| BASEL |
Basel Convention on Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste |
| CC |
Candidate Countries |
| CBD |
Convention on Biological Diversity |
| CEE |
Central and Eastern Europe |
| CEEC |
Central and Eastern European Countries |
| CEPS |
Centre for European Policy Studies |
| CIS |
Commonwealth of Independent States |
| CITES |
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species |
| CMS |
Bonn Convention on Migratory Species |
| DANCEE |
Danish Cooperation on Environment in Eastern Europe (DEPA programme) |
| DEPA |
Danish Environmental Protection Agency |
| DG |
Directorate General (Service of the European Comission) |
| DKK |
Danish kroner |
| DSIFP |
Directive Specific Implementation and Financial Plans |
| EBRD |
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| EEA |
European Economic Area |
| EIA |
Environmental Impact Assessment |
| EIB |
European Investment Bank |
| EU |
European Union |
| EUR |
Euro |
| EURATOM |
European Atomic Energy Community |
| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
| HELCOM |
Helsinki Commission (Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission) |
| IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
| IFIs |
International Financial Institutions |
| IPPC |
Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control |
| ISPA |
Instrument for Structural Policies for PreAccession |
| JRC |
Joint Research Centre |
| LCP |
Large Combustion Plans |
| LIFE |
L'Instrument Financier pour l'Environnement (Financial Instrument for the
Environment) |
| MEUR |
Million Euro |
| NEFCO |
Nordic Environmental Financing Corporation |
| NGO |
Non-Governmental Organisation |
| NIB |
Nordic Investment Bank |
| NOx |
Nitrogen Oxides |
| NSA |
Nuclear Safety Account |
| NUSAC |
Nuclear Safety Assistance Coordination |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| O & M |
Operation and Maintenance |
| OZONE |
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer & Montreal
Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer |
| PAA |
Pre-Accession Advisers |
| PCAs |
Partnership and Co-operation Agreements |
| PCBs |
Polychlorinated Biphenyls |
| PCTs |
Polychlorinated Terphenyls |
| PHARE |
Poland and Hungary: Action for the Restructuring of the Economy |
| RAMSAR |
Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl
Habitat |
| REC |
Regional Environmental Centre |
| SAA |
Stabilisation and Association Agreements |
| SO2 |
Sulphur Dioxide |
| SAPARD |
Special Accession Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development |
| TACIS |
Technical Assistance Common Wealth of Independent States |
| UK |
United Kingdom |
| UNECE |
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
| UNFCCC |
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| UNFCCD |
United Nations Framework Convention to Combat Desertification |
| VOCs |
Volatile Organic Compounds |