EurostatEurostat yearbookyearbook 20042004 List of abbreviations and acronyms D-W territory of the former West Germany Member States DZ Algeria GB Great Britain EU-25 the 25 Member States of the European Union HR Croatia EU-15 the 15 Member States of the European Union IN India until 30.4.2004 IQ Iraq euro zone EUR-11 (BE, DE, ES, FR, IE, IT, LU, NL, AT, PT, IR Iran FI) until 31.12.2000 IS Iceland EUR-12 from 1.1.2001 JP Japan EUR-12 The euro zone with KR South Korea 12 countries participating LI Liechtenstein (BE, DE, EL, ES, FR, IE, IT, LU, NL, AT, PT, FI) LK Sri Lanka BE Belgium LY Libya CZ Czech Republic NG Nigeria DK Denmark NO Norway DE Germany RU Russian Federation EE Estonia SA Saudi Arabia EL Greece SG Singapore ES Spain SL Sierra Leone FR France SO Somalia IE Ireland TW Taiwan IT Italy UA Ukraine CY Cyprus US United States of America LV Latvia ZA South Africa LT Lithuania LU Luxembourg HU Hungary Currencies MT Malta NL Netherlands ECU European currency unit, data up to AT Austria 31.12.1998 PL Poland EUR (1) euro, data from 1.1.1999 onwards PT Portugal ATS (1) Austrian schilling SI Slovenia BEF (1) Belgian franc SK Slovakia CYP Cyprus pound FI Finland CZK Czech koruna SE Sweden DEM (1) German mark UK United Kingdom DKK Danish crown (krone) EEK Estonian kroon 1 Candidate countries ESP ( ) Spanish peseta FIM (1) Finnish markka 1 BG Bulgaria FRF ( ) French franc RO Romania GBP pound sterling 1 TR Turkey GRD ( ) Greek drachma HUF forint IEP (1) Irish pound (punt) Other countries and territories ITL (1) Italian lira LTL litas AF Afghanistan LUF (1) Luxembourg franc AM Armenia LVL lats AR Argentina MTL Maltese lira AZ Azerbaijan NLG (1) Dutch guilder BA Bosnia and Herzegovina PLN zloty BR Brazil PTE (1) Portuguese escudo CA Canada SEK Swedish crown (krona) CD Democratic Republic of Congo SIT tolar CH Switzerland SKK Slovak koruna CN China BGN lev CO Colombia CS Serbia and Montenegro (1) The euro replaced the ecu (code = ECU) on 1 January 1999. On 1 D-E territory of the former East Germany January 2002, it also replaced 12 Community currencies. CAD Canadian dollar ICT Institute of Computer JPY Japanese yen Technology/information and communication ROL Romanian leu technology TRL Turkish lira ILO International Labour Organisation USD US dollar IMF International Monetary Fund IPI industrial production index ISCED international standard classification of Other abbreviations and acronyms education ISPO Information Society Promotion Office AA agricultural area IT information technology ACP African, Caribbean and Pacific States party to LFS labour force survey the Cotonou Agreement LMP labour market policy AIDS acquired immuno-deficiency syndrome Mercosur Southern Cone Common Market ASEAN Association of South-East Asian Nations MSTI/OECD main science and technology AWU annual work unit indicators/Organisation for Economic BERD expenditure on R & D in the business Cooperation and Development enterprise sector MUICP monetary union index of consumer prices BLEU Belgo-Luxembourg Economic Union NACE general industrial classification of economic BMI body mass index activities within the European Communities BOD biochemical oxygen demand NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement BSE bovine spongiform encephalopathy CAP common agricultural policy NHS National Health Service CCs candidate countries n.e.c. not elsewhere classified CDR crude death rate n.e.s. not elsewhere specified CEECs central and east European countries NIS new independent States (of the former cif cost, insurance and freight Soviet Union) CIS Commonwealth of Independent States NPISHs non-profit institutions serving households COD chemical oxygen demand NUTS nomenclature of territorial units for statistics CVT continual vocational training (Eurostat) (NUTS 1, 2 etc.) CVTS2 continuing vocational training survey OD overseas departments DAEs dynamic Asian economies OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and EAGGF European Agricultural Guidance and Development Guarantee Fund OECD-DAC Organisation for Economic Cooperation and ECB European Central Bank Development - Development Assistance ECHP European Community household panel Committee ECHP-UDB European Community household panel — OPEC Organisation of Petroleum Exporting user's database Countries ECSC European Coal and Steel Community PPP purchasing power parity EEA European Economic Area (EU + EFTA PPS purchasing power standard countries without Switzerland) R&D research and development EEAICP European Economic Area index of consumer RON research octane number prices SDR standard death rate EFTA European Free Trade Association (CH, IS, LI, SGM standard gross margin NO) SDI sustainable development indicators EICP European index of consumer prices SI structural indicators EITO European Information Technology SIF Statistics in Focus Observatory SITC Rev. 3 standard industrial trade classification, third EMS European Monetary System revision EPO European Patent Office TBFRA temperate and boreal forest resources ERDF European Regional Development Fund assessment ESA 1. European system of national and regional UN United Nations accounts (ESA 95) Unesco United Nations Educational, Scientific and 2. European Space Agency Cultural Organisation ESF European Social Fund UNHCR Office of the United Nations High Esspros European system of integrated social Commissioner for Refugees protection statistics USPTO United States Patent and Trademark Office EU European Union VAT value added tax EU-SILC EU statistics on income and living conditions WHO World Health Organisation Eurostat the statistical office of the European Communities Eurydice information network on education in Europe Units of measurement (http://www.eurydice.org/) FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation (UN) GJ gigajoule fob free on board GWh gigawatt hour (106 kWh) FTE full-time equivalent ha hectare GBAORD government budget appropriations or hc head count outlays for research and development hl hectolitre GCSE General Certificate of Secondary Education kcal kilocalorie GDP gross domestic product kg kilogram GERD gross domestic expenditure on R & D kgoe kilogram of oil equivalent GHG greenhouse gases kWh kilowatt hour GNI gross national income m3 cubic metre GNP gross national product sq. km/km2 square kilometre GT gross tonnage t tonne (metric ton) GVA gross value added tkm tonne-km HICP harmonised index of consumer prices toe tonne of oil equivalent.