Commission Regulation (EC) No 2645/98 of 9 December 1998 on the nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-12-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU statistics, foreign trade, intra-EU trade, statistical nomenclature, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2645/98

of 9 December 1998

on the nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade statistics
of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 of
22 May 1995 relating to the trading of goods by the
Community and its Member States with non-member
countries (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 374/
98 (2),

Whereas in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EC)
No 1172/95 the introduction of the country nomencla-
ture is the responsibility of the Commission;

Whereas the version thereof valid on 1 January 1998 was
annexed to Commission Regulation (EC) No 2317/97 (3);
whereas from 1 January 1999 it will be based on the ISO
alpha-2 standard;

Whereas it is essential to take into account the decision of
the Member States concerned to identify separately the
statistical territories of Belgium and Luxembourg;

Whereas it is preferable for there to be a transition period
to the amendments
allowing Member States to adapt
made; whereas it is essential for purposes of simplification
for this transition period to end when the provisions

revising the rules on the Single Administrative Document
come into force;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on
Statistics relating to the Trading of Goods with Non-
Member Countries,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The version valid on 1 January 1999 of the nomenclature
of countries and territories for the external trade statistics
of the Community and statistics of trade between Member
States is set out in the Annex hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1999.

However,
the Member States may use the three-digit
numeric codes also shown in the Annex to this Regula-
tion until the provisions revising Annexes 37 and 38 of
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (4) come into
force.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 9 December 1998.

For the Commission

Yves-Thibault DE SILGUY

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 118, 25. 5. 1995, p. 10.
(2) OJ L 48, 19. 2. 1998, p. 6.
(3) OJ L 321, 22. 11. 1997, p. 19.

(4) OJ L 253, 11. 10. 1993, p. 1.

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ANNEX

NOMENCLATURE OF COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES FOR THE EXTERNAL TRADE
STATISTICS OF THE COMMUNITY AND STATISTICS OF TRADE BETWEEN MEMBER
STATES

(Version valid with effect from 1 January 1999)

Including Monaco and the French overseas depart-
ments
and
French Guiana)

(R(cid:130)union, Guadeloupe, Martinique

Including the island of Heligoland; excluding the
territory of B(cid:129)singen

Including Livigno

Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands
and Isle of Man

Including Azores and Madeira

Including Balearic Islands and Canary Islands;
excluding Ceuta and Melilla

Including (cid:143)land Islands

Including Svalbard Archipelago and Jan Mayen
Island

Including the German territory of B(cid:129)singen and
the Italian municipality of Campione d’Italia

Including Gozo and Comino

EUROPE

FR

(001)

France

BE

LU

NL

DE

IT

GB

IE

DK

GR

PT

ES

XC

XL

SE

FI

AT

IS

NO

LI

CH

FO

AD

GI

VA

MT

SM

EE

LV

LT

PL

CZ

SK

(017)

(018)

(003)

(004)

(005)

(006)

(007)

(008)

(009)

(010)

(011)

(021)

(023)

(030)

(032)

(038)

(024)

(028)

(037)

(039)

(041)

(043)

(044)

(045)

(046)

(047)

(053)

(054)

(055)

(060)

(061)

(063)

Belgium

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Germany

Italy

United Kingdom

Ireland

Denmark

Greece

Portugal

Spain

Ceuta

Melilla

Sweden

Finland

Austria

Iceland

Norway

Liechtenstein

Switzerland

Faroe Islands

Andorra

Gibraltar

Vatican City

Malta

San Marino

Estonia

Latvia

Lithuania

Poland

Czech Republic

Slovakia

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HU

RO

BG

AL

UA

BY

MD

RU

SI

HR

BA

YU

XM

(064)

(066)

(068)

(070)

(072)

(073)

(074)

(075)

(091)

(092)

(093)

(094)

(096)

AFRICA

Hungary

Romania

Bulgaria

Albania

Ukraine

Belarus

Moldova

Russia

Slovenia

Croatia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Serbia and Montenegro

Former Yugoslav Republic
Macedonia

of

MA

DZ

TN

LY

EG

SD

MR

ML

BF

NE

TD

CV

SN

GM

(204)

(208)

(212)

(216)

(220)

(224)

(228)

(232)

(236)

(240)

(244)

(247)

(248)

(252)

