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Abbreviations and acronyms

Abbreviations Meaning

BCRCSA Basel Convention Regional Centre for South America for Training and
Technology Transfer

CCyCN National Civil and Commercial Code (Código Civil y Comercial de la
Nación)

CEPAL Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Comisión
Económica Para América Latina y el Caribe)

CU Compliance Unit
EEE Electrical and Electronic Equipment

EPR Extended Producer Responsibility

ICT Information and Communication Technologies
INDEC National Statistics and Census Institute (Instituto Nacional de
Estadísticas Y Censos)

INTI National Industrial Technology Institute (Instituto Nacional de
Tecnología Industrial)

IT Information Technology
ITU International Telecommunication Union

MAYDS Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (Ministerio de
Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible)
OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

ONG Non-Governmental Organizations

PAGE Partnership for Action on Green Economy
PREAL Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Project in Latin America
(Proyecto de Residuos Eléctricos y Electrónicos para América Latina)
RAEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment

RFI Rapid Financing Instrument

SDG Sustainable Development Goals
SME Small and Medium Enterprise

UNDP United Nations Development Programme

UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization
UNITAR United Nations Institute for Training and Research

UNU United Nations University

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