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Glossary
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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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