Glossary & Acronyms

B/C

Benefit to Cost Ratio

B/L 

Bill of Lading

B/P 

Bills Payable

B/R 

Bills Receivable

B2B 

Business to Business

B2C 

Business to Consumer

BAF 

Bunker Adjustment Factor

BCEOM 

French Consulting Group

BCO 

Beneficial Cargo Owner

BDI 

Both Dates Inclusive

BIA 

Beirut International Airport

BIC 

Bureau International des Containers (International Container Bureau)

BIP 

Border Inspection Post

BLU 

Code of Practice for the Safe Loading and Unloading of Bulk Carriers

BoD

Board of Directors

BOLERO 

Système de Transmission Electronique des B/L

BOO

Build, Own, Operate

BOOT

Build, Own, Operate, Transfer

BOT

Build-Operate-Transfer

BSP 

Billing and Settlement Plan

BTI 

Binding Tariff Information

BTO

Build, Transfer, Operate

C of O 

Certificate of Origin

C/N 

Consignment Note

CAA

Civil Aviation Authority

CABAF 

Currency And Bunker Adjustment Factor

CAD 

Civil Aviation Directories

CAF 

Currency Adjustment Factor

CALTRAM 

Compagnie Algéro-Libyenne de Transport Maritime

CANSO 

Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation

CAP 

Common Agricultural Policy of the EU

CASS 

Cargo Accounts Settlement Systems

CBFT 

Cubic Feet

CBM 

Cubic Metres

CBP 

Customs and Border Protection

CBR 

Commodity Box Rate

CC 

Continuation Clause

CC 

Cubic Centimetres/Capacity

CCC 

Customs Cooperation Council, now WCO

CCT 

Common Customs Tariff

CCTO 

Central Community Transit Office

CDO 

Central Deferment Office

CEA

Commission Economique pour l'Afrique /  Economical Commission for Africa

CEC

Commission of European Communities

CEC 

Central European Countries

CEEC 

Central & Eastern European Countries

CEFACT 

UN Centre for Trade Facilitation & Electronic Business

CEFTA 

Central European Free Trade Agreement

CEMT 

Conférence Européenne des Ministres des Transports / European Conference of Ministers of Transport

CEN 

European Committee for Standardisation (Comité Européen de Normalisation)

CEPII 

Centre d’Etudes Prospectives et d’Informations Internationales

CER

Community of European Railways

CETIS 

Customs Electronic Tariff Information Service

CETMO

Centre des études de transport en Mediterranée occidentale /  Transport Study Centre for the Western Mediterranean

CETMP

Centre d'Etudes des Transports de La Méditerranée Occidentale

CFM 

Container Flow Management

CFO 

Central Filing Office

CFO 

Chief Financial Officer

CFR 

Cost and Freight (Named Port of Destination)

CFS 

Container Freight Station

CFSP 

Customs Freight Simplified Procedures

CFT 

Cubic Feet

CFTM 

Comite des Transports Ferroviaires Maghrébins

CGA 

Cargo's proportion of General Average

CGM 

Compagnie Générale Maritime

CIA 

Central Intelligence Agency (of USA)

CIDC 

Centre Islamique de Développement du Commerce (Islamic Centre for Development of Trade)

CIE 

Cost, Insurance, Freight

CIE 

Customs Input of Entry

CIF&E 

Cost, Insurance, Freight & Exchange

CIF&I 

Cost, Insurance, Freight & Interest

CIFC 

Cost, Insurance, Freight & Commission

CIFC&I 

Cost, Insurance, Freight, Commission & Interest

CIM

Convention Internationale pour le transport des marchandises par le rail / Convention on International Transport of Goods by Rail

CIP 

Carriage and Insurance Paid To (Named Place of Destination)

CIPR 

Customs Information Process Requirements

CIPR21 

Customs Information and Processing Requirements in the 21st Century

CIRCA 

Communication and Information Resource Centre Administrator

CITES

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (fauna and flora)

CITG 

Customs and International Trade Group

CITs

Countries In Transition (UN)

CIV

Convention Internationale pour le transport des voyageurs par le rail /  Convention on International Transport of Passengers by Rail

