Abbreviations used in standardisation
A
AECMA
AENOR
AFNOR
AG
AI
AIA
AIS
AM
ANEC
ANI
ANIS
ANSI
ASB
ASME
ASNT
ASRO
ASTM
AWS
Association Européenne des Constructeurs de Matériel Aérospatial
Asociación Espanola de Normalización y Certificación (National Member for Spain)
Association Française de Normalisation (National Member for France)
General Assembly of CEN
Authorized Inspector regularly employed by an ASME accredited Authorized Inspection
Authorized Inspection Agency, that is the Inspection Organization of a State or municipality of the United States
Authorized Inspector Supervisor.
Amendment
European Association for the coordination of consumer representation in standardization (an Associate of CEN)
Authorized Nuclear Inspector.
Authorized Nuclear Inspector Supervisor.
American National Standard Institute.
Associated Body
American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
American Society for Nondestructive Testing.
Romanian Standards Association
American Society for Testing and Materials.
American Welding Society.
B
BDS
BEP
BOSS
BSI
BT
BT TCMG
Bulgarian Institute for Standardisation
Boiler External Piping
Business Operations Support System
British Standards Institution (National Member for the United Kingdom)
Technical Board (of CEN)
Technical Board Technical Committee Management Group
C
CA
CCB
CD
CECIMO
CEFIC
CEN
CENELEC
CEN/TR
CEN/TS
CMC
CNI
CWA
CYS
Administrative Board (of CEN)
CEN Certification Board
Committee Draft
European Committee for the Co-operation of the Machine Tool Industries (an Associate of CEN)
European Chemical Industry Council (an Associate of CEN)
European Committee for Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation
Europäisches Komitee für Normung
(the acronym is invariable)
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Technical Report
Technical Specification
CEN Management Centre
Czech Standards Institute (National Member for the Czech Republic)
CEN Workshop Agreement
Cyprus Organisation for Standardisation (National Member for Cyprus)
D
dav
dam
DE
DM
doa
dop
dor
dow
DIN
DIS
DS
DTR
DTS
Date of Availability
Draft amendment
Design Engineer.
Design Manager.
Date of Announcement
Date of Publication
Date of Ratification
Date of Withdrawal
Deutsches Institut für Normung (National Member for Germany)
Draft international standard
Dansk Standard (National Member for Denmark)
Final Draft technical report
Final Draft technical specification
E
EBW
EC
EEA
EFTA
ECISS
ECOS
EDI
ELOT
ENAPS
EN
ENV
EOTA
EOTC
ESO
ESW
ETSI
ETUI-REHS
EUCOMED
Electron Beam Welding.
European Commission
European Economic Area
European Free Trade Association
European Committee for Iron and Steel Standardization
European Environmental Citizens Organisation for Standardisation (and Associate of CEN)
Electronic Data Interchange
Hellenic Organization for Standardization (National Member for Greece)
Environmental Aspects in Product Standards
European Standard
European Prestandard
European Organization for Technical Approvals
European Organisation for Conformity Assessment
European Standards Organizations
Electroslag Welding.
European Telecommunications Standards Institute
European Trade Union for Research, Education, and Health and Safety (an Associate of CEN)
European Confederation of Medical Devices Associations (an Associate of CEN)
Abbreviations used in standardisation
EVS
EWF
Estonian Centre for Standardisation (National Member for Estonia)
European Federation for Welding
F
FIEC
FCAW
FDAM
FDIS
FprEN
FSM
European Construction Industry Federation (an Associate of CEN)
Flux Cored Arc Welding.
Final Draft amendment
Final Draft international standard
Final Draft European Standard for formal vote
Field Site Manager.
G
GMAW
GTAW
Gas Metal Arc Welding.
Gas Tungsten Arc Welding.
