Appendix 4: Glossary
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ASCM |
WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures |
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BEIS |
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy |
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BICL |
British Institute of International and Comparative Law |
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CAT |
Competition Appeal Tribunal |
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CETA |
EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement |
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CJEU |
Court of Justice of the European Union |
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CLES |
Centre for Law, Economics and Society at University College London |
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CMA |
Competition and Markets Authority |
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COMBAR |
Commercial Bar Association |
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DExEU |
Department for Exiting the European Union |
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ECN |
European Competition Network |
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ECJ |
European Court of Justice |
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EEA |
European Economic Area, covering all those party to the EEA agreement: all EU Member States and Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland |
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EFTA |
European Free Trade Area. This consists of a free trade area between the EFTA states (Norway, Liechtenstein, Iceland and Switzerland). EFTA conducts FTA negotiations on behalf of its members; and for those members party to the EEA Agreement, it also provides the basis for the EFTA Surveillance Authority and the EFTA Court. |
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ESA |
EFTA Surveillance Authority |
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ESIF |
European Structural and Investment Funds |
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EUMR |
EU Merger Regulation |
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FTA |
Free Trade Agreement |
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GBER |
General Block Exemption Regulation |
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ICN |
International Competition Network |
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JMC (EN) |
Joint Ministerial Committee (EU Negotiations)—the mechanism established for the UK Government to engage with the devolved administrations on Brexit issues. |
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LGA |
Local Government Association |
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NCA |
National Competition Authority |
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OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
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Single Market |
The Single Market refers to the market which exists between the EU’s Member States. It consists of the free movement of goods, people, services and capital through harmonised rules interpreted by the Court of Justice of the European Union. |
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SME |
Small and medium-sized enterprises |
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TDI |
Trade defence instrument |
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TFEU |
Treaty on the Functioning of the EU |
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TRA |
Trade Remedies Authority |
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TUC |
Trades Union Congress |
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UKSALA |
UK State Aid Law Association |
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UNCTAD |
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
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VABER |
Vertical Agreements Block Exemption Regulation |
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WTO |
World Trade Organization |