CLC 

International convention on civil liability for oil pollution damage

CLG 

Company Limited by Guarantee

CLN 

Limitation of Owners of Inland Navigation Vessels

CLP 

Container Load Plan

CMA 

Compagnie Maritime d’Affrètement

CMR

Committee of Maghreb Rail

CMR

Convention de transport de marchandises par route

CMR 

Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road

CMRT

Committee of Maghreb Rail Transport

CMT

Cyprus,Malta,Turkey / Chypre,Malte,Turquie

CN 

Credit Note

CNAN 

Compagnie Nationale de Navigation (Algeria) Algerian Shipping Company

CNCE 

Conseil National du Commerce Extérieur

CNS 

Community Network Services

CNS 

Communications

CO 

Certificate of Origin

COA 

Contract Of Affreightment

COACP 

Contract Of Affreightment Charte Party

COASTS 

Customs Operational Anti Smuggling Targeting System

COB 

Close Of Business

COD 

Cash On Delivery

COF 

Certificate Of Fitness

COLREG 

Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea

COMANAV 

Compagnie Marocaine de Navigation

COMTRADE 

UN Commodity Trade Statistics 

COP 

Customs Of the Port

COPE 

Centre of Operational Expertise

COS 

Chamber of Shipping

COTIF 

Convention Internationale Transport Ferroviaire / Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail

Cotunav

See CTN

COW 

Crude Oil Washing

CPA

Cyprus Port Authority

CPC 

Customs Procedure Code

CPD 

Charterers Pay Dues

CPEI 

Customs Procedure with Economic Impact

CPI 

Consumer Price Index

CPT 

Carriage Paid To (Named Place of Destination)

CRN 

Customs Registered Number

CRS 

Computer Reservations System

CRTD 

Convention on Civil Liability for Damage Cause during Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road, Rail and Inland Navigation Vessels

CSC 

International Convention for Safe Containers

CSI 

Container Security Initiative

CSM 

Container Slot Management

CSP 

Community Systems Provider

CST

Central Standard Time

CT 

Community Transit

CTFM

Comité des Transports Ferroviaires Maghrébins

CTN

Compagnie Tunisienne de Navigation

C-TPAT 

Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism

CUFT 

Cubic Feet

CUSDEC 

Customs Declaration

CUSRES 

Customs Response

CUTE 

Common User Terminal Equipment

CVC 

Certificate of Veterinary Clearance

CVN 

Contract for the International Carriage of Passengers and Luggage by Inland Waterway

CVR 

Contract for the International Carriage of Passengers and Luggage by Road

CY 

Container Yard

D/D 

Days After Date

DAC

Département d’Aviation Civile / Civil Aviation Department

DACM 

Directorate Of Civil Aviation and Meteorology

DAF 

Delivered at Frontier (Named Place)

DAN 

Deferment Account Number

DAVIS 

Deferred Accounting for VAT at Import System

DBA

Direction for Airports (Morocco)

DCA 

Department of Civil Aviation

DCAC 

Department of the Civil Aviation of Cyprus

DCMS 

Department of Culture, Media and Sport

DDC 

Destination Delivery Charge

DDP 

Delivered Duty Paid (Named Place of Destination) See Incoterms

DDU 

Delivered Duty Unpaid (Named Place , of Destination) See Incoterms

DEL 

Delivery

DEP 

Designated Export Place

DEPP

Direction des Entreprises Publiques et de la Privatisation (Morocco)

DEPS 

Departmental Entry Processing System

DEQ 

Delivered Ex Quay (Named Port of Destination) see Incoterms

DES 

Delivered Ex Ship (Named Port of Destination) see Incoterms

DG 

Dangerous Goods

DGCA 

Directorate General of Civil Aviation (various countries)

DGN 

Dangerous Goods Note

DGR

Dangerous Goods Regulations

DGTREN 

Directorate General for Energy and Transport-European Commission 

DHL  

DHL Worldwide Express

DHMI

General Directorate of State Airport Operation

DIC  

Delivered In Charge

DISPORT  

Discharge Port

DLH

Railways Ports and Airports Construction Directorate (of MoT Turkey)

DLH 

Construction Of Airports

DOC 

Document Of Compliance

DOT 

Department of Transportation

DPA 

Data Protection Act

DPO 

Documentary Proof of Origin

DPT

State Planning Organisation

DTI 

Direct Trader Input

DUCR 

Declaration Under Consignment Reference ( Under NES )

