ISO_3166-2:XK

XK (user assigned code)

XK (user assigned code)

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 equivalent user-assigned code element used to represent Kosovo.

XK is an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 equivalent user-assigned code element used to represent Kosovo. Similarly, XKK is an ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 equivalent user-assigned code element for Kosovo.[1]

Use

The following organizations have been known to have used the code XK to represent Kosovo:

Potential assignment of an official ISO 3166-1 code for Kosovo

According to rules of procedure followed by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency, a new ISO 3166-1 code for Kosovo will be issued once it appears in the UN Terminology Bulletin "Country Names" or in the UN Statistics Division's "list of Country and Region Codes for Statistical Use".[15] To appear in the terminology bulletin, Kosovo must either (a) be admitted into the United Nations, (b) join a UN Specialised Agency or (c) become a state party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice.[16] Criterion (b) was met when Kosovo joined the International Monetary Fund[17] and World Bank[18] in June 2009, however a terminology bulletin has yet to be circulated.

ISO affirms that no code beginning with "X" will ever be standardised as a country code. ("XK" for Kosovo is a unilateral "user assigned code" and not an ISO 3166 standard country code.) Consequently if/when Kosovo is recognised, this XK code will need to be replaced with one beginning with another letter.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Davis, Mark (2023-10-25). "Unicode Locale Data Markup Language (LDML)". unicode.org. Retrieved 13 December 2023. XK XKK 983 Kosovo industry practice private use
  2. [2]
    "Glossary:Country codes - Statistics Explained". europa.eu.
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    "Deutsche Bundesbank, Research Data and Service Centre" (PDF). Country codes and currency codes in research datasets Technical Report 2020-01. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
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    "Imports / Exports, Additional Information, ISO Alpha 2 Country Codes" (PDF). Irish Tax and Customs. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
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    "Country Codes" (PDF). Malta Customs. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
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    "Liste des accords et préférences unilatérales de l'Union européenne". Douane France. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
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    "UK Trade Tariff: country and currency codes". Gov.UK. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
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    "Technical guide for the Canadian Export Reporting System (CERS) portal — Appendix J: Code tables". Canada Border Services Agency. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
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    "Bundesamt für Zoll und Grenzsicherheit". Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  10. [10]
    "Country Codes" (PDF). Ministry of Finance. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  11. [11]
    SWIFT: IBAN Registry Archived 2013-11-01 at the Wayback Machine, Release 50, September 2014
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    "XK country code for Kosovo". GeoNames Blog. 8 March 2010.
  13. [13]
    "Kosovo - The World Factbook". The World Factbook. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  14. [14]
    U.S. Embassy in Kosovo
  15. [15]
    General Questions, ISO – Maintenance Agency for ISO 3166 country codes
  16. [16]
    ISO 3166-1 and country coded Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs), ISO – Maintenance Agency for ISO 3166 country codes
  17. [17]
    "Press Release: Kosovo Becomes the International Monetary Fund's 186 th Member".
  18. [18]
    "Member Countries".


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