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STANDARD ST.3

RECOMMENDED STANDARD ON TWO-LETTER CODES FOR THE REPRESENTATION

OF STATES, OTHER ENTITIES AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

Revision adopted by the SCIT Standards and Documentation Working Group

at its eleventh session on October 30, 2009

INTRODUCTION

1. This Recommended Standard provides two-letter alphabetic codes which, for the purpose of improving the
access to industrial property information, represent, in particular, the names of States, other entities and
intergovernmental organizations the legislation of which provides for the protection of industrial property rights or which
organizations are acting in the framework of a treaty in the field of industrial property.

2. The designation of States or other entities in this Recommended Standard does not imply the expression of any
opinion whatsoever concerning the legal status of any State or territory, or of its authorities, or concerning the
delimitation of its frontiers.

3. This Recommended Standard is aligned with the universally recognized ISO Alpha-2 Code contained in
International Standard ISO 3166-1:2006, “Codes for the Representation of Names of Countries and their Subdivisions –
Part 1: Country Codes”, published in January 2007 by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). It is also
aligned with the announcements published in ISO 3166–1 Newsletters.

RECOMMENDED STANDARD CODE

4. This Recommended Standard is intended to be implemented for any use by industrial property offices requiring
the identification of States, other entities and intergovernmental organizations, in coded form.

5. The recommended codes are contained in Annex A in two sections, organized as follows:

(i) Section 1 presents a list of States, other entities and intergovernmental organizations, in alphabetic
sequence of their short names and their corresponding codes;

(ii) Section 2 presents the codes referred to in (i) in alphabetic order and the corresponding (short) names of
States, other entities and intergovernmental organizations.

MAINTENANCE

6. ISO has entrusted a Maintenance Agency with the management of International Standard ISO 3166.

7. WIPO has been granted associate-member status in the Maintenance Agency and is therefore closely
associated with its work. The International Bureau updates this Recommended Standard at intervals following the
decisions of the Maintenance Agency and of the respective WIPO body with regard to the inclusion of new two-letter
alphabetic codes or the amending of existing two-letter alphabetic codes.

IMPLEMENTATION AND GUIDELINES FOR USERS

8. To assist users of documents relating to industrial property titles and/or applications therefor, Annex B, Section 1,
to this Recommended Standard lists those States for which the code in force prior to January 1, 1978, was subsequently
replaced by a new code. A list of States or organizations, with their respective codes, that ceased to exist is given in
Annex B, Section 2.

9. The codes contained in Annex A to this Recommended Standard should be used in all documents relating to
industrial property titles and/or applications therefor, even when referring to documents for which a different code existed
before January 1, 1978.

10. The letter combinations AA, QM to QY, XA to XM, XO to XZ and ZZ are available for individual use and for
provisional codes.

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ANNEX A, SECTION 1

LIST OF STATES, OTHER ENTITIES AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS,

IN ALPHABETIC SEQUENCE OF THEIR SHORT NAMES,
AND THEIR CORRESPONDING CODES

AFGHANISTAN ................................................ AF CONGO ............................................................ CG

AFRICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COOK ISLANDS ............................................... CK
(1)
ORGANIZATION (OAPI) ............................ OA COSTA RICA .................................................... CR
AFRICAN REGIONAL INTELLECTUAL CÔTE D’IVOIRE ............................................... CI
(1)
PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (ARIPO) .... AP CROATIA .......................................................... HR
ALBANIA ........................................................... AL CUBA ................................................................ CU
ALGERIA .......................................................... DZ CYPRUS ........................................................... CY
ANDORRA ........................................................ AD CZECH REPUBLIC .......................................... CZ
ANGOLA ........................................................... AO
ANGUILLA ........................................................ AI DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ............................... AG OF KOREA .................................................... KP
ARGENTINA ..................................................... AR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
ARMENIA .......................................................... AM THE CONGO ................................................. CD
ARUBA .............................................................. AW DENMARK ........................................................ DK
AUSTRALIA ...................................................... AU DJIBOUTI ......................................................... DJ
AUSTRIA .......................................................... AT DOMINICA ........................................................ DM
AZERBAIJAN .................................................... AZ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC .................................. DO

BAHAMAS ........................................................ BS ECUADOR ........................................................ EC