EAG

European Action Group

EASA

European Aviation Safety Agency

Eatchip

European ATC Harmonisation and Integration Programme

EATMN 

European Air Traffic Management Network

EATMP

Programme Européen de Gestion du Trafic Aérien

EBRD

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

EBTI 

Electronic Binding Tariff Information

EbXML 

Electronic Business eXtensible Mark-up Language – a Standard for XML

EC 

European Commission / Community

ECA/UN

UN’s Economic Committee for Africa

ECAA 

Egypt Civil Aviation Authority

ECAC

European Civil Aviation Conference

ECE 

Economic Commission for Europe

ECJ 

European Court Of Justice

ECMT/CEMT

European Conference Of Ministers Of Transport

ECSA  

European Community Shipowners’ Association

ECSC  

European Coal & Steel Community

ECSI 

Export Cargo Shipping Instructions

ECSL 

European Community Sales List Project

ECTU 

European Council of Transport Users

EDCS 

Electronic Data Capture Service

EDI

Electronic Data Interchange / Echange de données par voie informatique Electronic Data Interchange

EDIFACT 

Electronic Data Interchange For Administration, Commerce & Transport – a United Nations Standard for EDI

EDP 

Electronic Data Processing

EEA 

European Economic Area

EEAA

Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency

EEP

Etablissement Economique Public / Public Economical Establishment

EFA 

European Forum for International Trade, Tax and Customs

EFTA

European Free Trade Association,comprising Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

EGNOS

European Geostationary Overlay Services

EGSA

Regional Airport Authority (Algeria)

EIA

Environmental Impact Assessment

EIA 

Energy Information Administration

EIB

European Investment Bank

EIFFA  

Egyptian International Freight Forwarding Association

EIS

Environment Impact Study

EIS 

Environment Impact Statement 

EITC

European Inland Transport Council

EIU 

Economist Intelligence Unit

ELARG 

 Directorate General for Enlargement-European Commission 

EMAA

Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement

EMAC

Europe - Middle East Air Traffic Management Coordination Agreement 

EMCS 

Excise Movement & Control System

EMFTA 

Euro-Med Free Trade Area

EMIPF

Euro-Mediterranean Investment and Partnership Facility

EMSA

European Maritime Safety Agency

ENAV 

Ente Nazionale Di Assistenza Al Volo (Italian Company for Air Navigation Services)

ENM

Meteorological Services

ENNA 

Entreprise National de Navigation Aérienne

ENP

European Neighbourhood Policy

ENR

Egyptian National Railways

ENTMV  

Entreprise Nationale de Transport Maritime des Voyageurs (Algeria) ,

EPC

Executive Privatization Commission

EPIC

Etablissement Public Industriel et Commercial

EPU 

Entry Processing Unit

EQASIS  

Database on vessel condition

EQUASIS  

Equasis is an information gathering organization developed by the European Commission and the French Maritime Administration to collect existing safety-related information on ships from both public and private sources for posting on the Internet ,

ERA 

European Railway Agency

ERA 

European Regions Airlines Association

ERG

Emergency Response Guide Book

ERIKA 1 & 2 

Legislative measures by the EU to strengthen Port State Inspection

ERTMS 

European Rail Traffic Management System

ERTS 

Enhanced Remote Transit Shed

ESA

European Space Agency

ESCWA

Economic & Social Commission of Western Asia (of UN)

ESN 

European Short Sea Network

ESPO 

European Sea Ports Organisation

EU

European Union

EuroControl

European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation

EuroMed

Euro-Mediterranean Transport Project

EUROPRO 

Trade Facilitation Association of the EU & EFTA Countries

EUROS  

European Community Register

Eurostat 

European Distributor of Statistical Software

FAA 

Federal Aviation Administration

FABs 

Functional Air Space Blocks

FAL 

Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic

FAL rules 

Trade Facilitations Rules

FDI

Foreign Direct Investment

FEZ 

Free Economic Zones

FIATA 

Fédération Internationale des Associations de Transitaires et Assimilés / International Federation of Freight Forwarding Agents Association

FIR 

Flight Information Region

FSC 

Flag State Control

FSI

Flag state Implementation 

FST 

Federation of Transport Worker's Unions in the European Union

FTA

Free Trade Agreement / Area

FUND 

International convention on the establishment of an international fund for compensation for oil pollution damage

G7

Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors from the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Canada, Italy,Japan and Germany

GAFTA 

Great Arab Free Trade Area / Agreement

Galilei  

A cluster of studies supporting Galileo design consolidation

Galileo

European Satellite Navigational Programme

GARBLT

General Authority for Road, Bridges and Land Transports

GATS 

General Agreement on Trade in Services (under WTO)

