Tutorial:Country codes and protocol order

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Contents 1 EU and euro area aggregates 2 Codes, names and protocol order of European Union (EU) Member States 3 Codes and names of EFTA countries 4 Codes and names of acceding state/candidate countries 5 Codes and names of potential candidates 6 Protocol order of countries 7 See also 8 Notes

EU and euro area aggregates

Code	English	French	German	Comment
EU	European Union	Union européenne	Europäische Union	data refers to the EU composition of the reference period
EU-27	European Union (27 countries)	Union européenne (27 pays)	Europäische Union (27 Länder)	data refers to the EU composition of 2011
EA	euro area	zone euro	Euroraum	data refers to the euro area composition of the reference period
EA-17	euro area (17 countries)	zone euro (17 pays)	Euroraum (17 Länder)	data refers to the euro area composition of 2011

Other country aggregates should be used with care. Outdated EU and EA aggregates (such as EU-25 or EA-16) should only be used if data for the latest joining countries is not available. Aggregates referring to 'new' member states (e.g. countries having joined in 2004 and/or 2007) must not be used.

As Croatia will join the EU on 1.7.2013, EU-27 will have to be replaced by EU-28. For a transition period, both EU-27 and EU-28 can be used in the same table/graph.

Codes, names and protocol order of European Union (EU) Member States

Code	Country language	English	French	German
BE	Belgique/België	Belgium	Belgique	Belgien
BG	Bulgarija	Bulgaria	Bulgarie	Bulgarien
CZ	Česká republika	Czech Republic	République tchèque	Tschechische Republik
DK	Danmark	Denmark	Danemark	Dänemark
DE	Deutschland	Germany	Allemagne	Deutschland
EE	Eesti	Estonia	Estonie	Estland
IE	Éire/Ireland	Ireland	Irlande	Irland
EL	Elláda	Greece	Grèce	Griechenland
ES	España	Spain	Espagne	Spanien
FR	France	France	France	Frankreich
IT	Italia	Italy	Italie	Italien
CY	Kýpros	Cyprus	Chypre	Zypern
LV	Latvija	Latvia	Lettonie	Lettland
LT	Lietuva	Lithuania	Lituanie	Litauen
LU	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Luxemburg
HU	Magyarország	Hungary	Hongrie	Ungarn
MT	Malta	Malta	Malte	Malta
NL	Nederland	Netherlands	Pays-Bas	Niederlande
AT	Österreich	Austria	Autriche	Österreich
PL	Polska	Poland	Pologne	Polen
PT	Portugal	Portugal	Portugal	Portugal
RO	România	Romania	Roumanie	Rumänien
SI	Slovenija	Slovenia	Slovénie	Slowenien
SK	Slovensko	Slovakia	Slovaquie	Slowakei
FI	Suomi/Finland	Finland	Finlande	Finnland
SE	Sverige	Sweden	Suède	Schweden
UK	United Kingdom	United Kingdom	Royaume-Uni	Vereinigtes Königreich

The two-letter ISO code is used (ISO 3166 alpha-2) except for Greece and the United Kingdom, for which the abbreviations EL and UK have to be used.

For more information consult the Interinstitutional style guide.

Codes and names of EFTA countries

Code	Country language	English	French	German
IS	Ísland	Iceland	Islande	Island
LI	Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein
NO	Norge	Norway	Norvège	Norwegen
CH	Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera	Switzerland	Suisse	Schweiz

The two-letter ISO code is used (ISO 3166 alpha-2).

Codes and names of acceding state/candidate countries

This list does not contain Iceland, since Iceland is usually already mentioned under the EFTA countries. If EFTA countries are not included, Iceland should be included in the candidate country list, after Croatia.

Code	Country language	English	French	German
ME	Crna Gora	Montenegro	Monténégro	Montenegro
HR[1]	Hrvatska	Croatia	Croatie	Kroatien
MK	Poranešna jugoslovenska Republika Makedonija	The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	L’ancienne République yougoslave de Macédoine	Die ehemalige jugoslawische Republik Mazedonien
RS	Србија/Srbija	Serbia	Serbie	Serbien
TR	Türkiye	Turkey	Turquie	Türkei

The two-letter ISO code is used (ISO 3166 alpha-2).

The definitive nomenclature for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia will be agreed following current negotiations at UN level. The ISO code MK is accepted, subject to addition of the following note: ‘Provisional code which does not prejudge in any way the definitive nomenclature for this country, which will be agreed following the conclusion of negotiations currently taking place on this subject at the United Nations.’ In tables, due to space limitations, FYR of Macedonia is frequently used (DE: EJR Mazedonien, FR: ARY de Macédoine).

As Croatia will join the EU on 1.7.2013, it will then be moved to the EU Member States list, between France and Italy.

Codes and names of potential candidates

Code	Country language	English
AL	Shqipëria	Albania
BA	Bosna i Hercegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina
XK		Kosovo under UNSCR 1244/99

Please note that, as Kosovo is not recognised by the EU as a country, it is recommended to use the term 'potential candidates' rather than 'potential candidate countries'

Protocol order of countries

Tables must always respect the protocol order of countries. Graphs may be sorted by value or by protocol order. The following protocol order is to be applied:

1. EU and EA aggregates;
2. EU Member States in alphabetical order of their official name (see list above);
3. EFTA countries in alphabetical order of their official name (IS, LI, NO, CH);
4. (other) acceding state/candidate countries in alphabetical order of their official name (see list above);
5. other countries, including potential candidates, in alphabetical order of the country code.

See also

• Tutorial:Contents

Notes

1. ↑ acceding state