemic Risk Board |
ESS | European Security Strategy |
ETF | European Training Foundation |
ETS | Emissions Trading System |
ETUC | European Trade Union Confederation |
EU | European Union |
EU OSHA | European Agency for Safety and Health at Work |
EUCOM | United States European Command |
EUETS | European Union Emissions Trading Scheme |
EUFOR | European Force |
Euratom | European Atomic Energy Community |
EUREGHA | European Network of Regional and Local Health Authorities |
EUREMA | EU Relocation Malta |
Eurodac | European Dactyloscopy |
Eurofound | European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions |
EUROJUST | European Judicial Cooperation Unit |
Europol | European Police Office |
EUSC | European Union Satellite Centre |
EUT | Draft Treaty on the European Union (p. xvii) |
EVCA | European Venture Capital Association |
FBI | Federal Bureau of Intelligence |
FDI | Foreign Direct Investment |
FGD | Flue Gas Desulphurization |
FRA | European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights |
FRONTEX | European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders |
FSU | Finnish Seaman's Union |
FTA | Free Trade Area |
FYROM | Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
GAERC | General Affairs and External Relations Council |
GAL | Green-Alternative-Libertarian |
GATT | General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
GMOs | Genetically Modified Organisms |
GNI | Gross National Income |
GNP | Gross National Product |
GSA | European GNSS Agency |
G7/8 | Group of Seven or Eight |
GTAZ | Germany's Joint Counterterrorism Centre |
G20 | Group of Twenty |
HA | High Authority |
HG | Headline Goal |
HHG | Helsinki Headline Goal |
HR | High Representative |
IDOC | Investigation and Disciplinary Office |
IEA | International Energy Agency |
IGC | Intergovernmental Conference |
IMF | International Monetary Fund |
IMSC | Internal Market Support Committee |
Intdiv | Intelligence Division of the European Military Staff |
IPE | International Political Economy |
IR | International Relations |
ISS | European Union Institute for Security Studies (p. xviii) |
ITF | International Transport Workers’ Federation |
JHA | Justice and Home Affairs |
JTAC | Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre |
LAFTA | Latin American Integration Association |
LCPD | Large Combustion Plant Directive |
LI | Liberal Intergovernmentalism |
MEPs | Members of the European Parliament |
MERCOSUR | Mercado Común del Sur |
MLG | Multilevel Governance |
MP | Member of Parliament |
MRP | Mouvement Républicain Populaire |
MS | Member State |
MTR | Mid-Term Review |
NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
NAP | National Allocation Plan |
NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
NCAs | National Competition Agencies |
NGO | Non-Governmental Organization |
NMS | New Member States |
NRAs | National Regulatory Authorities |
NRP | National Reform Programs |
NSRF | National Strategic Reference Framework |
NUTS | Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics |
OCA | Optimum Currency Area |
ODS | Civic Democratic Party |
OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
OEEC | Organization for European Economic Cooperation |
OHIM | Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market |
OLAF | European Anti-Fraud Office |
OLS | Ordinary Least Squares |
OMC | Open Method of Coordination |
OMS | Old Member State |
OP | Operational Programmes |
OPEC | Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries |
OSCE | Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (p. xix) |
PCA | Partnership and Cooperation Agreement |
PD | Prisoner's Dilemma |
PECL | Principles of European Contract Law |
PES | Party European Socialists |
PiS | Party Law and Justice |
PPEWU | Policy Planning and Early Warning Unit |
PPS | Power Parity Standard |
PSL | Polish Peasant's Party |
QM | Qualified Majority |
QMV | Qualified Majority Voting |
R&D | Research and Development |
RCI | Rational-Choice Institutionalism |
rTPA | Regulated Third Party Access |
RWE | Rhenish-Westphalian Electric Power Company |
S&D | Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats |
SAPS | Single Area Payment Scheme |
SBC | Schengen Borders Code |
SBU | Security Service of Ukraine |
SCA | Special Committee on Agriculture |
SEA | Single European Act |
SEM | Single European Market |
SEPA | Single Euro Payment Area |
SFP | Single Farm Payment |
SFS | Small Farmers Scheme |
SGP | Stability and Growth Pact |
SHAPE | Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe |
SIRENE | Supplementary Information Request at the National Entry |
SIS | Schengen Information System |
SitCen | EU Joint Situation Centre |
SME | Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises |
SVR | Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia) |
TAN | Traditionalist-Authority-Nationalism |
TARGET | Euro Payment and Settlement System |
TCNs | Third-Country Nationals |
TEC | Treaty Establishing the European Union (p. xx) |
TEU | Treaty on European Union |
TFEU | Treaty on the Functioning of the Union |
TPA | Third-Party Access |
TREVI | Terrorisme, radicalisme, extrémisme et violence internationale |
TRIPS | Trade-Related Measures of Intellectual Property |
UCLAF | Anti-Fraud Task Force |
UK | United Kingdom |
UNECE | United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
UNHCR | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
US | United States |
VP | Vice President |
WEU | Western European Union |
WMD | Weapons of Mass Destruction |
WTO | World Trade Organization |