| CBI | Confederation of British Industry
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| DG XI | Directorate-General XI (Environment, Nuclear Safety and Civil Protection), European Commission
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| DoE | Department of the Environment
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| EEA | European Environment Agency
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| EEB | European Environmental Bureau
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| ESA | Environmental Services Association
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| FoE | Friends of the Earth
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| IEEP | Institute for European Environmental Policy
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| IMPEL | EU Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law
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| NGOs | Non-governmental organisations
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| QMV | Qualified majority voting
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| RSPB | Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
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| SEPA | Scottish Environment Protection Agency
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| UKELA | United Kingdom Environmental Law Association
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| WWF | World Wide Fund for Nature
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