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7.1. Countries

7.1.1. Designations and abbreviations to use

(See also Annexes A5 and A6.)

Member States

The names of the Member States of the European Union must always be written and abbreviated according to the following rules:

— the two-letter ISO code should be used ( ISO 3166 alpha-2 ), except for Greece, for which the abbreviation EL is recommended; — the protocol order of the Member States is based on the Roman alphabetical order of their geographical names in the original language(s) (see also Section 7.1.2 ‘Country listing order’ ).

Short name, in source language(s) (geographical name) 1) Official name, in source language(s) (protocol name) Short name in English (geographical name) Official name in English (protocol name) Country code 2) Former abbrevi­ation 2) Belgique/België Royaume de Belgique/

Koninkrijk België Belgium Kingdom of Belgium BE B България (*) Република България Bulgaria Republic of Bulgaria BG — Česko Česká republika Czechia Czech Republic CZ — Danmark Kongeriget Danmark Denmark Kingdom of Denmark DK DK Deutschland Bundesrepublik Deutschland Germany Federal Republic of Germany DE D Eesti Eesti Vabariik Estonia Republic of Estonia EE — Éire/Ireland Éire/Ireland Ireland Ireland IE IRL Ελλάδα (*) Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Greece Hellenic Republic EL EL España Reino de España Spain Kingdom of Spain ES E France République française France French Republic FR F Hrvatska Republika Hrvatska Croatia Republic of Croatia HR — Italia Repubblica italiana Italy Italian Republic IT I Κύπρος (*) Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία Cyprus Republic of Cyprus CY — Latvija Latvijas Republika Latvia Republic of Latvia LV — Lietuva Lietuvos Respublika Lithuania Republic of Lithuania LT — Luxembourg Grand-Duché de Luxembourg Luxembourg Grand Duchy of Luxembourg LU L Magyarország Magyarország Hungary Hungary HU — Malta Repubblika ta’ Malta Malta Republic of Malta MT — Nederland Koninkrijk der Nederlanden Netherlands Kingdom of the Netherlands NL NL Österreich Republik Österreich Austria Republic of Austria AT A Polska Rzeczpospolita Polska Poland Republic of Poland PL — Portugal República Portuguesa Portugal Portuguese Republic PT P România România Romania Romania RO — Slovenija Republika Slovenija Slovenia Republic of Slovenia SI — Slovensko Slovenská republika Slovakia Slovak Republic SK — Suomi/Finland Suomen tasavalta/

Republiken Finland Finland Republic of Finland FI FIN Sverige Konungariket Sverige Sweden Kingdom of Sweden SE S NB: Do not use ‘Republic of Ireland’. Although this name is found in some documents, it does not have official status. Use ‘Netherlands’ not Holland, which is only part of the Netherlands (the provinces of North and South Holland); a capital T is not necessary on ‘the’. In tables ‘Netherlands’ will suffice.

Non-EU countries

For non-EU countries, it is also advisable to use the two-character ISO code (ISO 3166 alpha-2).

For the format of presentation (short name, official title, list of ISO codes), see Annexes A5 and A6.

For the recommended order, see Section 7.1.2.

Acceding state/c Candidate countries

Short name, in source language(s) (geographical name) Short name in English (geographical name) Official name in English (protocol name) Country code Crna Gora/Црна Гора Montenegro Montenegro ME Ísland (1) Iceland Iceland IS Северна Македонија (2) North Macedonia (3) Republic of North Macedonia (3) MK Shqipëria Albania Republic of Albania AL Srbija/Сpбија Serbia Republic of Serbia RS Türkiye Turkey

Republic of Turkey TR

Official title or short name?

The long form (official title) is used when the state is targeted as a legal entity:

This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

The French Republic is authorised to …

NB: If the recurrence of the name of a state in the text leads to a preference for using the short form, it can be introduced with the phrase ‘hereinafter referred to as …’.

The short form (short name) is used when the state is referred to geographically or economically:

Workers residing in France

Exports from Greece …