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1: Abbreviations

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    Abbreviations

    AS

    Amtliche Sammlung des Bundesrechts (official compilation of federal legislation)

    BBl

    Bundesblatt (Federal Gazette)

    BEPS

    Base Erosion and Profit Shining (OECD working group)

    BGE

    Amtliche Sammlung der Bundesgerichtsentscheide (official compilation of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court decisions)

    CHF

    Swiss Franc(s)

    CISG

    United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods

    CPR

    cardiopulmonary resuscitation

    e.g.

    exempli gratia (for example)

    EC

    European Community

    ECHR

    European Convention on Human Rights; European Court of Human Rights

    ECJ

    European Court of Justice

    ed.

    editor

    eds.

    editors

    EEA

    European Economic Area

    EEC

    European Economic Community

    EFTA

    European Free Trade Association

    et al.

    et alii/aliae (and others)

    et seq./et seqq.

    et sequens (and the following)

    etc.

    et cetera (and so forth)

    ETH

    Eidgenössissche Technische Hochschule (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)

    EU

    European Union

    GDP

    gross domestic product

    GTC

    general terms and conditions

    Hrsg.

    Herausgeber (editor[s])

    i.e.

    id est (that is)

    ICCPR

    International Covenant on Civil and Political rights

    ICRC

    International Committee of the Red Cross

    lit.

    litera (letter)

    n.

    note(s)

    NATO

    North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

    NGO

    non governmental organisation

    No

    number

    OECD

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

    p.

    page

    pp.

    pages

    PfP

    Partnership for Peace

    S.

    Seite(n) (page[s])

    SR

    Systematische Sammlung des Bundesrechts (classified compilation of federal legislation)

    SRG

    Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft (Swiss Radio and Television Corporation)

    UN

    United Nations

    US

    United States

    USD

    United States Dollar(s)

    VAT

    Federal Value Added Tax

    Vol.

    Volume

    WHO

    World Health Organisation

    WTO

    World Trade Organisation


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