IPGN7000 - Glossary of terms
The following list shows abbreviations and terms used in this guidance and their meanings:
| ACP | African, Caribbean and Pacific states |
| Group 1 | Brunei Darussalam, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam |
| Group 2 | Costa Rica, Panama, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela |
| Group 3 | Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka (SAARC) |
| CAP | Common Agricultural Policy |
| CEMA | Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 |
| CFO | Central Filing Office |
| CFSP | Customs Freight Simplified Procedure |
| CHIEF | Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight |
| BIS | Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) formally Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) |
| EU | The European Union Member States (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary Republic of Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom) |
| EEA | European Economic Area (includes all EU countries plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein) |
| EFTA | European Free Trade Association (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland) |
| GSP | Generalised System of Preferences |
| MAGHREB | Group name for Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia |
| MASHRAQ | Group name for Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria |
| MSS | Management Support System |
| NAS | National Advice Service |
| NIDAC | National Import Duty Adjustment Centre |
| OCT | Overseas Countries and Territories (the dependant territories of the Member States of the Community) |
| SAARC | The South Asian Association for Regional Co operation (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) |