BAHRAIN .......................................................... BH EGYPT ............................................................. EG
BANGLADESH ................................................. BD EL SALVADOR ................................................. SV
BARBADOS ...................................................... BB EQUATORIAL GUINEA ................................... GQ
BELARUS ......................................................... BY ERITREA .......................................................... ER
BELGIUM .......................................................... BE ESTONIA .......................................................... EE
BELIZE .............................................................. BZ ETHIOPIA ......................................................... ET
BENELUX OFFICE FOR INTELLECTUAL EURASIAN PATENT ORGANIZATION
(2) (1)
PROPERTY (BOIP) .................................... BX (EAPO) ....................................................... EA
BENIN ............................................................... BJ EUROPEAN UNION TRADE MARK AND
BERMUDA ........................................................ BM DESIGNS OFFICE (See Office for
BHUTAN ........................................................... BT Harmonization in the Internal Market)
(1)
BOLIVIA, PLURINATIONAL STATE OF .......... BO EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE (EPO) ......... EP
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA ........................ BA
BOTSWANA ..................................................... BW FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) ................. FK
BOUVET ISLAND ............................................. BV FAROE ISLANDS ............................................. FO
BRAZIL ............................................................. BR FIJI .................................................................... FJ
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM .................................. BN FINLAND .......................................................... FI
BULGARIA ........................................................ BG FRANCE ........................................................... FR
BURKINA FASO ............................................... BF
BURUNDI .......................................................... BI
GABON ............................................................. GA
GAMBIA ............................................................ GM
CAMBODIA ....................................................... KH GEORGIA ......................................................... GE
CAMEROON ..................................................... CM (3)
GERMANY ..................................................... DE
CANADA ........................................................... CA
GHANA ............................................................. GH
CAPE VERDE ................................................... CV
GIBRALTAR ..................................................... GI
CAYMAN ISLANDS .......................................... KY
GREECE .......................................................... GR
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC ..................... CF
GREENLAND ................................................... GL
CHAD ................................................................ TD
GRENADA ........................................................ GD
CHILE ............................................................... CL
GUATEMALA ................................................... GT
CHINA ............................................................... CN
GUERNSEY ...................................................... GG
COMMUNITY PLANT VARIETY OFFICE
GUINEA ............................................................ GN
(EUROPEAN UNION) (CPVO)....................... QZ
GUINEA–BISSAU ............................................ GW
COLOMBIA ....................................................... CO
GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL (see Patent
COMOROS ....................................................... KM
Office of the Cooperation Council for
CONGO (see Congo, below; Democratic
the Arab States of the Gulf)
Republic of the Congo)
GUYANA .......................................................... GY

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HAITI ................................................................. HT MYANMAR ....................................................... MM

