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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2013-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Postal Service Operation
  • Customs and Excise
DEF

An area at exchange offices, generally at the port of entry, where an initial segregation is made between non-dutiable and potentially dutiable items before dispatch to destination or diversion to customs.

OBS

customs primary screening centre; CPSC: term and abbreviation used at Canada Post.

Key term(s)
  • customs primary screening center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation postale
  • Douanes et accise
DEF

Section des bureaux d'échange, située habituellement au point d'entrée au pays, dans laquelle le courrier qui n'est pas passible de droits de douanes est séparé de celui qui doit être dédouané, avant d'être acheminé vers sa destination ou vers les douanes.

OBS

centre de tri préliminaire douanier; CTPD: terme et abréviation en usage à Postes Canada.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
OBS

Reproduced from "Titles, Names and Acronyms related to the activities of the International Oceanographic Commission of Unesco", with the authorization of Unesco.

Key term(s)
  • Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux
  • Coopération et développement économiques
OBS

Nations Unies.

OBS

Reproduit de «Titles, Names and Acronyms related to the activities of the International Oceanographic Commission of Unesco», avec l'autorisation de l'Unesco.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de programas internacionales
  • Cooperación y desarrollo económicos
OBS

Reproducido del "Titles, Names and Acronyms related to the activities of the International Oceanographic Commission of Unesco", con la autorización de Unesco.

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