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| ABC | Electronic Toll Collection system currently in use in the Republic of Slovenia, based on the DSRC technology | COPER I action domains/Tolls; |
| ACEA | ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association, represents the 13 major European car, truck and bus manufacturers in the EU | Acronyms/Other International Organisations; |
| ACEM | ACEM, the Motorcycle Industry in Europe, is the professional body representing the interests and combined skills of 11 powered two wheelers (PTWs) manufacturers and 11 national associations and 3 guest members at European level out of 11 European countries | Acronyms/Other International Organisations; |
| ACFC | AutoPASS Collection and Forwarding Central. A common data switch to which all Norwegian CFCs are connected. The ACFC is connected to the NCFC for exchange of data with other CFCs. | COPER I action domains/Tolls; |
| Acquis communautaire | It is also called EU acquis. It is used in the European Union law to refer to the total body of EU law accumulated thus far. During the process of the enlargement of the European Union, the acquis was divided into 31 chapters for the purpose of negotiation between the EU and the candidate member states for the fifth enlargement (the ten that joined in 2004 plus Romania and Bulgaria that joined in 2007) | EU legislative framework/EU legislative acts and procedures; |
| ACTIF | Architecture Cadre pour les Systemes de Transport Intelligents en France | COPER III action domains |
| ADAMS | Automatic Debiting Applications for new Motorway Services | COPER III action domains |
| ADAS | Advanced driver assistance systems | COPER III action domains |
| ADEPT | Automatic Debiting and Electronic Payment for Transport | COPER III action domains |
| ADM | ADM, Autoroutes du Maroc, is an ASECAP associate member. Autoroutes du Maroc builds, maintains and operates the 639 Km of Morocco road network | Acronyms/ASECAP members and committees; |
| AEI | Automatic Equipment Identification | COPER III action domains |
| AFC | Automatic Fare Collection is a revenue collection system.
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COPER III action domains |
| Agencies of the European Union | They are particular bodies, which are distinct from the EU Institution. They have not been created by the Treaty, but rather by acts of secondary legislation, in order to accomplish a very specific task. Unlike most of the European Union's institutions established in the treaties, each of these agencies has its own legal personality | EU legislative framework/EU Institutions and policies; |
| AID | Automatic Incident Detection | COPER III action domains |
| AIP | AutoPASS Interoperable Payment | COPER I action domains/Tolls; |
| AISCAT | Associazione Italiana Società Concessionarie Autostrade e Trafori: is the Italian Association of Motorways, Tunnels, Bridges and Other Toll Road Concessionaire Companies. Its members manage in total 5649.4 toll km | Acronyms/ASECAP members and committees; |
| AKA | Alföld Koncessziós Autópálya Rt is the Hungarian member of ASECAP. AKA built and operates the M5 motorway in Hungary, with a total network of 800.4 km | Acronyms/ASECAP members and committees; |
| ALERT | Advice and Problem Location for European Road Traffic | COPER III action domains |
| ALPINE | A project integrated by Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Austria whose objective is to achieve interoperability among those Alpine Countries. | Acronyms/European projects and initiatives; COPER III action domains/Information Society; |
| AMI-C | Automotive Multimedia Interface Collaboration | COPER III action domains |
| AMIS | Advanced Mobile Information Systems | COPER III action domains |
| ANPR | Automatic Number Plate Recognition | COPER III action domains |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute | COPER III action domains |
| APCAP | Associação Portuguesa das Sociedades Concessionárias de Auto-Estradas ou Pontes com Portagens is the Portuguese association of Toll Road and Bridge concessionaires. Its members manage a conceded network of 1434 km | Acronyms/ASECAP members and committees; |
| API | Application Programming Interface | COPER III action domains |
| ARTS | Advanced Road Telematics in the Southwest. This Euroregional project covers the Atlantic coasts of Spain, Portugal and France | Acronyms/European projects and initiatives; COPER III action domains/Information Society; |
| ASECAP | European Association of tolled motorways, bridges and tunnels. ASECAP is the only European professional association of tolled motorways companies. It gathers and represents 131 organisations that manage more than 25 000 kilometres of toll roads through 17 European countries | Acronyms/ASECAP members and committees; |
| ASETA | Asociación de Sociedades Españolas Concesionarias de Autopistas, Túneles Puentes y Vías de Peaje, is the Spanish Association of Motorways, Tunnels, Bridges and Other Toll Road Concessionaire Companies, whose members manage in total 3099.6 toll km | Acronyms/ASECAP members and committees; |
| ASFA | The Association des Sociétés Françaises d’Autoroutes et d’Ouvrages à Péage (Association of French motorway and toll facility companies), ASFA, is a professional organization which promotes the concessionary system for its members. ASFA Motorway network has a length of 8330.5 km | Acronyms/ASECAP members and committees; |
| ASFINAG | Autobahnen-und Schnellstraßen-Finanzierungs- Aktiengesellschaft is the Austrian member of ASECAP. ASFINAG plans, constructs, maintains and charges tolls on Austrian motorways and expressways, representing a network of 2061.8 toll km | Acronyms/ASECAP members and committees; |
| ASFINAG Conformance Lab | The ASFINAG Conformance Lab provides evaluation and conformance tests for telematic based roadside equipment, thus guaranteeing a certain quality standard for every product used along our road network. The Conformance Lab is located in Klagenfurt, in the south of Austria. | COPER III action domains/Information Society; |
| ASFINAG Lakeside R&D | It is a research and development centre of ASFINAG, situated in Lakeside Park Klagenfurt in Austria. There ASFINAG is conducting research and development practices and quality management in the domain of traffic telematics and information systems. Identifying and promoting innovations as well as influencing the technical developments are focal points of this research team in the Lakeside Park. | COPER III action domains/Information Society; |
| ASIC | Application Specific Integrated Circuit | COPER III action domains |
| Assent procedure | It is one of the legislative procedures of the European Union. It was introduced by the Single European Act. Under this procedure, the Council of the European Union must obtain European Parliament’s assent before certain decisions can be made. Acceptance ("assent") requires an absolute majority of votes cast. The procedure is similar to the consultation procedure, except for the fact that under the assent procedure, Parliament may only accept or reject a proposal, it cannot amend the proposal |
EU legislative framework/EU legislative acts and procedures; |
| ATC | Advanced Traffic Controller | COPER III action domains |
| ATCS | Advanced Traffic Control Systems | COPER III action domains |
| ATIS | Advanced Traveler Information System | COPER III action domains |
| ATM | Asynchronous Transfer Mode | COPER III action domains |
| ATMS | Advanced Traffic Management System | COPER III action domains |
| ATS | Automatic Tolling Systems | COPER III action domains |
| ATT | Advanced Transport Telematics | COPER III action domains |
| ATT ALERT | ATT-Advice and problem Location for European Road Traffic | COPER III action domains |
| AUTOPASS | The Norwegian technology for Electronic Fee Collection | COPER I action domains/Tolls; |
| AVC | Automatic Vehicle Classification | COPER III action domains |
| AVCS | Advanced Vehicle Control System | COPER III action domains |
| AVI | Automatic Vehicle Identification | COPER III action domains |
| AVL | Automatic Vehicle Location | COPER III action domains |
| AVM | Automatic Vehicle Monitoring | COPER III action domains |
| AVMC | Advanced Vehicle Monitoring and Control | COPER III action domains |
| AVP | Automatic Vehicle Positioning | COPER III action domains |