HOLY SEE ........................................................ VA
HONDURAS ... .................................................. HN NAMIBIA ........................................................... NA
HONG KONG (See The Hong Kong Special NAURU ............................................................. NR
Administrative Region of the People’s NEPAL .............................................................. NP
Republic of China) NETHERLANDS ............................................... NL
HUNGARY ........................................................ HU NETHERLANDS ANTILLES ............................ AN
NEW ZEALAND ............................................... NZ
ICELAND .......................................................... IS NICARAGUA .................................................... NI
INDIA ................................................................ IN NIGER .............................................................. NE
INDONESIA ...................................................... ID NIGERIA ........................................................... NG
INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE NORDIC PATENT INSTITUTE (NPI)................ XN
WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS ................... MP
(4)
ORGANIZATION (WIPO) ........................... IB, WO NORWAY ......................................................... NO
IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF ........................ IR
IRAQ ................................................................. IQ OFFICE FOR HARMONIZATION IN THE
IRELAND .......................................................... IE INTERNAL MARKET (TRADE MARKS AND
ISLE OF MAN .................................................... IM DESIGNS) (OHIM) ........................................ EM
ISRAEL ............................................................. IL OMAN ............................................................... OM
ITALY ................................................................ IT
PAKISTAN ........................................................ PK
JAMAICA .......................................................... JM PALAU .............................................................. PW
JAPAN .............................................................. JP PANAMA .......................................................... PA
JERSEY ............................................................. JE PAPUA NEW GUINEA ..................................... PG
JORDAN ........................................................... JO PARAGUAY ...................................................... PY
PATENT OFFICE OF THE COOPERATION
KAZAKHSTAN .................................................. KZ COUNCIL FOR THE ARAB STATES OF
KENYA .............................................................. KE THE GULF (GCC) .......................................... GC
KIRIBATI ........................................................... KI PERU ................................................................ PE
KOREA (see Democratic People’s PHILIPPINES ................................................... PH
Republic of Korea; Republic of Korea) POLAND ........................................................... PL
KUWAIT ............................................................ KW PORTUGAL ...................................................... PT
KYRGYZSTAN ................................................. KG
QATAR ............................................................. QA
LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC ... LA
LATVIA .............................................................. LV REPUBLIC OF KOREA .................................... KR
LEBANON ......................................................... LB REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA .............................. MD
LESOTHO ......................................................... LS ROMANIA ......................................................... RO
LIBERIA ............................................................ LR RUSSIAN FEDERATION ................................. RU
LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA ........................... LY RWANDA .......................................................... RW
LIECHTENSTEIN ............................................. LI
LITHUANIA ....................................................... LT SAINT HELENA ............................................... SH
LUXEMBOURG ................................................ LU SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS ............................... KN
SAINT LUCIA ................................................... LC
MACAO ............................................................. MO SAINT VINCENT AND
MACEDONIA (see The former Yugoslav THE GRENADINES ...................................... VC
Republic of Macedonia) SAMOA ............................................................. WS
MADAGASCAR ................................................ MG SAN MARINO ................................................... SM
MALAWI ............................................................ MW SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE ............................ ST
MALAYSIA ........................................................ MY SAUDI ARABIA ................................................ SA
MALDIVES ........................................................ MV SENEGAL ......................................................... SN
MALI .................................................................. ML SERBIA ............................................................ RS
MALTA .............................................................. MT SEYCHELLES .................................................. SC
MAURITANIA .................................................... MR SIERRA LEONE ............................................... SL
MAURITIUS ...................................................... MU SINGAPORE .................................................... SG
MEXICO ............................................................ MX SLOVAKIA ........................................................ SK
MOLDOVA (see Republic of Moldova) SLOVENIA ........................................................ SI
MONACO .......................................................... MC SOLOMON ISLANDS ....................................... SB
MONGOLIA ....................................................... MN SOMALIA .......................................................... SO
MONTENEGRO................................................. ME SOUTH AFRICA ............................................... ZA
MONTSERRAT ................................................. MS SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH
MOROCCO ....................................................... MA SANDWICH ISLANDS .................................. GS
MOZAMBIQUE ................................................. MZ

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SPAIN ............................................................... ES UGANDA .......................................................... UG

SRI LANKA ....................................................... LK UKRAINE .......................................................... UA
SUDAN ............................................................. SD UNITED ARAB EMIRATES .............................. AE
SURINAME ....................................................... SR UNITED KINGDOM .......................................... GB
SWAZILAND ..................................................... SZ UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA ................ TZ
SWEDEN .......................................................... SE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ..................... US
SWITZERLAND ................................................ CH URUGUAY ........................................................ UY
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC .............................. SY UZBEKISTAN ................................................... UZ

TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA ..................... TW VANUATU ........................................................ VU

TAJIKISTAN ..................................................... TJ VATICAN CITY STATE (See Holy See)
TANZANIA (see United Republic of Tanzania) VENEZUELA, BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF ... VE
THAILAND ........................................................ TH VIET NAM ......................................................... VN
THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH ............................ VG
OF MACEDONIA ........................................... MK
THE HONG KONG SPECIAL (5)
WESTERN SAHARA ..................................... EH
ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ........ HK ORGANIZATION (WIPO)
TIMOR–LESTE.................................................. TL (4)
(INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF) .............. WO, IB
TOGO ............................................................... TG
TONGA ............................................................. TO
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ................................ TT YEMEN ............................................................. YE
TUNISIA ............................................................ TN
TURKEY ........................................................... TR ZAMBIA ............................................................ ZM
TURKMENISTAN ............................................. TM ZIMBABWE ...................................................... ZW
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS ..................... TC
TUVALU ............................................................ TV

