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English translation: Association of Regional Utilities

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German term or phrase:	ARE - Arbeitsgemeinschaft Regionaler Energieversorger
English translation:	Association of Regional Utilities
Entered by:	Steffen Walter

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02:36 Apr 11, 2007

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Bus/Financial - Accounting

German term or phrase: ARE

The abbreviation occurs in a report on an investigation relating to payments made by Siemens subsidiaries to various consulting firms. A typical sentence is, "Die Zahlungen wurden im Wesentlichen von der Siemens Networks GmbH & Co KG (ARE 423k) i.H.v. EUR 1'036 und von Siemens AG - Comm Stammhaus München (ARE 7611) i.H.v. EUr 1'060 gemäß des vertrages zum Arbeitnehmerüberlassung...von 12.9.2005 geleistet.

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Arbeitsgemeinschaft Regionaler Energieversorger

Explanation:
http://www.abkuerzungen.de/result.php?searchterm=are&languag...

(=Association of Regional Distribution Utilities)
http://grjm.net/documents/JMG/GlachantDuboisPerez_ISNIE-2003...

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casper

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Thanks. I'm pretty sure you are right, as these are all about funds being charged to AREs.
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Abrechnungseinheit - payroll/accounting unit

Steffen Walter

Arbeitsgemeinschaft Regionaler Energieversorger

casper

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Arbeitsgemeinschaft Regionaler Energieversorger

casper
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Grading comment

Thanks. I'm pretty sure you are right, as these are all about funds being charged to AREs.

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Abrechnungseinheit - payroll/accounting unit

Explanation:
Far from being sure, the use of the numbers after "ARE" leads me to believe that these are internal Siemens accounting/payroll units.

See

http://www.berufsstart.stepstone.de/praktikum-jobs.cfm?click...
"- Sicherstellung der termingerechten Weitergabe der Vorgänge an unsere ***Abrechnungseinheit*** mittels elektronischer Checklisten"

I'd ask the client to provide the meaning of this abbreviation/acronym.

Steffen Walter
Germany
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German
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Apr 11, 2007 - Changes made by Steffen Walter:
Field (write-in)	Charles University in Prague => (none)

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