Morocco

Algeria

Tunisia

Libya

Egypt

Sudan

Mauritania

Mali

Burkina Faso

Niger

Chad

Cape Verde

Senegal

Gambia

GW (257)

Guinea-Bissau

GN

SL

LR

CI

GH

TG

BJ

NG

CM

CF

GQ

ST

GA

CG

(260)

(264)

(268)

(272)

(276)

(280)

(284)

(288)

(302)

(306)

(310)

(311)

(314)

(318)

Guinea

Sierra Leone

Liberia

Ivory Coast

Ghana

Togo

Benin

Nigeria

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Equatorial Guinea

Sao Tom(cid:130) and Pr(cid:146)ncipe

Gabon

Congo (Republic)

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CD

(322)

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Formerly Zaire

RW (324)

Rwanda

BI

SH

(328)

Burundi

(329)

St Helena and dependencies

Dependencies of St Helena: Ascension Island and
Tristan da Cunha Islands

AO

(330)

Angola

Including Cabinda

(334)

Ethiopia

(336)

Eritrea

(338)

Djibouti

(342)

Somalia

(346)

Kenya

(350)

Uganda

(352)

Tanzania

(355)

Seychelles and dependencies

Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba

Mah(cid:130), Silhouette, Praslin (including La Digue),
Fr(cid:130)gate, Mamelles and R(cid:130)cifs, Bird and Denis, Plate
and Co(cid:137)tivy, Amirantes, Alphonse, Providence and
Aldabra Islands

(357)

British Indian Ocean Territory

Chagos Archipelago

Mauritius, Rodrigues and Agalega Islands and
Cargados Carajos Shoals (St Brandon Islands)

Grande Comore, Anjouan and Moh(cid:130)li

Grande-Terre and Pamanzi

ET

ER

DJ

SO

KE

UG

TZ

SC

IO

MZ

MG

MU

(366)

Mozambique

(370)

Madagascar

(373)

Mauritius

KM

(375)

Comoros

YT

(377)

Mayotte

ZM

(378)

Zambia

ZW (382)

Zimbabwe

MW (386)

Malawi

ZA

NA

(388)

South Africa

(389)

Namibia

BW (391)

Botswana

SZ

LS

(393)

Swaziland

(395)

Lesotho

AMERICA

US

CA

GL

PM

MX

BM

GT

BZ

(400)

United States of America

Including Puerto Rico

(404)

Canada

(406)

Greenland

(408)

St Pierre and Miquelon

(412)

Mexico

(413)

Bermuda

(416)

Guatemala

(421)

Belize

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Including Swan Islands

Including Corn Islands

Including former Canal Zone

Including northern Grenadines

Including southern Grenadines

Cura(cid:135)(cid:209)o, Bonaire, St Eustatius, Saba and southern
part of St Martin

Including Galapagos Islands

HN

SV

NI

CR

PA

AI

CU

KN

HT

BS

TC

DO

VI

AG

DM

KY

JM

LC

VC

VG

BB

MS

TT

GD

(424)

(428)

(432)

(436)

(442)

(446)

(448)

(449)

(452)

(453)

(454)

(456)

(457)

(459)

(460)

(463)

(464)

(465)

(467)

(468)

(469)

(470)

(472)

(473)

Honduras

El Salvador

Nicaragua

Costa Rica

Panama

Anguilla

Cuba

St Kitts and Nevis

Haiti

Bahamas

Turks and Caicos Islands

Dominican Republic

US Virgin Islands

Antigua and Barbuda

Dominica

Cayman Islands

Jamaica

St Lucia

St Vincent

British Virgin Islands

Barbados

Montserrat

Trinidad and Tobago

Grenada

AW (474)

Aruba

AN

(478)

Netherlands Antilles

CO

VE

GY

SR

EC

PE

BR

CL

BO

PY

UY

AR

FK

ASIA

CY

TR

LB

(480)

(484)

(488)

(492)

(500)

(504)

(508)

(512)

(516)

(520)

(524)

(528)

(529)

(600)

(052)

(604)

Colombia

Venezuela

Guyana

Suriname

Ecuador

Peru

Brazil

Chile

Bolivia

Paraguay

Uruguay

Argentina

Falkland Islands

Cyprus

Turkey

Lebanon

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SY

IQ

IR

IL

XP

JO

SA

(608)

Syria

(612)

(616)

Iraq

Iran

(624)

