ISO International Organization for Standardization ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency
ISO 3166-1 NEWSLETTER No. V-11 Date: 2006-03-29
RE: Inclusion of an entry for Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man. Change of remark for the United Kingdom.
ISO 3166-1 Newsletters are issued by the secretariat of the ISO 3166/MA when changes in the code lists of ISO 3166-1 have been decided upon by the ISO 3166/MA. ISO 3166-1 Newsletters are identified by a two-component number, stating the currently valid edition of ISO 3166-1 in Roman numerals (e g "V") and a consecutive order number (in Latin numerals) starting with "1" for each new edition of ISO 3166-1. The headers of the table below refer to the list part of ISO 3166-1:1997.
The ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency has agreed on the following change(s) to ISO 3166-1:1997 "Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions - Part 1: Country codes":
Page Column Title of Present entry New entry column
15 1 Country -- JERSEY name (Short name)
15 1 Country -- -- name (Official name)
15 2 Alpha-2 code -- JE (4)
15 3 Alpha-3 code -- JEY (4)
15 4 Numeric -- 832 code (4)
15 5 Remarks -- --
36 2 Index of -- JE alpha-2 code
42 2 Index of -- JEY alpha-3 code
49 2 Index of -- 832 numeric code
51 -- Annex A -- --
54 -- Annex B -- J -- E; 832
Description of change: Insert the new entry for "JERSEY" between JAPAN and JORDAN (p. 15).
Page Column Title of Present entry New entry column
14 1 Country -- GUERNSEY name (Short name)
14 1 Country -- -- name (Official name)
14 2 Alpha-2 code -- GG (4)
14 3 Alpha-3 code -- GGY (4)
14 4 Numeric -- 831 code (4)
14 5 Remarks -- --
36 2 Index of -- GG alpha-2 code
41 2 Index of -- GGY alpha-3 code
49 2 Index of -- 831 numeric code
51 -- Annex A -- --
54 -- Annex B -- G -- G; 831
Description of change: Insert the new entry for "GUERNSEY" between GUATEMALA and GUINEA (p. 14). Page Column Title of Present entry New entry column
15 1 Country -- ISLE OF MAN name (Short name)
15 1 Country -- -- name (Official name)
15 2 Alpha-2 code -- IM (4)
15 3 Alpha-3 code -- IMN (4)
15 4 Numeric -- 833 code (4)
15 5 Remarks -- --
36 2 Index of -- IM alpha-2 code
41 2 Index of -- IMN alpha-3 code
49 2 Index of -- 833 numeric code
Isle of Man; IM, 51 -- Annex A -- IMN, 833
54 -- Annex B -- I -- M; 833
Description of change: Insert the new entry for "ISLE OF MAN " between IRELAND and ISRAEL (p. 15).
Page Column Title of Present entry New entry column
20 1 Country UNITED KINGDOM UNITED KINGDOM name (unchanged) (Short name)
20 1 Country United Kingdom of United Kingdom of Great name Great Britain and Britain and Northen Ireland (Official Northen Ireland (unchanged) name) 20 2 Alpha-2 code GB GB (unchanged) (4)
20 3 Alpha-3 code GBR GBR (unchanged) (4)
20 4 Numeric 826 826 (unchanged) code (4)
20 5 Remarks Includes the -- Channel Islands, the Isle of Man
36 2 Index of GB GB (unchanged) alpha-2 code
41 2 Index of GBR GBR (unchanged) alpha-3 code
49 2 Index of 826 826 (unchanged) numeric code
-- -- Annex A -- --
54 -- Annex B G -- B; 826 G -- B; 826 (unchanged)
Description of change: Delete the remark "Includes the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man" (p. 20). Delete the entry for the Channel Islands in Annex A (p. 51). Delete the entry for the Isle of Man in Annex A (p.51).
Notes: (1) In accordance with the current edition of the Terminology Bulletin "Country Names" issued by the United Nations Secretariat (2) In accordance with the current edition of the "Country Nomenclature for Statistical Use" issued by the United Nations Statistics Division (3) In accordance with the current edition of the "Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use" issued by the United Nations Statistics Division (4) In the case of a withdrawal of ISO 3166-1 code elements these formerly allocated code elements are reserved in accordance with the principles for the maintenance of the codes. During a transitory period of at least five years after the withdrawal the code elements will not be reassigned to different country names.