Abbreviations and acronyms
Alternative business structures
Portuguese Competition Authority (Autoridade da Concorrência)
Artificial intelligence
Portuguese Association of Law Firms (Associação das Sociedades de Advogados de Portugal)
Tax and Customs Authority (Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira)
Commission for the monitoring of Justice Assistants (Comissão para o Acompanhamento dos Auxiliares de Justiça)
Centre for Nutrition Advocacy (US)
Canadian Competition Bureau
Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe
National directive council
Regional directive council
Council of European Dentists
Centre for Studies in Public Law and Regulation (Centro de Estudos de Direito Público e Regulação)
Council for Licensed Conveyancers (UK)
Securities Market Commission (Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários)
National Committee for Education and training (Confederação Nacional de Educação e Formação)
Classification of individual consumption by purpose
Common Professional examination (UK)
Consumer Price Index
Standing Committee of European Doctors
Civil and Social Justice Panel Survey
High Council of the Public Prosecution Service (Conselho Superior do Ministério Público)
High Council of French Notaries (Conseil Supérieur du Notariat)
Directorate General for Employment and Labour Relations, Portugal (Direção-Geral do Emprego e das Relações de Trabalho)
European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System
European Free Trade Association
Enterprise Research Centre (UK)
French Competition Authority (Autorité de la concurrence)
Foreign direct investment
Graduate Diploma in Law (England and Wales), formerly CPE
Gross domestic product
Gross operating rate
Grade point average
Gross value added
High-level committee
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
International Confederation of Dietetic Associations
International Federation of Accountants
Incorporated legal practices (New South Wales, Australia)
Institute of Public Markets, Real Estate and Construction (Instituto dos Mercados Públicos, do Imobiliário e da Construção)
Portuguese Bureau of Statistics (Instituto Nacional de Estatistica)
International Pharmaceutical Federation
Intellectual property rights
Information technology
Juris doctor
knowledge-intensive business services
Legal disciplinary partnership
Law School Admission Test (US)
Legal Services Board (England and Wales)
Multi-disciplinary partnership
Multifactor productivity
Memorandum of Understanding
Not elsewhere classified
Statistical Classification of Economic Activities (European Union)
Professional Association of Certified Accountants (Ordem dos Contabilistas Certificados)
Professional Association of Economists (Ordem dos Economistas)
Professional Association of Customs Brokers (Ordem dos Despachantes Oficiais)
Online dispute resolution
Portuguese Association of Auditors (Ordem dos Revisores Oficiais de Contas)
Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union
Product Market Regulation (indicators)
Points of Single Contact
Qualifying Law Degree (UK)
Research and development
Small and medium-sized enterprises
Solicitors Regulation Authority (UK)
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union