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RABITs - Rapid Border Intervention Teams (system developed by Frontex (EU agency coordinating border management for frontline EU states) in response to the growing refugee crisis - system involves the use of patrol boats, helicopters, and aircraft being sent to areas of perceived security threats to EU borders)

RBS - Royal Bank of Scotland

RD&I - Research, Development and Innovation Guidelines (EU guidelines for granting aid for projects - based on the goal of encouraging innovation without interfering with private development)

RDI - Rivista di diritto internazionale

REACH - Regulation on the Registration, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (EU environmental regulation requiring registration of chemicals with the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) prior to import or manufacture)

REFIT - Regulatory Fitness and Performance Programme (EU review of legislation process aimed at improved policy implementation)

Reg - Regulation (EU law considered binding in its entirety and directly applicable to all Member States, in contrast to a Directive, in which Member States are directed to achieve a particular result, but are given some leeway to enact their own legislation)

RHDI - Revue hellénique de droit international (Greek Review of International Law)

RPS - regulatory procedure with scrutiny (EU procedure for review of certain legislative acts which existed prior to the Lisbon Treaty)

RTDE - Revue trimestrielle de droit Européen (Review of European Law)