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UAC Uniforme Artikel Codering
(bar
codes) (NL)
UAE unité
d'activité économique =
UEA
q.v.
UAPME Union
européenne de l’artisanat et
des petites et moyennes enterprises
= European
Association of Crafts, Trades and Small and Medium-sized
Enterprises (NB
semi-official only, use
FR acronym)
UCLAF Unité pour la
coordination de la lutte anti-fraude =
Unit
for the
Coordination of Fraud Prevention (EU:
use
French acronym)
UCPTE Union
for the Coordination, Production and Transport of
Electric
Power
UCT
unaccompanied combined transport
UDE Union Douanière
Equatoriale = ECU
q.v.
UDEAC Union
Douanière et Economique de l'Afrique Central
=
Central
African Customs and Economic Union
UDS
unit density sphere
UEA
unit of economic activity (stat.)
UEAPME Union
Européenne de l'Artisanat et des Petites et Moyennes
Entreprises = European
Association of Craft, Small and Medium-sized
Enterprises
UEBL Union
économique belgo-luxembourgeoise
UEF
Union of European Federalists
UEMOA = Union
économique et monétaire ouest-africaine = WAEMU
q.v.
UEO = Union de l'Europe Occidentale = WEU
q.v.
UHP
unit of homogeneous production (EU,
statistics)
UIA
i. Union
of International Associations
UIA ii.
Universitaire
Instelling Antwerpen = (suggest)
Antwerp University Institute (NB
there is also the
Universiteit
Antwerpen)
UIAPME Union Internationale des
Associations de Petites et Moyennes
Entreprises
UIC Union Internationale de
Chemins de Fer = IUR
q.v.
UICN Union
Mondiale pour la Nature,
= IUCN,
q.v.
UIMM = Union des Industries
Métallurgiques et Minières (FR)
= Union of Metal Manufacturing,
Mining, Engineering,
Electrical and Metal Equipment and Allied Industries (title
from
their web
site)
UITP Union Internationale des
Transports Publics = IUPT
q.v.
UKAEA
UK Atomic Energy Authority
UKV unbegleiteter Kombinierter
Verkehr
= UCT
q.v.
ULB Université Libre
de Bruxelles
ULIMO
United Liberation Movement for Democracy in Liberia
ULV Umlagefinanzierungsverfahren
= pay-as-you-go system (social
security: see General Glossary for explanation)
UNCLOS
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
UNCSTD
UN Conference on Science and Technology for Development (1979)
UNCTAD
UN Conference on Trade and
Development
UNCTC
UN Centre on Transnational Corporations
UNDP
UN Development Programme
UNFCCC
United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change
UNFPA
UN Fund for Population Activities
UNGA
UN General Assembly
UNGASS
Special Session (of the
UN
General Assembly)
UNICA
(network of) universities in European capital cities (exact
title not known in any language..)
UNICE Union des Industries de
la Communauté Européenne =
Union
of
Industries of the European Community (EU:
use FR acronym)
UNIDO
UN Industrial Development Organisation
UNIOPSS Union nationale
interfédérale des oeuvres et organismes
privés
= National Interfederal Union of Private Health and Social Works and
Organisations (FR)
UNPAAERD
UN Programme of Action for
African
Economic Recovery and Development
UNPROFOR
UN Protection Force (Bosnia)
UNRWA
UN Relief and Works Agency (for Palestine Refugees in the
Near
East) (based Vienna)
UNSCO
(Office of the) UN Special Coordinator for the Occupied
Territories
UNSCOM
United Nations Special Commission on Iraqi Disarmament
UNSO
UN Statistical Office
UP Unterpulver:
Unterpulverschweißen =
submerged arc welding (using
e.g. nickel powders)
UPOV Union Internationale pour
la Protection des Obtentions Végétales
=
International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (the
UPOV
Convention)
UPRN Unique Property Reference Number (Ordnance
Survey, UK)
UPU
Universal Postal Union; Union Postale Universelle (based
Bern)
URL i.
(FR)
= RLU
q.v.
URL
ii. uniform
resource
locator (WorldWideWeb)
USAID
US Agency for International Development
UTH unité de travail
humain = man-work unit;
manpower unit
UTS unité de travail
séparé = SWU
q.v.
u/v
unit volume
UWG Gesetz gegen den unlauteren
Wettbewerb (D)
=
(suggest)
Unfair Competition Act
uwi uitvoeringsinstelling
see CWI
Created
by Alison Gaunt
Last
updated: 7 November 2022
