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Acronyms
ANR
French National Research Agency
BRGM
French Bureau of Geological and Mining Research
CEA
French Atomic Energy Commission
CNRS
French National Centre for Scientific Research
COMES
French Committee for Strategic Metals
COMRA China Ocean Mineral Resources Research and Development
Association
DSMR
Deep-Sea Mineral Resources
EEZ
Exclusive Economic Zone
EPIC
French Public Industrial and Commercial Establishment
EPST
French Public Scientific and Technical Research Establishment
EU
European Union
GERPA
French Prospective Resources Study Group
Ifremer
French Research Institute for Exploration of the Sea
INSU
French National Institute for Earth Sciences and Astronomy
ISA
International Seabed Authority
LTC
Legal and Technical Commission (of the ISA)
MPA
Marine Protected Area
NGO
Non-Governmental Organisation
OSU
Earth Science and Astronomy Observatory
PPP
Public/Private Partnership
RTRA
Thematic Advanced Research Network
UBO
University of Western Brittany
UMR
Joint Research Unit
UNCLOS United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea