| BEC |
Classification by Broad Economic Categories defined in terms of the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) and the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System (HS) (analytical economic groupings) |
| CC |
Classification of Types of Constructions (commonly referred to as the CC) |
| CEN |
European Committee for Standardization |
| CENELEC |
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization |
| Classification |
A classification is an ordered set of related categories used to group data according to its similarities |
| CN |
Combined Nomenclature (trade - goods) |
| 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 |
Statistical Classification of Products by Activity in the European Economic Community (products) |
| CPC |
United Nations Central Product Classification |
| CRONOS |
CROss-National Online Survey |
| CROS |
Collaboration in Research and methodology for Official Statistics |
| CRS |
Country of residence survey |
| CSA |
Classification of Statistical Activities |
| DESA |
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs |
| EBOPS |
Extended Balance of Payments Services Classification (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 National and Regional Accounts (ESA 2010) |
| ESCO |
European Skills Competencies, Qualifications & Occupations |
| ESCoP |
European Statistics Code of Practice |
| ESF |
European Statistical Forum |
| ESGAB |
European Statisical Governance Advisory Board |
| ESQRS |
ESS Standard for Quality Reports Structure |
| ESSC |
European Statistical System Committee |
| ETSI |
European Telecommunications Standards Institute |
| EUROSTAT |
European Union Statistical Office |
| FOS |
Field of Science and Technology Classification (R&D expenditure) |
| FSLG |
Formal Statistics Liaison Group |
| GEONOM |
European business statistics 'Geonomenclature' of countries applicable to European statistics on international trade in goods |
| HEA |
Higher Education Authority |
| HS |
Harmonised System is an international system to classify goods developed by the World Customs Organisation (WCO) |
| ICATUS |
International Classification of Activities for Time-Use Statistics |
| ICD |
International Classification of Diseases |
| ICF |
International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health |
| ICIDH |
International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities and Handicaps (1980) - replaced by ICF |
| ICNPO |
International Classification of Non-Profit Organizations |
| ICSE |
ICSE-93 International Standard of Status in Employment |
| IGSS |
Irish Government Statistical Service |
| ILO |
International Labour Organisation |
| IPC |
International Patent Classification (patents) |
| ISCED |
International Standard Classification of Education |
| ISCED-F-2013 |
Fields of Education and Training |
| ISCO |
International Standard Classification of Occupations |
| ISIC |
International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities |
| ISO 3166 |
International Organization for Standardization International Standard for country codes and codes for their subdivisions |
| LOC |
Locarno classification (industrial designs) |
| MIGs |
Main Industrial Groups (analytical economic groupings) |
| NABS |
Nomenclature for the analysis and comparsion of scientific programmes and budgets [public financing of research and development (R&D)] |
| NACE |
Statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community (Original French text: Nomenclature Générale des Activités Économiques dans les Communautés Européennes )
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| NAICS |
North American Industry Classification System |
| NCL |
Nice classification (trademarks) |
| NEC |
Not Elsewhere Classified. (Not elsewhere included. Not Elsewhere specified) |
| NFD |
Not Further Defined |
| NPI |
Non Profit institution |
| NUTS |
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (geographical entities) |
| PRODCOM |
PRODuction COMMunautaire - list of products of the European Community |
| ROW |
Rest of World |
| SDG |
UN Sustainable Development Goals |
| SIC |
US Standard Industrial Classification (1987) - now replaced by NAICS |
| SITC |
Standard International Trade Classification (goods) |
| SOC |
Standard Occupational Classification |
| SPC |
Statistical Programme Committee |
| STEM |
Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths |
| UKSOC |
UK Standard Occupational 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 |
