Glossary of Abbreviations

AMUE

Association for the Monetary Union of Europe

BCSD

Business Council for Sustainable Development

CAG

Competitiveness Advisory Group

CEE

Central and Eastern Europe

CEEP

European Center of Enterprises with Public Participation

CEO

Chief Executive Officer, or Corporate Europe Observatory

COREPER

Committee of Permanent Representatives

DG

Directorate General

EC

European Commission

ECB

European Central Bank

ECIS

European Centre for Infrastructure Studies

EEB

European Environmental Bureau

EMI

European Monetary Institute

EMU

European Monetary Union

EP

European Parliament

EPE

European Partners for the Environment

ERT

European Roundtable of Industrialists

ESNBA

European Secretariat for National BioIndustry Associations

ETUC

European Trade Union Confederation

EU

European Union

IGC

Intergovernmental Conference

IM

Internal Market

IMSC

Internal Market Support Committee

GATT

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

MEP

Member of the European Parliament

NTA

New Transatlantic Agenda

SAGB

Senior Advisor Group on Biotechnology

SEA

Single European Act

SEIA

Strategic Environmental Impact Assesment

SM

Single Market

SME

Small and Medium-sized Enterprise

TABD

Transatlantic Business Dialogue

TENs

Trans-European Networks

TERNs

Trans-European Road Networks

TNCs

Transnational Corporations

UEAPME

Union Européenne de l'Artisanat et des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises (European Union for Craftsmen and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises)

UNCED

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

UNICE

Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe

WBCSD

World Business Council for Sustainable Development

WICE

World Industry Council for the Environment

WTO

World Trade Organization