Abbreviations and acronyms

ARCEP

French Electronic Communications, Postal and Print Media Distribution Regulatory Authority (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)

ALGA

Australian Local Government Association

ASEA

Agency for Safety, Energy and Environment (Agencia de Seguridad, Energía y Ambiente)

ASTM

ASTM International

ATR

Dutch Advisory Board on Regulatory Burden

BEIS

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, United Kingdom

BI

Behavioral insights

BIPM

International Bureau for Weights and Measures (Bureau International des Poids et Mesures)

BRE

Better Regulation Executive of the United Kingdom

CCNR

Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine

CDR

Cabinet Directive on Regulation of Canada

CETA

Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

CFIA

Canadian Food Inspection Agency

CNMC

Spanish National Commission of Markets and Competition (Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia)

COAG

Council of Australian Governments

CONAMER

Mexican National Commission for Better Regulation (Comisión Nacional de Mejora Regulatoria)

COVID

Coronavirus Disease

COVID-19

Coronavirus disease of 2019

CPTPP

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

CQC

Care Quality Commission

DBA

Danish Business Authority

DIT

Department of International Trade of the United Kingdom

DPMC

Australian Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

EBR

Ethical business regulation

EU

European Union

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FCDO

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the United Kingdom

FICIL

Foreign Investors’Council in Latvia

FSVP

Foreign Supplier Verification Programs

FTA

Free Trade Agreement

GFSI

Global Food Safety Initiative

GMP

Good Manufacturing Practices

GRPs

Good Regulatory Practices

HAKOM

Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (Hrvatska Regulatorna Agencija za Mrežne Djelatnosti)

HSE

Health and Safety Executive

ICAO

International Civil Aviation Organization

ICT

Information communication technology

IEA

International Energy Agency

IGO

Intergovernmental Organisations

ILO

International Labour Organization

IMF

International Monetary Fund

IMO

International Maritime Organization

INTERPOL

International Criminal Police Organization

IO

International Organisations

IRC

International regulatory co-operation

iREG

Indicators of Regulatory Policy and Governance

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

IVC

Inspection Surveillance and Control (Inspección Vigilancia y Control)

JRC

Joint Research Centre

L.P.

Liquefied petroleum

MBIE

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment of New Zealand

MFAT

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of New Zealand

MRA

Mutual Recognition Agreement

NER

Network of Economic Regulators

NERV

Czech Republic’s National Economic Council

NFRC

Australian National Federation Reform Council

NGOs

non-governmental organisations

NRA

National Regulatory Authority

OBPR

Office of Best Practice Regulation (Australia)

OCS

Office of the Council of State (Thailand)

OIE

World Organisation for Animal Health

OIML

International Organisation for Legal Metrology (Organisation Internationale de Métrologie Légale)

OMB

United States Office of Management and Budget

OPSS

Office for Product Safety & Standards

OSH

Occupational Safety and Health

PAFER

Performance Assessment Framework for Economic Regulators

PIR

Post-implementation review

PMR

Product Market Regulation

PUC

Latvian Public Utilities Commission

RAC

Rating Audit Control

RIA

Regulatory impact assessment

ROB

Regulatory oversight body

RPC

Regulatory Policy Committee of the United Kingdom

RSB

Regulatory Scrutiny Board

SaMBA

British Small and Micro Business Assessment

SDGs

Sustainable Development Goals

SICOPRE

Sistema Control Previo

SME

Small and Medium-sized Enterprise

SPS

Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures

SUCOP

Sistema Único de Consulta Pública

TBS

Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada

TBT

Technical Barriers to Trade

TGN

Transgovernmental Network of Regulators

ToRs

Terms of Reference

TRA

Threat-Risk Assessment

UAE

United Arab Emirates

UNWTO

World Tourism Organization

US FDA

United States Department Food and Drug Administration

USAID

US Agency for International Development

USMCA

United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement

UTAIL

Technical Unit for Legislative Impact Assessment (Portugal)

WCO

World Customs Organization

WTO

World Trade Organization