Israel

(625) West Bank and Gaza Strip

West Bank includes East Jerusalem

(628)

Jordan

(632)

Saudi Arabia

KW (636)

Kuwait

BH

QA

AE

(640)

Bahrain

(644)

Qatar

(647)

United Arab Emirates

OM

(649)

Oman

YE

GE

(653)

Yemen

(076)

Georgia

AM

(077)

Armenia

AZ

KZ

TM

UZ

TJ

(078)

Azerbaijan

(079)

Kazakhstan

(080)

Turkmenistan

(081)

Uzbekistan

(082)

Tajikistan

KG

(083)

Kyrghyzstan

AF

PK

IN

BD

MV

LK

NP

BT

(660)

Afghanistan

(662)

Pakistan

(664)

India

(666)

Bangladesh

(667)

Maldives

(669)

Sri Lanka

(672)

Nepal

(675)

Bhutan

Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al
Qaiwain, Ras al Khaima and Fujairah

Formerly North Yemen and South Yemen

Including Sikkim

MM

(676)

Myanmar

Formerly Burma

TH

LA

VN

KH

ID

MY

BN

SG

PH

MN

CN

(680)

Thailand

(684)

Laos

(690)

Vietnam

(696)

Cambodia

(700)

Indonesia

(701)

Malaysia

(703)

Brunei

(706)

Singapore

(708)

Philippines

(716)

Mongolia

(720)

China

Peninsular Malaysia and Eastern Malaysia (Sarawak,
Sabah and Labuan)

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KP

KR

JP

(724)

North Korea

(728)

South Korea

(732)

Japan

TW (736)

Taiwan

HK

MO

(740)

Hong Kong

(743)

Macao

OCEANIA

AU

PG

(800)

Australia

(801)

Papua New Guinea

XO

(802)

Australian Oceania

Including New Britain, New Ireland, Lavongai
(New Hanover), Admiralty, Bougainville, Buka,
Green, d’Entrecasteaux, Trobriand and Woodlark
Islands and Louisiade Archipelago and their depen-
dencies

Cocos (Keeling), Christmas, Heard, McDonald and
Norfolk Islands

NR

NZ

SB

TV

(803)

Nauru

(804)

New Zealand

Excluding Ross Dependency (Antarctica)

(806)

Solomon Islands

(807)

Tuvalu

NC

(809)

New Caledonia and dependencies

XA

(810)

American Oceania

Dependencies of New Caledonia: Isle of Pines,
Loyalty, Huon, Belep, Chesterfield and Walpole
Islands

American Samoa, Guam, minor US outlying islands
(Baker, Howland, Jarvis, Johnston, Kingman Reef,
Midway, Palmyra and Wake)

WF

(811) Wallis and Futuna Islands

Including Alofi

(812)

Kiribati

(813)

Pitcairn

Including Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands

(814)

New Zealand Oceania

Tokelau and Niue Islands; Cook Islands

KI

PN

XZ

FJ

VU

TO

WS

MP

PF

(815)

Fiji

(816)

Vanuatu

(817)

Tonga

(819)

Samoa

(820)

Northern Mariana Islands

(822)

French Polynesia

FM

(823)

Federated States of Micronesia
(Yap, Kosrae, Chuuk, Pohnpei)

MH

(824)

Marshall Islands

PW (825)

Palau

OTHER TERRITORIES

XR

(890)

Polar regions

Marquesas, Society and Gambier Islands, Tubuai
Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago; including Clip-
perton Island

Arctic regions not elsewhere specified or classified:
Antarctica;
also Amsterdam, St Paul, Crozet,
Kerguelen and Bouvet Islands; South Georgia and
South Sandwich Islands

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MISCELLANEOUS

QU

(958)

Countries
determined

and

territories

not

Optional

or

QV

(959)

QW (960)

QX

(977)

or

QY

(978)

QZ

(979)

and

Countries
determined in the
intra-Community trade

territories

not
context of

and

not
Countries
determined in the context of trade
with non-member countries

territories

and

Countries
not
disclosed for commercial or mili-
tary reasons

territories

and

territories

Countries
not
disclosed for commercial or mili-
in the context of
tary reasons
intra-Community trade

and

territories

Countries
not
disclosed for commercial or mili-
tary reasons in the context of trade
with non-member countries

Optional

Optional

Optional

Optional

Optional