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Name Term description
R&D (Research and Development)

Research and development is a term covering three activities: basic research, applied research, and experimental development.
R.E.C

Registro degli Esercenti del Commercio - Register of Trade Operators
Recovery

Recovery is defined as any waste management operation that diverts a waste material from the waste stream and which results in a certain product with a potential economic or ecological benefit. Recovery mainly refers to the following operations:- material recovery, i.e. recycling (see below);- energy recovery, i.e. re-use a fuel;- biological recovery, e.g. composting;- re-use.
Redundancy fund

see Government Temporary Lay-off Indemnity
Reforestation

Planting of forests on lands that have previously containedforests but that have been converted to some other use. For adiscussion of the term forest and related terms such asafforestation, reforestation, and deforestation, see the IPCCSpecial Report on Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry(IPCC, 2000b).
Regional Administrative Court (T.A.R.)

Has competence at regional level and has its seat in the Regional capitals. It generally makes judgements on appeals regarding non-competence, abuse of power or infringements of the law by actions or provisions made by central and peripheral organs of the State and public Bodies, operating in the area of the T.A.R. (Regional Administrative Court), or at supra-regional level.
Registered enterprise

Is intended as an enterprise present in the Business Register, regardless of its state of activity. It can be: active, non-active, suspended, bankrupt, etc.
Registrations

see Migration
Renewable energy sources

Sun, wing, water resources, geo-thermal resources, tides, sea waves, production of electricity from vegetables of from waste.
Reprint

Is the new printing of a document or book without introducing any changes.
Residence permit

Document issued to foreigners which allows the stay in Italy for a period with limited duration. The duration may vary according to the reason of the stay (work, family, study, religious, etc.).
Residential building

Building or part of a building used solely or prevalently for residential purposes.
Resident population

The resident population of a given Commune (and, by analogy, in other territorial divisions) comprises persons normally living in the Commune. Persons who are temporarily living in another commune or abroad are also included in the resident population, provided that the period of absence does not exceed one year.The population registers supply the data for the calculation of the population and its changes. The latter are determined by natural changes (registrations due to birth and cancellations due to death) and by migration (registrations and cancellations). The resident population at the end of the year is obtained, for each commune, by adding to the Census data the natural and migration balances relating to the period between the Census and the end of the year of reference.
Resources

Correspond to production plus imports, at basic prices. By convention, resources are put on the right side of the account.
Retired worker

Person who has stopped working due to age limits, disability or other reasons. A retired person does not necessarily receive a pension.
Road accident

The Vienna Convention of 1968 defined a road accident as an event:- that occurred on a road or a street open to public use;- there one or more persons were injured or killed;- that involved at least one moving car.Accidents with no persons injured are excluded.
Road cabotage transport

National road transport performed by a motor vehicle registered in another country.
Road network

Comprises all roads and nodes intended for the traffic of persons, animals and vehicles.
Road train

Goods road motor vehicle coupled to a trailer (articulated vehicle with a further trailer attached is included)
Room

A room is a part of a housing unit, which receives direct light and air from outside and is large enough to allow the placing of at least one bed (bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, etc.). Kitchens and attics made into rooms, when they meet such definitions, are considered as habitable rooms.
Room

A room is a part of a housing unit that receives direct light and air from outside and is large enough to allow the placing of at least one bed (bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, etc.). Kitchens and attics made into rooms, when they meet such definitions, are considered as habitable rooms.
Rural dwelling

Housing unit located out of inhabited centres, where families that work in agriculture live. Generally, it has an agricultural area or a vegetable garden.