I
IBN/BIN
ICS
ICTSB
IIS
IIW
IPQ
IPR
ISO
ISSS
IST
ITP
Institut Belge de Normalisation/Belgisch Instituut voor Normalisatie (National Member for Belgium)
International Classification for Standards (managed by ISO and also used by CEN)
Information and Communications Technology Steering Board
Istituto Italiano della Saldatura
International Institute of Welding
Instituto Português da Qualidade (National Member for Portugal)
Intellectual Property Rights
International Organization for Standardization
(CEN) Information Society Standardization System
Icelandic Standards (National Member for Iceland)
Inspection and Test Plan
J
JCG
JPG
JTC
JWG
Joint ISO/CEN Co-ordinating Group of the Technical Boards
Joint Presidents Group CEN/CENELEC/ETSI
Joint Technical Committee
Joint Working Group
L
LBW
LST
LVS
Laser Beam Welding.
Lithuanian Standards Board (National Member for Lithuania)
Latvian Standards Ltd (National Member for Latvia)
M
MAWP
MDMT
MDR
MSA
MSZT
MT
MTR
Maximum Allowable Working Pressure at Maximum Allowable Temperature.
Minimum Design Metal Temperature at MAWP.
Manufacturers (Partial) Data Report (not to be mistaken for Manufacturers Design Report).
Malta Standards Authority (National Member for Malta)
Hungarian Standards Institution (National Member for Hungary)
Magnetic Particle Examination.
Material Test Report.
N
NB
NCR
NDE
NEN
NORMAPME
NP
NSAI
NSB
NWI
National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors.
Nonconformity Report.
Nondestructive Examination.
Nederlands Normalisatie-instituut (National Member for the Netherlands)
European Office of Crafts, Trades and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises for Standardization (Associate CEN)
New proposal
National Standards Authority of Ireland (National Member for Ireland)
National Standards Body
New Work item
O
OFW
ON
Oxyfuel Welding.
Österreichisches Normungsinstitut (National Member for Austria)
P
PAS
PAW
PDTR
PDAM
PKN
PQ
PQP
prEN
prENV
prTR
prTS
PT
PWHT
PWI
Publicly Available Specification
Plasma Arc Welding.
Preliminary draft technical report
Preliminary draft amendment
Polish Committee for Standardization (National Member for Poland)
Primary Questionnaire
Project Quality Plan
draft European Standard
draft European Prestandard
draft Technical Report
draft Technical Specification
Liquid Penetrant Examination.
Post Weld Heat Treatment.
Preliminary Work item
Q
QA
QAW
QC
QCI
Quality Assurance.
Quality Work Procedure.
Quality Control.
Quality Control Inspector.
Abbreviations used in standardisation
QCM
QCR
QTP
Quality Control Manager.
Quality Control Inspector Receiving.
Quality Test Plan
R
RPE
RT
RW
Registered Professional Engineer.
Radiographic Examination.
Resistance Welding.
S
SA
SABE
SAW
SB
SC
SD
SEE
SFA
SFS
SIS
SIST
SMAW
SN
SNV
SR
STAR
SUTN
Ferrous Materials.
Strategic Board on Environment (CEN advisory group)
Submerged Arc Welding.
Non-ferrous Materials.
Subcommittee
Standards Distribution
Service de l'Energie de l'Etat (National Member for Luxembourg)
Welding Filler Materials.
Suomen Standardisoimisliitto (National Member for Finland)
Standardiseringen i Sverige (National Member for Sweden)
Slovenian Institute for Standardization (National Member for Slovenia)
Shielded Metal Arc Welding.
Standards Norge (National Member for Norway)
Schweizerische Normen-Vereinigung (National Member for Switzerland)
Systematic review
Standardization and Research & Development (CEN advisory group)
Slovak Standards Institute (National Member for Slovakia)
T
TC
TF
TR
TS
Technical Committee
Task Force
Technical Report
Technical Specification
U
UAP
UDS
UNI
UQ
UT
Unique Acceptance Procedure
Users Design Specification (only Division 2).
Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione (National Member for Italy)
Updating Questionnaire
Ultrasonic Examination.
V
VT
Visual Examination.
W
WD
WE
WFM
WG
WL
WPQ
WPS
WTS
Working Draft
Welding Engineer.
Welding Filler Material.
Working Group
Qualified Welders List.
Welder's Performance Qualification.
Welding Procedure Specification.
Welding Procedure and Testing Schedule.