7. ACRONYMS

 


 

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Let's learn the DG TAXUD vocabulary

"An acronym (pronounced AK-ruh-nihm, from Greek acro- in the sense of extreme or tip and onyma or name) is an abbreviation of several words in such a way that the abbreviation itself forms a word. According to Webster's, the word doesn't have to already exist; it can be a new word. Webster's cites "snafu" and "radar", two terms of World War Two vintage, as examples. Implicit is the idea that the new word has to be pronounceable and ideally easy to remember. "


    A


 

ADM3G

CCN Administration Tool – 3rd Generation

 

AEO

Authorised Economic Operators

 

AFIS

Anti-Fraud Information System (OLAF)

 

AP

Application Platform(s)

 

ART

Activity Reporting Tool

 

ATS

Acceptance test specification

 

 

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    B


 

B2B

Business-to-Business electronic services, part of the VIES2 Project

 

B2C

Business-to-Client

 

BL

Baseline

 

BMM

Bilateral Monthly Meeting

 

 

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    C


 

CAB

Change Advisory Board

 

CC

Candidate Country

 

CCA

CCN/CSI Application(s)

 

CCN

Common Communications Network

 

CCN/CSI

Common Communications Network / Common Systems Interface

 

CCN/TC

CCN Technical Center. This is the name of a TAXUD contract, which provides the services to CCN/CSI system.

 

CCN/WAN

CCN Wide Area Network. This is the name of a TAXUD contract, which provides WAN services to CCN network.

 

CCTA

Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency

 

CDB

Capacity Management Database

 

CI

Configuration Item

 

CIRCA

Communication & Information Resource Center Administrator

 

CMDB

Configuration Management Database

 

CN

Combined Nomenclature (CN) Management System

 

Common Domain

See Euro-domain

 

COTS

Commercial off-the-shelf software

 

CPT

Central Project Team

 

CQP

Contract Quality Plan

 

CS

Continuous Services

 

CT

Conformance Test

 

CV

Curriculum Vitae

 

 

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    D


 

DDS

Data Dissemination System

 

DG

Directorate General (within the Commission)

 

DG DIGIT

Directorate General for Informatics

 

DG TAXUD

Commission Directorate General for Taxation and Customs Union

 

DHS

Definitive Hardware Store

 

DLV

Deliverable

 

DMZ

Demilitarised Zone

 

DRF

Document Review Form

 

DRP

Disaster Recovery Plan

 

DSL

Definitive Software Library

 

DTM

Deliverable Tracking Matrix

 

 

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    E


 

EBTI

European Binding Tariff Information

 

ECICS

European Customs Inventory of Chemical Substances

 

ECS

Export Control System

 

EfA

Estimate for Action

 

EMCS

Excise Movement Control System

 

Euro-Domain

The Euro-Domain designates the CCN services under the responsibility of the Commission (including the backbone network services) interconnecting Euro Gate ports, therefore enabling trans-European data exchanges. The euro-domain services are provided by the CCN WAN contractor

 

Euro-Gate

Equipment and services connecting the Euro-Domain backbone network to the Local Domain. It includes the Euro Gate port, the local loop and CCN site communications equipment.

 

EWSE

Early Warning System for Excises

 

 

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    F


 

FAT

Factory Acceptance Testing

 

FC

framework contract

 

FP

Fixed Price

 

FQP

Framework Quality Plan

 

FSC

Forward schedule of change

 

FTE

Full Time Equivalent

 

 

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    G


 

GLT

Glossary of Terms

 

GQI

General Quality Indicator

 

 

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    H


 

HO

Hand-over

 

HW

Hardware

 

 

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   I


 

IA

Individual Acceptance

 

ICT

Information & Communications Technology

 

ISPP

Information System for Processing Procedures

 

IT

Information Technology

 

ITIL

IT Infrastructure Library

 

ITSCM

IT Service Continuity Management

 

ITSM

IT Service Management. This is the name of a TAXUD contract, which provides ITIL services to all systems except CCN/CSI

 

ITT

Invitation To Tender

 

 

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    K


 

KEL

Known Error List

 

 

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    L


 

LAN

Local Area Network

 

 

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    M


 

MA

Mutual Agreement

 

MPM

Monthly Progress Meeting

 

MPP

Master Project Plan

 

MPR

Monthly Progress Report

 

MS

Member State(s)

 

MSA

Member State(s) Administration(s)

 

MSR

Monthly Service Report

 

MTTR

Mean Time To Restore

 

MVS

Movement Verification System

 

 

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    N


 

NA

National administration(s) which need(s) to be connected to the system to meet the operational requirements set out in the framework of Customs & Fiscalis &EMCS programmes and any other future legal bases that would be enacted under the umbrella of the community Customs Union and Taxation Policies as defined in the treaties.

 

NCTS

New Computerised Transit System

 

 

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    O


 

OD

On Demand

 

OLA

Operational Level Agreement

 

OLAF

DG OLAF - Office Européen de Lutte Anti-Fraude

 

 

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    P


 

PC

Personal Computer

 

PM

Project Manager

 

PO

Project Owner

 

PQP

Project Quality Plan

 

PSAT

Pre-SAT

 

 

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    Q


 

QA

Quality Assurance

 

QAO

Quality Assurance Officer

 

QC

Quality Control

 

QoS

Quality of Service

 

QPR

Quarterly Progress Report

 

Quota

Tariff Quota system

 

 

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    R


 

RfA

Request for Action

 

RfC

Request for Change

 

RfD

Request for Diagnosis

 

RfE

Request for Estimate

 

RfI

Request for Information

 

RfO

Request for Order

 

RfS

Request for Service

 

RIF

Risk Information Form

 

 

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    S


 

SC

Specific Contract

 

SAT

Site Acceptance Test

 

SEED

System for Exchange of Excise Data

 

SfA

Sent for Acceptance

 

SfR

Sent for Review

 

SLA

Service Level Agreement

 

SLR

Service Level Report

 

SMS

Specimen Management System

 

SP

service provider

 

SR

Service Requester

 

SQI

Specific Quality Indicator

 

SLA

Service Level Agreement

 

SLM

Service Level Management

 

SPEED

Single Portal for Entry or Exit of Data

 

SPOC

Single Point Of Contact

 

Suspension

Autonomous Tariff Suspension and Quota Measures Management System

 

SW

Software

 

SWOT

Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, Threat

 

 

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    T


 

TARIC

Tarif Intégré Communautaire

 

TBD

To Be Defined

 

TEMPO

TAXUD Electronic Management of Project Online

 

TO

Take-over

 

ToC

Terms of Collaboration

 

ToR

Terms of Reference

 

TQS

Tariff Quota and Surveillance system

 

T&M

Time and Materials

 

 

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    U


 

UV

Unit Values (FR: Valeurs Unitaires)

 

 

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    V


 

VAT

Value Added Tax

 

VIES

VAT Information Exchange System

 

VoeS

VAT on e-Services

 

 

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    W


 

WAN

Wide Area Network

 

WBS

Work Breakdown Structure

 

Wdays

Commission Working day (Normal working days are Mondays to Fridays inclusive, Commission holidays excepted)

 

WP

Work Package

 

WPR

Work Procedure(s)

 

WWW

World Wide Web (Internet)

 

 

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Last Update 02/10/2008