GATT

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, see also WTO

GCC 

Gulf Cooperation Council 

GDP

Gross Domestic Product 

GERB 

Beirut Port Authority

GETMO

Groupement Européen de Transport pour la Méditerranée Occidentale

GHS

Globally Harmonised System 

GIS

Geographic Information Systems

GLONASS 

Global Orbiting Navigational Satellite System (Russia)

GMDSS 

Global Maritime Distress and Safety System

GMT 

Global Maritime Tunisia

GNI 

Gross National Income 

GNSS

Global Navigation Satellite System

GPS 

Global Positioning System (U.S.)

GPWS 

Ground Proximity Warning System

GRT 

Gross Registered Tonnage

GSM 

Global System for Mobile Communication

GSP 

Generalised System of Preferences

GT 

Greenwich Time 

GTMO

Groupe de Transport de la Méditerranée Occidentale

HDI

Human Development Index (by UNDP/HDR)

HF 

High Frequency

HJR 

Hijaz Railway (Syria, Jordan)

HNCID

Higher National Committee for Institutional Development

HS 

Harmonised System (Customs Nomenclature, CCCN) 

IACA 

International Air Carrier Association

IAM 

International Arab Manifest

IAPH

International Association Of Ports and Harbours 

IATA

International Air Transport Association

IBC 

International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk

IBRD

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development or World Bank

ICAA 

Israel Civil Aviation Authority

ICAO

International Civil Aviation Organisation

ICC 

International Chamber of Commerce

ICD 

Inland Clearance Depot (Port intérieur Franc)

ICT 

Information and Communication Technology

IDA 

International Development Association 

IDAL 

The Investment Development Authority of Lebanon

IFI

International Financial Institution

IFTA 

International Fuel Tax Agreement

IGC 

International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk

ILO 

International Labour Organisation

ILS 

Instrument Landing System

ILU 

Inter-modal Loading Unit

IMDG 

International Maritime Dangerous Goods code

IMF

International Monetary Fund

IMO

International Maritime Organisation

IMTC 

International Maritime Transport Corp. (Morocco)

INCO/TERMS 

International Chamber of Commerce's Trade Terms

INCOTERMS 

International Commercial Terms 

INF  

International Code for the Safe Carriage of Packaged Irradiated Nuclear Fuel, Plutonium and High-Level Radioactive Wastes on Board Ships

INMARSAT  

International Maritime Satellite Organisation

INTERBUS  

International Occasional Carriage of passengers by Coach and Bus

IOSA 

IATA Operational Safety Audit

IPR 

Intellectual Property Rights 

IRR

Internal Rate Of Return

IRU

International Railway Union

IRU 

International Road Transport Union

ISDN 

Integrated Services Digital Network

ISEM 

Institut Supérieur d’Etudes Maritimes (Morocco)

ISM 

International Standard Maritime

ISO 

International Organisation for Standardisation / International Standards Organisation

ISP98 

International Standby Practices - The ICC's Rules for Standby Letters of Credit

ISPS 

International Ship and Port Facility Security Code

IT

Information Technology

ITA 

International Trade Association 

ITC 

International Trade Centre (of UNCTAD) 

ITDLO 

International Trade Development Liaison Officer

ITIC 

International Transport Intermediaries' Club

ITP 

International Trade Prototype 

ITU 

Information Technology Unit

IUMI 

International Union of Marine Insurance

IWL 

Institute Warranty Limits

JAA 

Joint Aviation Authority (European)

JALCO 

Jordan Airmotive Limited Company

JAR 

Joint Aviation Requirements

JATE 

Jordan Aviation Trade Establishment

JATS 

Jordan Airline Training and Simulation

JCAA 

Jordanian CMI Aviation Authority

JCCC 

Joint Customs Consultative Committee 

JIB

Jordan Investment Bank

JIT 

Just in Time

JNPT 

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust

JORAMCO 

Jordan Aircraft Maintenance Limited

JV

Joint Venture

JVCC 

Joint VAT Consultative Committee 

L/D 

Loading/Discharging

LAN 

Local Area Network

LAT 

Lowest Astronomical Tide

LCL 

Less than Container Load

LCP 

Local Clearance Procedure

LDC 

Convention on the prevention of marine pollution by dumping of wastes and other matter

