Abbreviations and acronyms

ANCAP

Administración Nacional de Combustibles, Alcohol y Portland

ANTEL

Administración Nacional de Telecomunicaciones

ARD

Alternative dispute resolution

BCU

Banco Central del Uruguay (Central Bank of Uruguay)

BIAC

Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD

BIT

Bilateral Investment Treaty

CEOs

Chief executive officers

CIT

Corporate Income Tax

Conaprole

National milk producers cooperative

CPI

Corruption Perception Index

CSR

Corporate Social Responsibility

DB

Doing Business

ECI

Economic Complexity Index

EU

European Union

EUR

Euro

FDI

Foreign direct investment

FET

Fair and equitable treatment

G20

Group of 20

GAFI

Groupe d’Action Financière

GATS

General Agreement on Trade in Services

GCR

Global Competitiveness Report

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GFCF

Gross Fixed Capital Formation

GPA

Agreement on Government Procurement

GVCs

Global value chains

IADB

Inter-American Development Bank

ICMSICS

Integrated Case Management System

Investment Court System

ICSID

International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes

IFC

International Finance Corporation

IIA

International investment agreement

ILO

International Labour Organisation

IMF

International Monetary Fund

IPA

Investment Promotion Agency

IP

Intellectual Property

IPRISA

Investment Policy Review

Investor-state arbitration

ISO

International Organisation for Standardisation

ISDS

Investor-state dispute settlement

ICT

Information & Telecommunications Technology

JUTEPKBEs

Office for Transparency and Public Ethics

Knowledge-based economies

M&AMEAT

Mergers and Acquisitions

Most Economically Advantageous Tender

MEF

Ministry of Economy and Finance

Mercosur

Southern Cone Common Market

MFN

Most-Favoured Nation

MNEsMRREE

Multinational Enterprises

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

MTSS

Ministry of Labour and Social Security

MVOTMA

Ministry of Housing, Territorial Planning and Environment

NCP

National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

NGO

Non-Governmental Organisation

NT

National treatment

OASOECD

Organisation of American States

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OG

Official Gazette (Diario Oficial)

OPP

Office of Planning and Budget

OSS

One-Stop Shop

PFI

Policy Framework for Investment (OECD)

PPP

Public-Private Partnership

PTA

Preferential Trade Agreement

RBC

Responsible Business Conduct

R&D

Research and development

RIA

Regulatory Impact Assessment

SEZs

Special Economic Zones

SMEs

Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

SOEs

State-Owned Enterprises

SPE

Special Purpose Entity

SWFs

Sovereign Wealth Funds

TiVA

Trade in value added

TUAC

Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD

TNCs

Transnational Corporations

TRIPS

Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

UN

United Nations

UNCITRAL

United Nations Commission on International Trade Law

UNCTAD

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UN-ECLAC

United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

USD

US dollar

UTE

National Administration for Electricity Plants and Transmissions

UYUWBG

Uruguayan peso

World Bank Group

WEF

World Economic Forum

WGIPR

Working Group for the OECD Investment Policy Review (Uruguay)

WIPO

World Intellectual Property Organisation

WTO

World Trade Organisation