Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Nederlands term or phrase:
economaat
Engels translation:
staff store/staff co-op; general supplies (& services)
Added to glossary by
Ken Cox
Jan 26, 2007 20:58
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Nederlands term
economaat
Nederlands naar Engels
Zakelijk / financieel
Zaken / handel (algemeen)
social benefits
This is apparently a specifically Belgian term, and it seems to have several meanings. Any idea which would be appropriate in this context?
The general context is a document describing the powers and duties of work councils (or of the works council in a particular organisation; that's not clear).
Under the heading 'Beheer van de maatschappelijke werken', there is the following:
De ondernemingsraad heeft tot tak al de maatschappelijke werken te beheren die door de onderneming worden ingesteld voor het welzijn van het personeel...
Concreet gaat het om de fondsen en kassen van onderlinge hulp, de pensioenfondsen, de economaten, kantines en refters, de diensten voor leningen en premies, toegestaan door de onderneming met het oog op het verwerven van een woongelegenheid, de onstpannings- en culturele activiteiten.
The general context is a document describing the powers and duties of work councils (or of the works council in a particular organisation; that's not clear).
Under the heading 'Beheer van de maatschappelijke werken', there is the following:
De ondernemingsraad heeft tot tak al de maatschappelijke werken te beheren die door de onderneming worden ingesteld voor het welzijn van het personeel...
Concreet gaat het om de fondsen en kassen van onderlinge hulp, de pensioenfondsen, de economaten, kantines en refters, de diensten voor leningen en premies, toegestaan door de onderneming met het oog op het verwerven van een woongelegenheid, de onstpannings- en culturele activiteiten.
Proposed translations
(Engels)
| 2 | staff store/staff co-op |
writeaway
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| 4 | General Affairs Department/Division |
Marc Van Gastel
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staff store/staff co-op
dico definition+ Googling. IF it fits your context.
For instance, this one:
Employment issues
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
Most notably, the Economat is not tax free. All products sold in the shop are inclusive of normal Belgian VAT rates. The store is run on a non-profit making ...
ec.europa.eu/unitedkingdom/press/press_watch/pdf/08.pdf
Old boy Kinnock shows he's a poor shop steward
Neil Kinnock, the European commissioner for reform in the administration of Romano Prodi, was always a little sensitive to tales about the Economat, the Commission-run shop that was set up in the 1960s to provide poor Eurocrats with all those delicacies that they could not find in Belgium.
http://www.europeanvoice.com/archive/issue.asp?id=460
For instance, this one:
Employment issues
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
Most notably, the Economat is not tax free. All products sold in the shop are inclusive of normal Belgian VAT rates. The store is run on a non-profit making ...
ec.europa.eu/unitedkingdom/press/press_watch/pdf/08.pdf
Old boy Kinnock shows he's a poor shop steward
Neil Kinnock, the European commissioner for reform in the administration of Romano Prodi, was always a little sensitive to tales about the Economat, the Commission-run shop that was set up in the 1960s to provide poor Eurocrats with all those delicacies that they could not find in Belgium.
http://www.europeanvoice.com/archive/issue.asp?id=460
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Comment: "Thanks, that's what I thought (since the term occurs in the context of employee benefits in this case and appears to be in the same phrase as canteens and lunchrooms), but I wasn't sure. As it also has other meanings (as indicated by vangastel's answer and various google hits), I am including an alternate translation in the glossary."
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General Affairs Department/Division
Belgian term.
My company used to have this division in Belgium. In the Far East they called the same division General Affairs.
In some companies it would be called general affairs, like cleaning, purchasing (mostly office supplies), distributing mail, company kitchen (if any) and all the office affairs, gsm, fleet cars, insurance etc.
It may do technical purchases, but in technical companies that would be "aankoop" and not economaat. Economaat may still take care of the other "office supplies" in the widest sense.
My company used to have this division in Belgium. In the Far East they called the same division General Affairs.
In some companies it would be called general affairs, like cleaning, purchasing (mostly office supplies), distributing mail, company kitchen (if any) and all the office affairs, gsm, fleet cars, insurance etc.
It may do technical purchases, but in technical companies that would be "aankoop" and not economaat. Economaat may still take care of the other "office supplies" in the widest sense.
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