LDD 

Loaded

LDG/UNLDG 

Loading/Unloading

LEC 

Local Export Control

LL  

International convention on Load Lines

LLMC  

Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims

LOI  

Letter Of Indemnity

Lo-Lo

Load on - Load off

LSP  

Logistics Service Provider

LT  

Liner Terms

LTD 

Limited Company 

Maghreb/ Maghreb region

Algeria, Tunisia & Morocco

MARPOL  

International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships / Convention de Contrôle de la pollution maritime

Mashrek/ Mashrek region

Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian Authority, Syria

MAWB  

Master Air Waybill

MBD

Master Database

MCAF

Multi-Criteria Appraisal Framework

MCC  

Minimum Common Core

MCP  

Maritime Cargo Processing

MCS  

Management Consultancy Services

MCW

Ministry of Communication and Works

MEAS 

Middle East Airport Services

MED  

Mediterranean

MEDA  

The 12 Mediterranean countries

MENA

Middle East & Northern Africa (region, by World Bank)

MIB  

Merchandise In Baggage

MIDAN  

Middle East Air Navigation

MIS  

Management Information System

MLN

Million

MLS 

Microwave Landing System

MMA  

Malta Maritime Authority

MMSI  

Maritime Mobile Service Identity

MoE

Ministry of Environment

MoF

Ministry of Finance

MOLCO 

More Or Less Charterer's Option

MOLOO 

More Or Less Owner's Option

MOT 

Ministry of Transport  (various countries)

MoU

Memorandum of Understanding

MPW

Ministry of Public Works

MPWH

Ministry of Public Works and Housing (Jordan)

MPWS

Ministry of Public Works and Settlements (Turkey)

MS

Member State

MSC  

Maritime Safety Committee

MT  

Multi Modal Transport

MTC  

UN Multi Modal Transport Convention

MTD  

Multi Modal Transport Document / Maritime Transport Department

MTIN

Mediterranean Transport Infrastructure Network

MTO  

Multi Modal Transport Operator

N/T  

New Terms

NAS  

National Advice Service

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

NCT  

National Counterpart Team

NCT1  

First National Counterparts Teams

NCT2  

Second National Counterpart Teams' Meeting –March 2004

NCV 

No Commercial Value 

NDP 

National Development Report 

NEP/S  

Not Elsewhere Provided/Stated

NEPAD

New Partnership for African Development

NIMEXE  

Nomenclature of Goods for the External Trade Statistics

NPV

Net Present Value

NSTR 

Standard Nomenclature for Transport Statistics 

NT  

Net Tonnage

NTCS  

New Computerised Transit System (EU)

NUCLEAR  

Convention relating to civil liability in the field of maritime carriage of nuclear material

OACA

Office de l’Aviation Civile et des Aéroports (Tunisia)

OACA 

Civil Aviation and Airports Authority

OACI

Organisation de l’Aviation Civile Internationale

OAPEC 

Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries 

OBO  

Oil/Bulk/Ore

OCFTC

Office des chemins de fer et des transports en commun

ODACSE  

Office pour le Développement par l’Automatisation et la Simplification du Commerce (Office for the Development of Simplified TradeProcedures through Automisation)

ODEP

Office d’Exploitation des Ports (Port Management and Operation Office)(Morocco)

OECD

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

OGDs  

Other Government Departments

OJ

Official Journal

OMC

Organisation Mondiale du Commerce

OMD

Organisation Mondiale des Douanes

OMI  

See IMO

OMMP

Office de la Marine Marchande et des Ports (Tunisia)

OMS  

Other Member States

ONCF  

Office National des Chemins de Fer du Marroc, National office of Railroads of Morocco

ONDA

Office National des Aéroports (Airport Management and Operation Office) (Morocco)

ONS 

Office National des Statistiques (National Office of Statistics)

ONT

Office National des Transports (Morocco)

OPEC

Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries

OPR  

Outward Processing Relief

OPRC  

International convention on oil pollution preparedness, response and cooperation

PA

Palestinian Authority

PAL  

Convention relating to the carriage of passengers and their luggage by Sea

PAR  

Police Accident Report

PAS  

Postponed Accounting System

PAX  

Passenger

PCA 

Post Clearance Action

PCC 

Processing Under Customs Control

PDF  

Portable Document Format

PEST  

Political, Economical, Social, Technological / Trade

PETRA  

Pan-European-Mediterranean Transport Area

PFC 

Processing for Free Circulation

PHA  

Port Health Authority

PHARE  

Pologne Hongarie Assistance à la Reconstruction des Economies (EU, French / Poland and Hungary ,Assistance for Economic, Restructuring Programme

