Deletion of "Yugoslavia"; inclusion of "Serbia and Montenegro"
with new alphabetical code elements
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 column |
Present entry |
New entry |
|
21/19
|
1
|
Country name
(Short name) |
YUGOSLAVIA |
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO |
|
21/19
|
1
|
Country name
(Official name) |
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
Serbia and Montenegro |
|
21/19
|
2
|
Alpha-2 code (4) |
YU |
CS |
|
21/19
|
3
|
Alpha-3 code (4) |
YUG |
SCG |
|
21/19
|
4
|
Numeric code (4) |
891 |
891
((unchanged)) |
|
21/19
|
5
|
Remarks |
-- |
-- |
|
39/38
|
2
|
Index of alpha-2 code |
YU |
CS |
|
44/43
|
2
|
Index of alpha-3 code |
YUG |
SCG |
|
47
|
2
|
Index of numeric code |
891 |
891
((unchanged)) |
| -- |
-- |
Annex A |
-- |
-- |
|
54
|
--
|
Annex B |
Y -- U; 891 |
C -- S; 891
|
|
Description of change: Delete the old entry
for "Yugoslavia" (p. 21). Insert the new entry for "Serbia and Montenegro"
(p. 19). |
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.
Source: ISO (International Organization for
Standardization)