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ANNEX A, SECTION 2

LIST OF CODES, IN ALPHABETIC SEQUENCE, AND THE CORRESPONDING (SHORT) NAMES

OF STATES, OTHER ENTITIES AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

AD Andorra DJ Djibouti
AE United Arab Emirates DK Denmark
AF Afghanistan DM Dominica
AG Antigua and Barbuda DO Dominican Republic
AI Anguilla DZ Algeria
AL Albania
(1)
AM Armenia EA Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO)
AN Netherlands Antilles EC Ecuador
AO Angola EE Estonia
AP African Regional Intellectual Property EG Egypt
(1) (5)
Organization (ARIPO) EH Western Sahara
AR Argentina EM Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market
AT Austria (Trademarks and Designs) (OHIM)
(1)
AU Australia EP European Patent Office (EPO)
AW Aruba ER Eritrea
AZ Azerbaijan ES Spain
ET Ethiopia
BA Bosnia and Herzegovina
BB Barbados FI Finland
BD Bangladesh FJ Fiji
BE Belgium FK Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
BF Burkina Faso FO Faroe Islands
BG Bulgaria FR France
BH Bahrain
BI Burundi GA Gabon
BJ Benin GB United Kingdom
BM Bermuda GC Patent Office of the Cooperation Council
BN Brunei Darussalam for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)
BO Bolivia, Plurinational State of GD Grenada
BR Brazil GE Georgia
BS Bahamas GG Guernsey
BT Bhutan GH Ghana
BV Bouvet Island GI Gibraltar
BW Botswana GL Greenland
BX Benelux Office for Intellectual Property GM Gambia
(2) GN Guinea
(BOIP)
BY Belarus GQ Equatorial Guinea
BZ Belize GR Greece
GS South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
CA Canada GT Guatemala
CD Democratic Republic of the Congo GW Guinea-Bissau
CF Central African Republic GY Guyana
CG Congo
CH Switzerland HK The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
CI Côte d’Ivoire of the People’s Republic of China
CK Cook Islands HN Honduras
CL Chile HR Croatia
CM Cameroon HT Haiti
CN China HU Hungary
CO Colombia
CR Costa Rica IB International Bureau of the World Intellectual
(4)
CU Cuba Property Organization (WIPO)
CV Cape Verde ID Indonesia
CY Cyprus IE Ireland
CZ Czech Republic IL Israel
IM Isle of Man
(3) IN India
DE Germany

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IQ Iraq NZ New Zealand

IR Iran (Islamic Republic of)
IS Iceland OA African Intellectual Property
(1)
IT Italy Organization (OAPI)
OM Oman
JE Jersey
JM Jamaica PA Panama
JO Jordan PE Peru
JP Japan PG Papua New Guinea
PH Philippines
KE Kenya PK Pakistan
KG Kyrgyzstan PL Poland
KH Cambodia PT Portugal
KI Kiribati PW Palau
KM Comoros PY Paraguay
KN Saint Kitts and Nevis
KP Democratic People’s Republic of Korea QA Qatar
KR Republic of Korea QZ Community Plant Variety Office
KW Kuwait (European Union) (CPVO)
KY Cayman Islands
KZ Kazakhstan RO Romania
RS Serbia
LA Lao People’s Democratic Republic RU Russian Federation
LB Lebanon RW Rwanda
LC Saint Lucia
SA Saudi Arabia
LI Liechtenstein
SB Solomon Islands
LK Sri Lanka
SC Seychelles
LR Liberia
SD Sudan
LS Lesotho
SE Sweden
LT Lithuania
SG Singapore
LU Luxembourg
SH Saint Helena
LV Latvia
SI Slovenia
LY Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
SK Slovakia
MA Morocco SL Sierra Leone
MC Monaco SM San Marino
MD Republic of Moldova SN Senegal
ME Montenegro SO Somalia
MG Madagascar SR Suriname
MK The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia ST Sao Tome and Principe
ML Mali SV El Salvador
MM Myanmar SY Syrian Arab Republic
MN Mongolia SZ Swaziland
MO Macao
TC Turks and Caicos Islands
MP Northern Mariana Islands
TD Chad
MR Mauritania
TG Togo
MS Montserrat
TH Thailand
MT Malta
TJ Tajikistan
MU Mauritius
TL Timor–Leste
MV Maldives
TM Turkmenistan
MW Malawi
TN Tunisia
MX Mexico
TO Tonga
MY Malaysia
TR Turkey
MZ Mozambique
TT Trinidad and Tobago
NA Namibia TV Tuvalu
NE Niger TW Taiwan, Province of China
NG Nigeria TZ United Republic of Tanzania
NI Nicaragua
UA Ukraine
NL Netherlands
UG Uganda
NO Norway
US United States of America
NP Nepal
UY Uruguay
NR Nauru

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UZ Uzbekistan WS Samoa

VA Holy See XN Nordic Patent Institute (NPI)

VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
VE Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of YE Yemen
VG Virgin Islands (British)
VN Viet Nam ZA South Africa
VU Vanuatu ZM Zambia
ZW Zimbabwe
WO World Intellectual Property Organization
(4)
(WIPO) (International Bureau of)

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ANNEX B, SECTION 1

LIST OF STATES IN RESPECT OF WHICH CODES HAVE CHANGED

Code used New Code Code used New Code

Country before used from Country before used from
1.1.1978 1.1.1978 1.1.1978 1.1.1978

Albania AN AL Japan JA JP
Algeria AG DZ
Austria OE AT Kuwait KU KW

Bahrain BB BH Liechtenstein FL LI
Bangladesh BA BD
Barbados BD BB Madagascar MD MG
Benin DA BJ Mali MJ ML
Bhutan BH BT Malta ML MT
Botswana BT BW Mauritania MT MR
(6)
Burkina Faso UV HV/BF Mauritius MS MU
Burma (see Myanmar) Mongolia MO MN
(8)
Myanmar BU MM
Cambodia CD KH
Cameroon KA CM Nicaragua NA NI
Central African Republic ZR CF Niger NI NE
Chad TS TD Nigeria WN NG
Chile CE CL
China RC CN Oman MU OM
Congo CF CG
Panama PM PA
Democratic Kampuchea Papua New Guinea PP PG
(see Cambodia) Paraguay PG PY
Democratic People’s KN KP Poland PO PL
Republic of Korea
(7)
Democratic Republic CB ZR/CD Republic of Korea KS KR
of the Congo Romania RU RO
Dominican Republic DR DO
Sierra Leone WL SL
East Timor – – Sri Lanka CL LK
(see Timor–Leste) Sweden SW SE
Egypt ET EG Syrian Arab Republic SR SY
El Salvador SL SV
(9)
Ethiopia EA ET Timor–Leste TP TL
Togo TO TG
Finland SF FI Tonga TI TO
Trinidad and Tobago TD TT
Gambia GE GM
Germany DT DE United Republic of TA TZ
Guatemala GU GT Tanzania
Guinea GI GN
Zaire (see Democratic
Haiti HI HT Republic of the
Holy See CV VA Congo)
Honduras HO HN Zambia ZB ZM

Ireland EI IE

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ANNEX B, SECTION 2

LIST OF STATES OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT EXISTED ON JANUARY 1, 1978,

BUT THAT NO LONGER EXIST

Czechoslovakia CS
(10)
Democratic Yemen SY/YD
(11)
German Democratic Republic DL/DD
International Patent Institute IB
Soviet Union SU
(12)
Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro YU

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(1)
Intergovernmental organizations (regional patent offices) acting for certain Contracting States under the PCT
(Patent Cooperation Treaty). In case of the European Patent Office, it also acts as International Searching
Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority under the PCT.
(2)
The Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP) (former Benelux Trademark and Designs Offices) have
replaced the national Offices of Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands with regard to actions relating to
marks and industrial designs.
(3)
In the electronic database of the International Register of Marks, the International Bureau of WIPO uses the
following additional codes, not part of the active codes of Standard ST.3: “DD” to designate Germany without the
territory that, prior to October 3, 1990, constituted the Federal Republic of Germany; “DT” to designate Germany
without the territory that, prior to October 3, 1990, constituted the German Democratic Republic.
(4)
The code “WO” is used in relation to the international publication under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
of international applications filed with any PCT receiving Office, as well as in the publication of international
deposits of industrial designs under the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial
Designs. In this regard, reference is made to INID code (33) given in WIPO Standards ST.9 and ST.80. The
code “WO” is also the appropriate code to be used with respect to international registrations of marks under the
Madrid Agreement and the Madrid Protocol Concerning the International Registration of Marks. The code “IB” is
used in relation to the receipt of international applications under the PCT filed with the International Bureau of
WIPO in its capacity as a PCT receiving Office.
(5)
Provisional name.
(6)
Code BF adopted in 1984..
(7)
Code CD adopted in 1997.
(8)
Code MM adopted in 1989.
(9)
Code TL adopted on May 20, 2002.
(10)
Code SY used before 1.1.1978.
(11)
Code DL used before 1.1.1978.
(12)
Subsequent to the country name change of “Yugoslavia” to “Serbia and Montenegro”, that took effect on
February 4, 2003, and to the decision by the ISO 3166/MA to use the new country name and new two-letter code
“CS” (to replace “YU”), which was announced on July 23, 2003, the SCIT Standards and Documentation Working
Group agreed, at its fifth session, in November 11, 2004, to recommend that the two-letter code “YU” continue to
be used for “Serbia and Montenegro” in the industrial property field because code “CS” raised certain problems
due to its former use to represent “Czechoslovakia” until 1993.

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