| EU-rettsorden |
Community legal system (The directly applicable legislation of the European Community regulating the relations of member states) |
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| EU-traktat |
EC Treaty |
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| Euratom |
Euratom (A precursor to the European Community, the European Atomic Energy Community was founded in 1958 by the European Common Market to conduct research, develop nuclear energy, create a common market for nuclear fuels and supervise the nuclear industry so as to prevent abuse and protect health) |
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| Europa |
Europe (The second smallest continent, forming the W extension of Eurasia: the border with Asia runs from the Urals to the Caspian and the Black Sea. The coastline is generally extremely indented and there are several peninsulas (notably Scandinavia, Italy and Iberia) and offshore islands (including the British Isles and Iceland). It contains a series of great mountain systems in the south (Pyrenees, Alps, Apennines, Carpathians, Caucasus), a large central plain, and a N region of lakes and mountains in Scandinavia) |
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| Europaparlamentet |
European Parliament (Formerly the "Assembly" of EEC. Comprises some 520 "representatives of the peoples" of European Community states, directly elected, and based in Strasbourg. Exercises advisory and supervisory powers; debates and passes resolutions and may veto admission of new member states) |
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| europeisk domstol |
European Court of Justice (The supreme court of The European Union which oversees the application of the EU treaties, decides upon the validity and the meaning of Community legislation and determines whether any act or omission by the European Commission, the Council of Minister or any member state constitutes a breach of Community law) |
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| europeisk naturreservat |
European nature reserve (No definition needed) |
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| europeisk standard |
European standard (A standard which has been approved pursuant to the statutes of the standards bodies with which the Community has concluded agreements) |
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| EUs direktiv for biocider |
EC directive on biocides (Directive regulating the placing of biocidal products on the market) |
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| EUs drikkevannsdirektiv |
EC directive on water protection (Directive concerning the use and management of water resources for a rational economical and social development and the protection of the related environmental features) |
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| EUs emballasjedirektiv |
EC directive on packaging (EC Directive proposed on 15 July 1992 aiming at harmonizing national measures concerning the management of packaging and packaging waste; the directive covers all packaging placed on the market) |
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| EUs fyllplassdirektiv |
EC directive on waste disposal (EC Directive whose main object concerns waste prevention, recycling and transformation into alternative energy sources) |
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| EUs miljømerking |
EC ecolabel (The European Community (EC) initiative to encourage the promotion of environmentally friendly products. The scheme came into operation in late 1992 and was designed to identify products which are less harmful to the environment than equivalent brands. For example, eco-labels will be awarded to products that do not contain chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) which damage ozone layer, to those products that can be, or are, recycled, and to those that are energy efficient. The labels are awarded on environmental criteria set by the EC. These cover the whole life cycle of a product, from the extraction of raw materials, through manufacture, distribution, use and disposal of the product. The first products to carry the EC eco-labels were washing machines, paper towels, writing paper, light bulbs and hairsprays) |
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| EUs ministerråd |
EC Council of Ministers (The organ of the EU that is primarily concerned with the formulation of policy and the adoption of Community legislation. The Council consists of one member of government of each of the member states of the Community, and its presidency is held by each state in turn for periods of six months) |
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| eutrofiering |
eutrophication (A process of pollution that occurs when a lake or stream becomes over-rich in plant nutrient; as a consequence it becomes overgrown in algae and other aquatic plants. The plants die and decompose. In decomposing the plants rob the water of oxygen and the lake, river or stream becomes lifeless. Nitrate fertilizers which drain from the fields, nutrients from animal wastes and human sewage are the primary causes of eutrophication. They have high biological oxygen demand (BOD)) |
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| evaluering |
evaluation (No definition needed) |
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| evalueringskriterium |
evaluation criterion (A standard, norm, value or measurement by which the quantity or quality of a process, object or person's work performance is ascertained through an analysis and judgment of the relevant information in context and in view of established goals, objectives and standards) |
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| evalueringsmetode |
evaluation method (No definition needed) |
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| evapotranspirasjon |
evapotranspiration (Discharge of water from the earth's surface to the atmosphere by evaporation from lakes, streams and soil surfaces and by transpiration from plants. Also known as fly-off) |
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| evolusjon |
evolution (The biological theory or process whereby species of plants and animals change with the passage of time so that their descendants differ from their ancestors, i.e. development from earlier forms by hereditary transmission of slight variations in successive generations) |
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