établissement public à caractère industriel et commercial (EPIC°

English translation: public utility company - but depends on context

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French term or phrase:établissement public à caractère industriel et commercial (EPIC°
English translation:public utility company - but depends on context
Entered by: French2English

13:23 Jan 30, 2004
French to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents / type of company
French term or phrase: établissement public à caractère industriel et commercial (EPIC°
Found on Eurodicautom: industrial and commercial public undertaking.

But is this REALLY what we say in English?
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Local time: 23:06
public utility company - but depends on context
Explanation:
See websites below for reference to EPIC - these may help.
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Local time: 22:06
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my text has nothing to do with research!
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Summary of answers provided
5State-funded industrial and commercial research centres/Public Utility Company
Emmanouil Tyrakis
4publicly owned enterprize
Roddy Stegemann
4state-owned industrial and commercial establishment
Mihaela Sinca
3public utility company - but depends on context
French2English


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publicly owned enterprize


Explanation:
If East Asia, a state-owned enterprise

Roddy Stegemann
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
state-owned industrial and commercial establishment


Explanation:
Industrial Establishment:
It is a classification corresponding to trademarks registered to distinguish an establishment for producing and manufacturing goods.
Commercial Establishment:
It is a classifcation for trademarks registered to distinguish the name of an establishment where goods are bought and sold. Commercial Establishments protect trademarks per region. It is, therefore, necessary to specify the region (s) in which the trademark (s) must be protected. Chile has 13 regions.



    Reference: http://www.weekmark.cl/wk/wking/wking0010.htm
Mihaela Sinca
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
State-funded industrial and commercial research centres/Public Utility Company


Explanation:
There are many solutions for this!

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Note added at 34 mins (2004-01-30 13:57:49 GMT)
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http://www.nea.fr/html/law/nlb/nlb-69/nlb69-natl-leg.pdf

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Note added at 34 mins (2004-01-30 13:58:18 GMT)
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http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2000/11/feature/fr0011106f....

Emmanouil Tyrakis
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public utility company - but depends on context


Explanation:
See websites below for reference to EPIC - these may help.


    Reference: http://www.greffe-tc-paris.fr/anglais/lexique/lexique-GB.htm
    Reference: http://www.cordis.lu/france/fr/org_research3.htm
French2English
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Local time: 22:06
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 38
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my text has nothing to do with research!
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