"Abbreviations" [2007] ELECD 113; in Somsen, Han (ed), "The Regulatory Challenge of Biotechnology" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007)

Book Title: The Regulatory Challenge of Biotechnology

Editor(s): Somsen, Han

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781845424893

Section Title: Abbreviations

Number of pages: 3

Extract:

Abbreviations
ABI Association of British Insurers
ACIPA Australian Centre for Intellectual Property in Agriculture
ACRE Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment
ACTG Advisory Committee on Genetic Testing
AIA advanced informed agreement
ANU Australian National University
CAP Common Agricultural Policy
CBD Convention on Biological Diversity
CCIPR Collective Community Intellectual Property Right
CCTV closed circuit television
CFI Court of First Instance
CGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural
Research
CGRFA Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and
Agriculture
CORE Comment on Reproductive Ethics
COW crude oil washing
DSB Dispute Settlement Body
EC European Community
ECtHR European Court of Human Rights
EFSA European Food Safety Authority
EG embryonic germ stem cell
EJC European Court of Justice
EPC European Patent Convention
EPO European Patent Organisation
EPO European Patent Office
ES embryonic stem
ESRC Economic and Social Research Council
ESHG European Society of Human Genetics
EU European Union
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization
FSC Food Stewardship Council
GAIC Genetics and Insurance Committee
GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GM genetically modified

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GMCs genetically modified crops
GMOs genetically modified organisms (or micro-organisms)
GURTs genetic use restriction technologies
HFEA Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
HLA human leukocyte antigen
IARCs International Agricultural Research Centres
ICTSD International Centre for Trade and Sustainable
Development
INPO Institute of Nuclear Power Operations
IPR intellectual property rights
ITPGRFA International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food
and Agriculture
IVF in vitro fertilization
LMO living modified organism
MDM market-driven manufacturing
MEA multilateral environment agreement
MTA Material Transfer Agreement
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