Elizabeth Lyons (asker) Dec 9, 2005:

You are both right. Thank you so much. Before Cathy added her answer, I had already used "in compliance with G. C. P. guidelines" and inserted a comment with the translation, which is my standard procedure with abbreviations and acronyms. I appreciated Cathy's point which did fit the sentence and Gilberto's quick answer at crunch time, as well as his link and all the agrees!