accordo quadro

English translation: framework agreement

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Italian term or phrase:	accordo quadro
English translation:	framework agreement
Entered by:	Anna Beria

17:24 Aug 10, 2002

Italian to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial

Italian term or phrase: accordo quadro

Accordo quadro: il compratore assume nei confronti dei venditori l'impegno di fare in modo che XXX ottenga un mutuo di ... ecc.;
i venditori di impegnano a sottoscrivere ... ecc.
(The details of the agreement are quite usual and don't seem to help much in the definition of an "accordo quadro"

Anne Topley KudoZ activity Questions: 72 (2 open) (5 without valid answers) Answers: 31
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framework agreement

Explanation:
Anything with "quadro" in it, is usually translated using "framework", at least this was standard practice at the Commission Translation Service in Brussels... So you can have a "framework law", for "legge quadro" (not "act", because that's too Anglosaxon ), "framework agreement" or "framework contract". The idea behind "quadro" whatever it is brings together a number of existing items (legislation, sectoral agreements, contracts, etc.) There's usually no need to be more specific.

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Anna Beria
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Local time: 13:49

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Thanks a lot - especially for being so fast.
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framework agreement

Catherine Bolton

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framework agreement

Anna Beria

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framework agreement

Anna Beria
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:49
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Thanks a lot - especially for being so fast.

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framework agreement

Explanation:
From Eurodicautom:
TERM framework agreement

Reference FOREIGN AFFAIRS NETHERLANDS;BTB;Development Cooperation Glossary,Translations Branch/Foreign Affairs,The Hague,1988

Also listed as "umbrella agreement", but I've almost always heard "framework agreement".

Reference: http://europa.eu.int/eurodicautom/

Catherine Bolton
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Native speaker of: English
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