| ABAC | APEC Business Advisory Council | |
| AIST | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology | |
| APEC | Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation | |
| APEC CTI | Committee on Trade and Investment, APEC | |
| RTA | Regional Trade Agreement, APEC | |
| SCSC | Subcommittee for standards and conformance (of APEC) | |
| TILF | Trade and Investment Liberalization Fund (APEC SCSC Fund) | |
| APLAC | Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation | |
| APLMF | Asia Pacific Legal Metrology Forum | |
| CASCO | Committee on conformity assessment (ISO) | |
| CCQM | Consultative Committee for Amount of Substance <Comite' Consultatif pour la Quantite' de Mati`ere> | |
| CD | Committee
Draft; Committee Document, ISO
<Conseil de De'veloppement> in OIML |
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| CITAC | Cooperation on International Traceability in Analytical Chemistry | |
| DKD | Deutscher Kalibriendienst | |
| GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade | |
| GSO | GCC Standardization Organization, in which GCC for Gulf Cooperation Council | |
| IAF | International Accreditation Forum, Inc. | |
| IFCC | International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and laboratory medicine | |
| IGO | International Intergovernmental Organizations | |
| ILAC | International Laboratory Accreditation Conference | |
| JCDMAS | Joint
Committee on Coordination of Assistance to Developing Countries in
Metrology, Accreditation and Standardization (BIPM,OIML,IAF,IEC,ILAC,ISO,ITU-T,UNIDO) |
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| JCGM | Joint Committee for Guides in Metrology (BIPM,ISO/IEC,IUPAC,IUPAP,ILAC,IFCC,OIML) | |
| JCTLM | Joint Committee for Traceability in Laboratory Medicine (BIPM,IFCC,ILAC) | |
| MRA | Mutual
Recognition Arrangement (usually between Nongovernmental Orgs)
Mutual Recognition Agreement Multilateral Recognition Arrangement Magnetic Resonance Aniography |
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| NAB | National Accreditation Body | |
| NATA | National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia | |
| OAS | Organization of American States | |
| PAC | Pacific Accreditation Cooperation : (IAF:PAC)=(ILAC:APLAC) | |
| PASC | (Pacific Area Standards Congress): ISO, ANSI, KSA | |
| RAB | Regional Accreditation Board | |
| REMCO | ISO Committee on reference materials | |
| SADC | Southern African Development Community | |
| SADCMET | Southern African Development Cooperation in Measurement Traceability | |
| SIM | Sistema Interamerico de Metrologia | |
| SOM | Senior Officials' Meeting (of APEC) | |
| SRB | (Specialist Regional Body) -- APLAC, APLMF, APMP etc | |
| TBT | Technical Barriers to Trade | |
| WMO | World Meteorological Organization |