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BEC (Classification of )Broad Economic Categories
BPSSG Beauty Professional Standards Service Group
CC Classification of Types of Constructions (commonly referred to as the CC) 
CEN  European Committee for Standardization
CENELEC  European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
CIF Construction Industry Federation
CN Combined Nomenclature (Trade)
CO80 Classification of Occupations 1980 
CODOT Classification of Occupations and Dictionary of Occupational Titles
COFOG Classification of the functions of Government
COICOP Classification Of Individual (final) Consumption by Purpose (households)
COPNI Classification of the Purposes of (Private) Non-profit Institutions serving Households
COPP Classification of Outlays of Producers by Purpose
CPA  Classification of Products by Activity
CPC Central Product Classification
CRONOS CROss-National Online Survey
CROS Portal  "Collaboration in Research and methodology for Official Statistics" Portal 
CRS Country of residence survey
DESA United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
DPS Directory of Products and Services
ECAD Eircode Database
EFTA European Free Trade Association
EHEA European Higher Education Area
EN European Norms
EQF  European Qualifications Framework 
ESA European System of Accounts
ESCO European Skills Competencies, qualifications & Occupations
ESCoP European Statistics Code of Practice
ESGAB European Statistical Advisory Board
ESGAB  European Statisical Governance Advisory Board
ESQRS ESS Standard for Quality Reports Structure
ESSC  European Statistical System Committee 
ESTAT European Statistics/ Electronic Statistics
ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute
FOET Fields of Education and Training
FSLG Formal Statistics Liaison Group 
GEONOM Country Nomenclature for the External Trade Statistics of the Community and Statistics of Trade between Member States
GID  Global InDex (file)
HEA Higher Education Authority
ICATUS Trial International Classification of Activities for Time-use Statistics
ICD International Classification of Diseases
ICIDH International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities and Handicaps
ICLS International Conference of Labour Statisticians 
ICNPO International Classification of Non-Profit Organizations 
ICSE ICSE-93 International Standard of Status in Employment
IGSS Irish Government Statistical Service
ISCED International Standard Classification of Education
ISCO International Standard Classification of Occupations
ISIC International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities
ISO 3166 Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions
MIGs Main Industrial Groups
NACE  Statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community ( Original French text:   Nomenclature Générale des Activités Économiques dans les Communautés Européennes ) 
NAICS North American Industry Classification System
NEC  Not Elsewhere Classified. (Not elsewhere included. Not Elsewhere specified)
NFD Not Further Defined
NPI Non Profit institution
NSCC National Statistics country classification (UK),
NSHG National Statistics Harmonisation Group (UK)
NUTS Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
PRODCOM PRODuction COMMunautaire (Community Production)
Rs Cop Recommended Standard Code  of Practice
Rs Cop Recommended Standard Code  of Practice
SDG Sustainable Development Goals
SIC Standard Industrial Classification
SITC Standard International Trade Classification
SOC  Standard Occupational Classification
SPC Statistical Programme Committee
SPSC Statistical Policy and Standards Committee( UK),
STEM Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths
UKSOC United Kingdom Standard International Classification 
UN United Nations 
UNESCO  United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
UNSD  United Nations Statistics Division 
WCO World Customs Organisation
WHO  World Health organgisation
WIPO  World Intellectual Property Organisation