| BOD |
Biological Oxygen Demand |
| CEE |
Central and Eastern Europe |
| CO2 |
Carbon-dioxide |
| COD |
Chemical Oxygen Demand |
| DESF |
Denmarks Environmental Support Fund for Eastern Europe |
| EBRD |
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| ECE |
Economic Commission for Europe |
| ECU |
European Currency Unit |
| EEA |
European Environment Agency |
| EIB |
European Investment Bank |
| FCE |
Federal Committee of the Environment, former Czechoslovakia. |
| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
| GEF |
Global Environmental Facility |
| NEAP |
National Environmental Action Programme |
| IBRD |
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| IFI |
International financial institution |
| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
| LEIF |
Lithuanian Environmental Investment Fund |
| NIB |
Nordic Investment Bank |
| NIS |
Newly Independent States (formerly Soviet Union) |
| NEFCO |
Nordic Environmental Finance Corporation |
| NGO |
Non-Governmental Organisation |
| NOx |
Nitrogen-oxide |
| ODS |
Ozone-depleting substances |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| PE |
Person equivalents |
| PHARE |
Pologne et Hongrie, Aide a la Reconstruction Economique;
EU's assistance programme for Central- and Eastern Europe. |
| PPC |
Project Preparation Committee |
| SEF |
The State Environmental Fund (Czech and Slovak republics) |
| SO2 |
Sulphur-dioxide |
| TA |
Technical assistance |
| TACIS |
Technical Assistance to the Commonwealth of Independent
States. |
| US-AID |
United States' Agency for International Development |
| VOC |
Volatile organic compounds |
| WWTP |
Waste water treatment plant. |