PIR 

Post Implementation Review

PKI 

Public Key Infrastructure

PM

Prime Minister

POFEC 

Principles of Fair Electronic Trading

PP 

Pre-Paid

PPMI 

Private Participation in Mediterranean

PPMI 

Banque mondiale et commission européenne

PPP

Public Private Partnership

PR  

Used to Signify a Private Importer Who is Not Registered for VAT

PSA  

Pre-Shipment Advice

PSC 

Port State Control

PSC 

Phytosanitary Certificates

PSDR  

Preliminary System Design Review

PSI  

Pre-Shipment Inspection

PSO  

Public Service Obligations

PSP

Private Sector Participation

PT

Palestinian Authority

PT 

Private Terms

PTRC

Public Transport Regulatory Commission (Jordan)

RAM

Royal Air Maroc

RATP 

Regional Transport Action Plan

RCA 

Revealed Comparative Advantage

REDS 

Registered Excise Dealers and Shippers

REG-MED

The Thematic research network

RELEX  

European Union Directorate General for External Relations

Rempec  

Centre Régional Méditerranéen de lutte contre la pollution marine / Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for the Mediterranean Sea

RGR  

Returned Goods Relief

RICo  

Regulation concerning the international carriage of containers

RID  

Regulation concerning international carriage of dangerous goods

RIEx  

Regulation concerning the international carriage of express parcels by rail

RIM 

Ranging and Integrity Monitoring

RJ 

Royal Jordanian

RNAV 

Area Navigation

RNP 

Required Navigation Performance

Ro-Ro  

Roll On-Roll Off

RPK 

Revenue Passenger Kilometres

RTAP

Regional Transport Action Plan

RTKM 

Revenue Tonne Kilometre

RTP  

Registered Tobacco Premises

RTS

Regional Transport Strategy

RVSM 

Reduced Vertical Separation Minima

SA  

Société Anonyme (Limited Company in French)

SAD  

Single Administrative Document (for Export Declarations)

SAFEMED  

EuroMed cooperation on maritime safety & pollution from ships

SALA  

Licensed Port Handlers Association (Cyprus)

SAM  

Single Administrative Message

SAMPLE  

Single Administrative Message for Postal Enterprises

SAPO  

South African Port Operations

SAR  

Search And Rescue

SATCOM 

Satellite Communications System

SATU 

Statistics and Analysis of Trade Unit

SBT  

Segregated Ballast Tank

SCP 

Simplified Clearance Procedure

SD 

Short Delivery

SDI 

Supplementary Declaration Imports

SDP 

Simplified Declaration Procedure

SDW 

Supplementary Declaration Warehousing

SEA 

Single European Authorisation

SEE

State Economic Enterprise (Turkey)

SES 

Standard Exchange System

SES 

Single European Sky

SFD 

Simplified Frontier Declaration

SFV 

The Torremolinos international convention for the safety of fishing vessels

SI 

Statutory Instrument

SIC S

upreme Council of Investment

SIEGA 

Société d’étude d’investissement et de gestion Aéroportuaires

SITC 

Standard International Trade Classification

SIVA 

Simplified Import VAT Accounting

SMCF

Société Marocaine de Chemins de Fer SA

SME 

Small and Medium Size Enterprise

SMEs 

Small and Medium Size Enterprise

SMTF  

Société Marocaine de Transport Ferroviaire

SNCFT

Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Tunisiens

SNTF

Société Nationale des Transports Ferroviaires (Algeria)

SOL  

Shipowner's Liability

SOLAS  

The International Convention for the Safety Of Life At Sea (1974)

SPIC 

Simplified Procedure for Import Clearance

SPOL  

Single Point Of Lodgement

SQL  

Structured Query Language

SSS  

Short Sea Shipping

ST 

Standard Time

STA  

Société Tunisienne des Autoroutes Tunisian Society of highways

STAM

Société Tunisienne d’Acconage et de Manutention

STCW

Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers

STP

Strategic Transport Planning

STP 

Special Trade Passenger Ships Agreement

SUA  

Convention for the suppression of unlawful acts against the safety of maritime navigation

SVC  

Standing Veterinary Committee

SWOT

Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats

TA 

Technical Assistance

TAG