| BRUs | Better Regulation Units |
| CBA | Cost-Benefit Analysis |
| CCNN | National Advisory Committees for Standardisation (Comités Consultivos Nacionales de Normalización) |
| CFR | Canada’s Community of Federal Regulators |
| CONAMER | National Commission for Regulatory Improvement (Comisión Nacional de Mejora Regulatoria) |
| EDB | Economic Development Board |
| EDF | European Development Fund |
| EU | European Union |
| FTE | Full-time equivalent |
| G-REG | New Zealand Government Regulatory Practice Initiative |
| MCA | Multi-criteria analysis |
| MP | Member of Parliament |
| NOMs | Mexican Official Standards (Normas Oficiales Mexicanas) |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PCA | Parliamentary Control of the Administration |
| RIA | Regulatory impact assessment |
| RRC | Reducing Regulation Sub-Committee |
| SPS | WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures |
| TBT | WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |