OECD Competition Assessment Reviews: Brazil

Abbreviations and acronyms

ABEAR	Associação Brasileira das Empresas Aéreas (Brazilian Airline Association)
ABESATA	Associação Brasileira das Empresas de Serviços Auxiliares de Transporte Aéreo (Brazilian Ground Handling Association)
Abremar	Associação Brasileira de Cruzeiros Marítimos (Brazilian Association of Maritime Cruises)
ACCC	Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
ACI	Airports Council International
AGU	Advocacia Geral da União (Attorney General’s Office)
ANAC	Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (National Civil Aviation Agency)
ANP	Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis (Brazilian National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels)
ANTAQ	Agência Nacional de Transportes Aquaviários (National Agency for Waterway Transportation)
ANVISA	Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (National Health Surveillance Agency)
APEX	Agência Brasileira de Promoção de Exportações e Investimentos (Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency)
ASA	Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares de Mexico (Mexican Airports and Auxiliary Services)
ASK	Available‑seat kilometres
ATC	Air traffic control
ATO	Approved training organisations
ATP	Associação de Terminais Portuários Privados (Association of Private Port Terminals)
AVGAS	Aviation Gasoline
BAA	British Airports Authority
BNDES	Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (Brazilian Development Bank)
BOT	Build-operate‑transfer
CAA	UK’s Civil Aviation Authority
CADE	Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (Administrative Council for Economic Defense)
CBA	Código brasileiro de aeronáutica (Brazilian aeronautical code)
CDC	Companhia Docas do Ceará (State of Ceará Dock Company)
CDP	Companhia Docas do Pará (State of Pará Dock Company)
CDRJ	Companhia Docas do Rio de Janeiro (State of Rio de Janeiro Dock Company)
CDRN	Companhia Docas do Espírito Santo (State of Espírito Santo Dock Company)
CENIPA	Centro de Investigação e Prevenção de Acidentes Aeronáuticos (Aeronautical Accidents Investigation and Prevention)
CEPAL	Comissão Econômica para a América Latina (Economic Commission for Latin America)
CFC	Comisión Federal de Competencia (Mexican Federal Competition Comission)
CIAC	Centro de Instrução de Aviação Civil (Civil-aviation Instruction Centre)
CJEU	Court of Justice of the European Union
CMA	Competition and Markets Authority
CNAE	Classificação nacional de atividades econômicas (National Classification of Economic Activities)
CNAP	Comissão Nacional para Assuntos de Praticagem (National Commission for Pilotage Matter)s
CNI	Confederação Nacional da Indústria (National (Confederation of Industry)
CNPJ	Cadastro nacional de pessoa jurídica (National registry of legal entities)
CODEBA	Companhia Docas da Bahia (State of Bahia Dock Company)
CODESA	Companhia Docas do Espírito Santo (State of Espírito Santo Dock Company)
CODESP	Companhia Docas de São Paulo (State of São Paulo Dock Company)
COFECE	Comisión Federal de Competencia Económica (Mexican Federal Economic Competition Commission)
COMAER	Comando da Aeronáutica (Aeronautics Command)
CONAC	Conselho de Aviação Civil (Civil Aviation Council)
CONAERO	Comissão Nacional de Autoridades Aeroportuárias (National Commission of Airport Authorities)
CONAPORTOS	Comissão Nacional das Autoridades nos Portos (National Port Authorities Commission)
CPE	Port-employment centres
DECEA	Departamento de Controle do Espaço Aéreo (Department of Airspace Control)
DEE	Departamento de Estudos Econômicos do CADE (CADE’s Department of Economic Studies)
DIEESE	Departamento Intersindical de Estatísticas e Estudos Socioeconômicos (Inter-Union Department of Statistics and Socioeconomic Studies)
DPC	Diretoria de Portos e Costas (Directorate of Ports and Coasts)
DREI	Departamento Nacional de Registro Empresarial e Integração (National Department of Business Registration and Integration)
DTO	Declared training organisations
EBN	Empresa Brasileira de Navegação (Brazilian Navigation Company)
EC	European Commission
ESCAP	Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
ETC	Estação de Transbordo de Cargas (Cargo Transhipment Stations)
EVTEA	Estudo de viabilidade técnica, econômica e ambiental (Study of technical, economic and environmental feasibility)
FAA	United States Federal Aviation Administration
FAC	Australian Federal Airports Corporation
FDI	Foreign Direct Investment
FIARC	Frente Intensiva de Avaliação Regulatória e Concorrencial (Front for Regulatory and Competitive Assessment)
FNAC	Fundo nacional de aviação civil (National civil aviation fund)
FOB	Freight on board
FRMS	Fatigue risk-management System
GCI	Global competitiveness index
GDP	Gross domestic product
HHI	Herfindahl-Hirschman Index
IATA	International Air Transport Association
IBAER	Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Aeronáutico (Brazilian Institute of Aeronautical Law)
IBGE	Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics)
ICAO	International Civil Aviation Organisation
IGAP	Índice de gestão das autoridades portuárias (Port authorities management index)
ILO	International Labour Organization
INFRAERO	Empresa Brasileira de Infraestrutura Aeroportuária (Brazilian Airport Infrastructure Company)
IPCA	Índice nacional de preços ao consumidor amplo (Broad consumer price index)
Ipea	Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Institute for Applied Economic Research)
IPR	Intellectual property rights
IPTur	Instalação portuária de turismo (Port Tourism Facilities)
IRT	Índice de reajuste tarifário (Tariff adjustment index)
ITF	International Transport Forum
JFK	John F. Kennedy International Airport
JUHI	Joint-user hydrant installation
KFTC	Korean Competition Authority
LAC	Latin America & Caribbean
LCC	Low-cost carrier
MFP	Multi-factor productivity
MINFRA	Ministério da Infrastrutura (Ministry of Infrastructure)
MoU	Memorandum of Understanding
MP	Medida provisória (provisional measure)
MSC	Mediterranean Shipping Company
MTP	Ministério do Trabalho e Previdência (Ministry of Labour and Social Security)
NAV Brasil	NAV Brasil Serviços de Navegação Aérea (Brazilian Air Navigation Services Company)
NORMAN	Normas da Autoridade Marítima (Standards by the Maritime Authority)
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co‑operation and Development
OFT	UK’s Office of Fair Trading
OGMO	Órgão de Gestão de Mão de Obra (Pool of Port Workers)
OGU	Ouvidoria Geral da União (Federal Ombudsman Office)
PDZ	Planos de desenvolvimento e zoneamento (Zoning and Development Plan)
PEA	Plano de exploração aeroportuária (Airport exploration plan)
PEC	Certificado de dispensa de praticagem (Pilot exemption certificate)
PGO	Plano geral de outorgas (General National Leasing Plan)
PMR	Product market regulation
PNLP	Plano nacional de logística portuária (National Plan of Port Logistics)
Portobras	Empresa de Portos do Brasil (Brazilian Port Company)
PPI	Programa de Parcerias de Investimentos (Investment Partnerships Program)
RAIS	Relação anual de informações sociais (Annual listing of social information)
RBAC	Regulamento Brasileiro da Aviação Civil (Brazilian Civil Aviation Regulation)
RBHA	Regulamento Brasileiro de Homologação Aeronáutica (Brazilian Aeronautical Homologation Regulation)
RDL	Royal decreto-ley (Royal decree‑law)
RPK	Revenue passenger kilometres
SAC	Secretaria Nacional de Aviação Civil (National Civil Aviation Secretariat)
SEAE	Secretaria de Advocacia da Concorrência e Competitividade (Secretariat for Competition Advocacy and Competitiveness)
SENACON	Secretaria Nacional do Consumidor (National Consumer Secretariat)
SICAF	Sistema de cadastramento unificado de fornecedores (Unified suppliers registration system)
SICT	Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (Mexican Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation)
SME	Small and medium-sized enterprises
SNPTA	Secretaria Nacional de Portos e Transportes Aquaviários (National Secretariat of Ports and Waterway Transports)
SOE	State‑owned enterprise
SPU	Secretaria do Patrimônio da União (Secretariat for Federal Heritage)
SSE	Serviço de segregação e entrega de contêineres (Segregation and delivery service fee)
STF	Supremo Tribunal Federal (Supreme Federal Court)
STJ	Superior Tribunal de Justiça (Superior Court of Justice)
STRI	Services trade restrictiveness index
TCU	Tribunal de Contas da União (Federal Court of Accounts)
TDR	Traffic distribution rules
TEU	Twenty-foot equivalent unit
TFEU	Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
THC	Taxa de movimentação no terminal (Terminal handling charge)
TUP	Terminal de uso privado (private Ports)
UN	United Nations
UNCTAD	United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDP	United Nations Development Programme
USUPORT	Associação de Usuários dos Portos da Bahia (Association the State of Bahia Port Users)
VIGIAGRO	Sistema de Vigilância Agropecuária Internacional (System for Agriculture and Livestock International Surveillance)
WASG	Worldwide airport slot guidelines
WWACG	Worldwide airport co‑ordinators group
ZP	Zona de praticagem (Pilotage zone)