Equipping Agile and Autonomous Regulators

Abbreviations and acronyms

ACCC	Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Australia
AER	Australian Energy Regulator, Australia
ANA	National Water and Sanitation Agency (Agência Nacional de Águas e Saneamento Básico), Brazil
ANACOM	National Communications Authority (Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações), Portugal
ANATEL	National Telecommunications Agency (Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações), Brazil
ANRSC	National Regulatory Authority for Public Services (Autoritatea Națională de Reglementare pentru Serviciile Comunitare de Utilități Publice), Romania
ANTT	National Land Transportation Agency (Agência Nacional de Transportes Terrestres), Brazil
ARCEP	Electronic Communications, Postal and Print Media Distribution Regulatory Authority (Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques, des Postes et de la Distribution de la Presse), France
ARERA	Regulatory Authority for Energy, Networks and Environment (Autorità di Regolazione per Energia Reti e Ambiente), Italy
ARESEP	Regulatory Authority of Public Services (Autoridad Reguladora de Servicios Públicos), Costa Rica
ART France	Transport Regulation Authority (Autorité de Régulation des Transports), France
ART Italy	Transport Regulation Authority (Autorità di Regolazione dei Trasporti), Italy
BNetzA	Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (Bundesnetzagentur für Elektrizität, Gas, Telekommunikation, Post und Eisenbahnen), Germany
CER	Canada Energy Regulator, Canada
ComCom	Commerce Commission, New Zealand
ComReg	Commission for Communications Regulation, Ireland
CNH	National Hydrocarbons Commission (Comisión Nacional de Hidrocarburos), Mexico
CNMC	National Commission of Markets and Competition (Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia), Spain
CRA	Drinking Water and Basic Sanitation Regulation Commission (Comisión de Regulación de Agua Potable y Saneamiento Basico), Colombia
CRC	Communications Regulation Commission (Comisión de Regulación de Comunicaciones), Colombia
CRE	Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission de Régulation de l’Énergie), France
CREG Belgium	Commission for Electricity and Gas Regulation (Commissie voor de Regulering van de Elektriciteit en het Gas / Commission de Régulation de l'Électricité et du Gaz), Belgium
CREG Colombia	Energy and Gas Regulation Commission (Comisión de Regulación de Energía y Gas), Colombia
CRU	Commission for Regulation of Utilities, Ireland
CTA	Canadian Transportation Agency, Canada
ECA	Estonian Competition Authority (Konkurentsiamet), Estonia
EETT	National Telecommunications and Post Commission (Εθνική Επιτροπή Τηλεπικοινωνιών και Ταχυδρομείων), Greece
EGC	Electricity and Gas Market Surveillance Commission (電力・ガス取引監視等委員会), Japan
EI	Energy Markets Inspectorate (Energimarknadsinspektionen), Sweden
EMRA	Energy Market Regulatory Authority (T.C. Enerji Piyasası Düzenleme Kurumu), Turkey
ERRU	Water Regulatory Authority (Entit Rregullator të Ujit), Albania
ERSAR	Water and Waste Services Regulation Authority (Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços de Águas e Resíduos), Portugal
ERSE	Energy Services Regulatory Authority (Entidade Reguladora dos Serviços Energéticos), Portugal
ERU	Energy Regulatory Office (Energetický regulační úřad), Czech Republic
ESCOSA	Essential Services Commission of South Australia, Australia
EU	European Union
EUR	euro
EV	Energy Authority (Energiavirasto), Finland
HR	Human resources
IFT	Federal Institute of Telecommunications (Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones), Mexico
IMF	International Monetary Fund
ISIC	International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities
IT	Information technology
ITF	International Transport Forum
MEF	Ministry of Economy and Finance (Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas), Peru
MEKH	Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority (Magyar Energetikai és Közmű-szabályozási Hivatal), Hungary
NER	Network of Economic Regulators
Nkom	National Communications Authority (Nasjonal kommunikasjonsmyndigheit), Norway
NSAT	Transport Authority (Dopravný úrad), Slovak Republic
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Ofcom	Office of Communications, United Kingdom
ORR	Office of Rail and Road, United Kingdom
Osinergmin	Supervisory Agency for Investment in Energy and Mining (Organismo Supervisor de la Inversión en Energía y Minería), Peru
OSIPTEL	Supervisory Agency for Private Investment in Telecommunications (Organismo Supervisor de Inversión Privada en Telecomunicaciones), Peru
Ositrán	Supervisory Agency for Investment in Public Transport Infrastructure (Organismo Supervisor de la Inversión en Infraestructura de Transporte de Uso Público), Peru
PAFER	Performance Assessment Framework for Economic Regulators
PMR	Product Market Regulation
PUC	Public Utilities Commission (Sabiedrisko Pakalpojumu Regulēšanas Komisija), Latvia
RAE	Regulatory Authority for Energy (Ρυθμιστική Αρχή Ενέργειας), Greece
RAS	Regulatory Authority for Railways (Ρυθμιστικής Αρχής Σιδηροδρόμων), Greece
RPC	Regulatory Policy Committee
RRT	Communications Regulatory Authority (Ryšių reguliavimo tarnyba), Lithuania
Sunass	National Superintendence of Sanitation Services (Superintendencia Nacional de Servicios de Saneamiento), Peru
SUTEL	Superintendency for Telecommunications (Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones), Costa Rica
Traficom	Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Liikenne- ja viestintävirasto), Finland
UN	United Nations
URE	Energy Regulatory Office (Urząd Regulacji Energetyki), Poland
UTK	Office of Rail Transport (Urząd Transportu Kolejowego), Poland
VERT	National Energy Regulatory Council (Valstybinė energetikos reguliavimo taryba), Lithuania
VMM	Flanders Environment Agency (Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij), Belgium
WICS	Water Industry Commission for Scotland, United Kingdom