Abbreviations
| acp | African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States |
| acsa | Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement |
| aetr | European Agreement on Road Transport |
| afsj | Area of Freedom Security and Justice |
| AG | Advocate General |
| ata | (US-EU) Air Transport Agreement |
| ats | Antarctic Treaty System |
| bits | Bilateral Investment Treaties |
| capd | Cooperation Agreement on Partnership and Development |
| ccamlr | Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources |
| ccp | Common Commercial Policy |
| cepa | Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement |
| ceta | Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement |
| cets | Council of Europe Treaty Series |
| cfp | Common Fisheries Policy |
| cfsp | Common Foreign and Security Policy |
| cites | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
| cjeu | Court of Justice of the European Union |
| cma | Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement |
| cop | Conference of Parties |
| coreper | Committee of Permanent Representatives |
| cotif | Convention Concerning International Carriage by Rail |
| csdp | Common Security and Defence Policy |
| easa | European Aviation Safety Agency |
| EC | European Commission |
| echr | European Convention of Human Rights |
| ecj | European Court of Justice |
| ecsc | European Coal and Steel Community |
| eea | European Economic Area |
| eec | European Economic Community |
| efta | European Free Trade Association |
| epa | Economic Partnership Agreement |
| epca | Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement |
| erta | European Agreement on Road Transport |
| esm | European Stability Mechanism |
| EU | European Union |
| euftas | EU Free Trade Agreements |
| eusfta | EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement |
| fao | United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization |
| fcc | (German) Federal Constitutional Court |
| fdi | Foreign Direct Investment |
| fta | Free Trade Agreement |
| gats | General Agreement on Trade in Services |
| HR | High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy |
| icao | International Civil Aviation Organisation |
| ics | Investment Court System |
| icsid | International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes |
| ilc | International Law Commission |
| ilo | International Labor Organization |
| IO | International Organization |
| ipa | Investment Protection Agreements |
| ipr | Intellectual Property Right(s) |
| isds | Investor State Dispute Settlement |
| itlos | International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea |
| lbt | Local Border Traffic |
| mlaea | Mutual Legal Assistance and Extradition Agreements |
| mpa | Marine Protected Area |
| MS | Member States |
| oiv | International Organisation for Vine and Wine |
| OJ | Official Journal of the European Communities/Union |
| otif | Organization for International Carriage by Rail |
| qmv | Qualified Majority Voting |
| reio | Regional Economic Integration Organisation |
| rio | Regional Integration Organization |
| saa | Stabilisation and Association Agreement |
| sadc | Southern African Development Community |
| salw | Small Arms and Light Weapons |
| spa | Strategic Partnership Agreement |
| tec | Treaty Establishing the European Community |
| teu | Treaty on the European Union |
| tfeu | Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union |
| tfue | Le Traité sur le Fonctionnement de l’Union européenne |
| trips | Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights |
| ttip | Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership |
| UN | United Nations |
| uncitral | United Nations Commission on International Trade |
| unclos | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
| uncrpd | UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities |
| unesco | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| vclt | Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties |
| vclt-io | Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations |
| who | World Health Organization |
| wipo | World Intellectual Property Organization |
| wmd | Weapons of Mass Destruction |
| wto | World Trade Organization |