Appendix 5: Glossary of Terms
- ANZCERTA (also called CER)
- Australia New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement
- ANZGPA
- Australia New Zealand Government Procurement Agreement
- APEC
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
- APEC SCSC
- APEC Subcommittee on Standards and Conformance
- ASEAN
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- ASRB
- Accounting Standards Review Board
- BCCS
- Business Compliance Cost Statement
- BSB
- Business Services Branch
- CCCFA
- Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003
- CEP
- Closer Economic Partnership
- CTC
- Change of Tariff Classification
- FITF
- Financial Intermediaries Task Force
- FTA
- Free Trade Agreement
- HSNO
- Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996
- IANZ
- International Accreditation New Zealand
- ICN
- Industry Capability Network
- ICT
- Information and Communication Technology
- IP
- Intellectual Property
- IPONZ
- Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand
- IRD
- Inland Revenue Department
- ITS
- Insolvency and Trustee Service
- JAS-ANZ
- Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand
- MED
- Ministry of Economic Development
- MFAT
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- MOU
- Memorandum of Understanding
- MRA
- Mutual Recognition Arrangement
- NZSX
- New Zealand Stock Exchange
- OECD
- Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
- PPSR
- Personal Property Securities Register
- PVR
- Plant Variety Rights
- RCPB
- Regulatory and Competition Policy Branch
- RFPP
- Review of Financial Products and Providers
- RIA
- Regulatory Impact Analysis
- RIAU
- Regulatory Impact Analysis Unit
- RIS
- Regulatory Impact Statement
- RMA
- Resource Management Act 1991
- RNB
- Resources and Networks Branch
- ROO
- Rules of Origin
- RVC
- Regional Value Content
- SEM
- Single Economic Market
- SOI
- Statement of Intent
- SOP
- Supplementary Order Paper
- TBTs
- Technical Barriers to Trade
- TELARC
- Testing Laboratory Registration Council
- TPSEP (also called P4)
- Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (New Zealand's trade agreement with Chile, Brunei and Singapore)
- TRIPS
- Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
- TSA
- Temporary Safeguard Authority
- TTMRA
- Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Arrangement
- UNCITRAL
- United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
- WIPO
- World Intellectual Property Organisation
- WTO
- World Trade Organisation
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