AC | Arctic Council |
ACP | African, Caribbean, and Pacific countries |
AKP | Adalet ve Kalknma Partisi (Justice and Development Party) |
BEAC | Barents Euro-Arctic Council |
BiH | Bosnia i Herzegovina |
BSEC | Black Sea Economic Cooperation |
CBC | Cross Border Cooperation |
CBSS | Council of the Baltic Sea States |
CEECs | Central and Eastern European Countries |
CEFTA | Central European Free Trade Agreement |
CEI | Central European Initiative |
CFE | Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe |
CFSP | Common Foreign and Security Policy |
CHP | Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Republican Peoples Party) |
CIS | Commonwealth of Independent States |
CMEA (Comecon) | Council for Mutual Economic Assistance |
CSCE | Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe |
CSCM | Conference on Security and Co-operation in the Mediterranean |
CSDP | Common Security and Defence Policy ( = also ESDP, European Security and Defence Policy, 19992008) |
CSTO | Collective Security Treaty Organization |
DCFTA | Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement |
DG | Directorate-General |
EAEC (Euratom) | European Atomic Energy Community |
EaP | Eastern Partnership |
EASO | European Asylum Support Office |
EAW | European Arrest Warrant |
EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
EC | European Community |
ECHO | European Commission Humanitarian Office, later European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department, formerly the European Community Humanitarian Aid Office |
ECSC | European Coal and Steel Community |
ECT | Energy Charter Treaty |
ECtHR | European Court of Human Rights |
EEA | European Economic Area |
EEAS | European External Action Service |
EEC | European Economic Communities/Community |
EFTA | European Free Trade Association |
EIB | European Investment Bank |
EIDHR | European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights |
EMAAs | Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreements |
EMP (EUROMED) | Euro-Mediterranean Partnership |
EMU | Economic and Monetary Union |
EnCT | Energy Community Treaty |
ENP | European Neighbourhood Policy |
EP | European Parliament |
EPC | European Political Cooperation |
ERDF | European Regional Development Fund |
ERF | European Refugee Fund |
ESA | European Space Agency |
ESDP | European Security and Defence Policy |
ESF | European Social Fund |
ESI | European Stability Initiative |
ESS | European Security Strategy |
EU | European Union |
EUBSS | European Union Black Sea Synergy |
EUFOR | European Union Force |
EUISS | European Union Institute for Security Studies |
EUMM | European Union Monitoring Mission |
EUNIDA | European Network of Implementing Development Agencies |
EUPOL COPPS | European Union Co-ordinating Office for Palestinian Police Support |
EurAsEC | Eurasian Economic Community |
EUROJUST | European Unit of Judicial Cooperation |
EUROPOL | EU Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation |
EUSBSR | EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region |
EUSR | European Union Special Representative |
FRG | Federal Republic of Germany |
FRTD | Facilitated Rail Transit Documents |
FSB | Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation |
FTA | Free trade area |
FTD | Facilitated Transit Documents |
GAC | General Affairs Council, superseded by GAERC (General Affairs and External Relations Council) |
GCC | Gulf Cooperation Council |
GDR | German Democratic Republic |
GSP | Generalized System of Preferences |
GTS | Ground Transportation System |
GUAM | Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova |
IAM | Incident Assessment Mechanism |
IBM | Integrated Border Management |
ICC | International Criminal Court |
ICJ | International Court of Justice |
IDPs | Internally displaced persons |
IEA | International Energy Agency |
IFI | International Fund for Ireland |
INOGATE | Interstate Oil and Gas Transportation to Europe |
IRA | Irish Republican Army |
ISIL | Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant |
JCC | Joint Control Commission |
JNA | Jugoslovenska narodna armija (Yugoslav National Army) |
LNG | Liquefied Natural Gas |
MAP | Membership Action Plan |
MEDA | Mesures d'accompagnement financires et techniques |
MEP | Member of the European Parliament |
MFN | Most favored nation |
MIC | Monitoring and Information Centre |
NC | Nordic Council |
ND | Northern Dimension |
NFZ | No-fly zone |
NGO | Non-governmental organization |
NIS | Naftna Industrija Srbije |
NSC | National Security Council |
OCHA | Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat |
ODED | Office of the Deputy Executive Director |
OECD | Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development |
OEEC | Organization for European Economic Co-operation |
OIC | Organisation of Islamic Cooperation |
OSCE | Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe |
PA | Palestinian National Authority |
PCA | Partnership and Cooperation Agreement |
PEGASE | Mcanisme palestino-europen de gestion de laide socio-conomique |
PHARE | Poland and Hungary: Assistance for Restructuring their Economies |
PKK | Partiya Karkern Kurdistan (Kurdistan Workers Party) |
PLO | Palestine Liberation Organization |
PNA | Palestinian National Authority |
PSC | Political and Security Committee |
QMV | Qualified majority voting |
REDWG | Regional Economic Development Working Group |
RoC | Republic of Cyprus |
SEA | Single European Act |
SEECP | South-East Europe Cooperation Process |
SFOR | Stabilization Force |
SME | Small and Medium Enterprises |
SRSG | Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations |