Jan 21, 2010 10:09
14 yrs ago
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French term

prelèvement de EDF PR QE DLIO

French to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)
what does the PR QE ClIO stand for? I l looked in Google and all I got was a bunch of discussions for a "card payment". They seem to be asking the same question.....
Proposed translations (English)
5 +2 direct debit French Electricity Board
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Jan 21, 2010 12:55: Rob Grayson changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Feb 8, 2010 02:05: Yolanda Broad changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"

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PRO (4): Stéphanie Soudais, Angie Garbarino, Julie Barber, Yolanda Broad

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Proposed translations

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12 mins
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direct debit French Electricity Board

and the rest, from my experience with my own bills, is their internal code or the code of the direct debit banking transaction. PR probably stands for"prélèvement" as to the rest it is almost identical with mine, to the nearest character. But you really shounldn't worry your little head over the details. Nobody would ever translate reference codes....

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Note added at 29 mins (2010-01-21 10:39:36 GMT)
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as to "standing order" - that's fine but the point is that you should not be going into so much detail - CB = Carte Bleue (or Visa), for example but all the rest is deliberately and for internal purposes only so that anybody coming across such data couldn't have access to private information.

OK direct debit is for a debit card like Visa in France - but the principle remains the same.
Peer comment(s):

agree MoiraB : direct debit NOT standing order. Different things - see http://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/publications/ombudsman...
56 mins
agree Colin Morley (X) : Agree - usual over-complicated French utility bill - and yes, direct debit as the amount will vary each time
1 hr
not necessarily - we have a set rate per month
neutral David Sirett : OK in principle, but EDF has been a listed company since 2004, so I don't think "Electricity Board" is appropriate.
21 hrs
neutral rkillings : Agree with David. EDF is EDF. You don't call SG 'General Company' or CA 'Agricultural Credit' :-)
21 hrs
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Reference comments

9 mins
Reference:

EDF guide

This is among the first 5 or 6 responses from Google.

QE and CLIO look to be codes for types of invoicing.
Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree writeaway : step one I'd have thought
2 hrs
Well, yes. (sigh)
agree Tony M
2 days 23 hrs
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