ISO 3166-1 Newsletter VI-13 (2012-08-02)

ISO 3166-1 NEWSLETTER VI-13 Date: 2012-08-02

Name change for Eritrea and other minor corrections

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. All the changes indicated in this Newsletter refer to changes to be made to ISO 3166-1:2006 as corrected by its Technical Corrigendum 1, ISO 3166-1:2006/Cor 1:2007 (published 2007-07-15), and Newsletters VI-1 to VI-12.

The ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency has agreed to the following change(s) to ISO 3166-1:2006, Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions — Part 1: Country codes.

Changes to Alpha 2-code/ Country name/ Short description of change ISO 3166-1:2006 Code alpha 2 Nom de pays Clause 9, p. 17 ER ERITREA / ÉRYTHRÉE Change the full name / Changer la forme Clause 10, p. 32 longue du nom Clause 9, p. 18 DE GERMANY / ALLEMAGNE Reinstate the remarks in Column 7 Clause 10, p.28 concerning the use of the code 280 provisionally until 2013-11-03 / Rajouter les remarques dans la colonne 7 concernant l'utilisation du codet 280 provisoirement jusqu'à 2013-11-03 Clause 9, p. 25 LK SRI LANKA / SRI LANKA Add administrative language / Rajouter Clause 10, p.41 une langue administrative

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Page 17, Clause 9

Replace the entry for ERITREA (ER) (additions in red, deletions in blue):

Additional information

COUNTRY English short Inde- Adminis- Adminis- Alpha-2 Alpha-3 Numeric NAME English name lower English full name Remarks pen- trative trative code code code short name case dent language(s) language(s) Local short name(s) alpha-2 code alpha-3code element(s) element(s)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ERITREA Eritrea the State of Eritrea ER ERI 232 # ar; en; ti ara; eng; tir Irītrīyā; Eritrea; Iertra

Page 18, Clause 9

Replace the entry for GERMANY (DE) (additions in red, deletions in blue):

Additional information

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 GERMANY Germany the Federal Republic of Germany DE DEU 276 280 continues to represent “Germany” in # de deu Deutschland certain standards adopted by ISO/TC 68 (this remark will be deleted 2013-11- 03)280 continues to represent “Germany” in certain standards adopted by ISO/TC 68

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Page 25, Clause 9

Replace the entry for SRI LANKA (LK) (additions in red, deletions in blue):

Additional information

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 SRI LANKA Sri Lanka the Democratic Socialist Republic of LK LKA 144 # en;si; ta eng; sin; tam Sri Lanka; Shrī Laṁkā; Sri Lanka Ilaṅkai

Page 28, Clause 10

Replace the entry for ALLEMAGNE (DE) as follows (additions in red, deletions in blue):

Information supplémentaire NOM DE PAYS Forme courte Code Indé- Code Code Code langue Code langue française en Forme longue française numé- Remarques pen- Forme courte alpha-2 alpha-3 adminis- adminis- minuscules rique dant Forme courte locale française trative trative alpha-2 alpha-3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

ALLEMAGNE Allemagne (l') la République fédérale d'Allemagne DE DEU 276 280 continue d'être utilisé pour # de deu Deutschland représenter “Allemagne” dans certaines normes adoptées par l'ISO/TC 68 (cette remarque sera supprimée le 2013-11- 03)280 continue d'être utilisé pour représenter “Allemagne” dans certaines normes adoptées par l'ISO/TC 68

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Page 32, Clause 10

Replace the entry for ÉRYTHRÉE (ER) as follows (additions in red, deletions in blue):

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

ÉRYTHRÉE Érythrée (l') l'État d'Érythrée ER ERI 232 Variante longue: État d'Érythrée (l') # ar; en; ti ara; eng; tir Irītrīyā; Eritrea; Iertra

Page 41, Clause 10

Replace the entry for SRI LANKA (LK) as follows (additions in red, deletions in blue):

SRI LANKA Sri Lanka (le) la République socialiste LK LKA 144 Variante longue: la République # en; si; ta eng; sin; tam Sri Lanka; Shrī Laṁkā; démocratique du Sri Lanka démocratique socialiste du Sri Lanka Ilaṅkai

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