FAP

English translation: Diesel particulate filter

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Italian term or phrase:FAP (filtre à particules)
English translation:Diesel particulate filter
Entered by: Susan Gastaldi

18:14 Nov 20, 2008
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Automotive / Cars & Trucks / COMPANY CAR REGULATIONS
Italian term or phrase: FAP
I have a table that company car users have to fill in. I only have to translate the headings which are:

Tipologia
Segmento
Marchio
Modello
FAP
Omologazione

then how much they have to pay, how many kms they can do, etc.

Does anyone know what FAP means? Many thanks
Susan Gastaldi
Local time: 18:28
Diesel particulate filter
Explanation:
filtro attivo antiparticolato (in francese "filtre à particules", FAP[1...

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filtro_attivo_antiparticolato
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pebo
Italy
Local time: 18:28
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5 +5Diesel particulate filter
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Diesel particulate filter


Explanation:
filtro attivo antiparticolato (in francese "filtre à particules", FAP[1...

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filtro_attivo_antiparticolato

pebo
Italy
Local time: 18:28
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
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agree  Alessandra Renna
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agree  simon tanner
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agree  Pompeo Lattanzi: Filtro Anti Particolato, capace cioè di fermare le cosidette "polveri sottili" responsabili di buona parte dell'inquinamento nelle nostre città. O perlomeno questo é ciò che ci dicono...
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agree  Rossella Mainardis
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agree  Maria Luisa Dell'Orto
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