Country codes of Serbia
As the state union of Serbia and Montenegro dissolved following the independence referendum in Montenegro, newly independent Serbia dealt with the issue of assignment of country codes. This task, which could seem trivial, is made hugely complex by the number of countries in the world having names which begin with the letter codice_1. In September 2006, the proposal of the Serbian government to obtain the code codice_2 (Republic of Serbia) was accepted by ISO. Two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2. This code, used also as Internet TLD, was a major problem with the ISO's assignment  of country codes to Serbia. All combinations of codice_1 as a first letter and any other letter in word Serbia, or even "" (in Serbian), are already taken by other states: The Government of Serbia made an official request that the alpha-2 code for Serbia should be codice_2 (Republic of Serbia), but there is an ISO recommendation against any reference to the form of government in these codes. codice_2 could also be an abbreviation for the historical name of today's Serbia, Raška or Rascia which would be in full compliance with this rule ("see .ch"). The proposal, after an initial  rejection by ISO, was accepted in September 2006. There are at least four examples where the rule against inclusion of government form was broken (Democratic Republic of the Congo has the code codice_6, Federated States of Micronesia has the code codice_7, Switzerland has the code codice_8 that stems from country's official Latin name ', and the Republic of Korea has the code codice_9, despite the fact that the code codice_10 is available), and Serbia had good arguments for the use of the codice_2 code, because not a single one of the free codes beginning with codice_1 can be associated with  it. codice_2 is also frequently used as an acronym for ', an entity of nearby Bosnia and Herzegovina; this is not a conflict but adds the potential for confusion. Other solutions could have been "generic" codice_14 or codice_15, although codice_14 was likely to be avoided for its association with the Nazi "". codice_14 was later assigned to South Sudan and codice_15 to Sint Maarten. As this code is also to be used as Internet top-level domain for the country, there had been rumours of approaching either International Organization for Standardization, United Nations or one of the countries in the list in  order to switch the codes. Negotiating the purchase or usage of the .sj Internet domain reserved for Svalbard and Jan Mayen was not a plausible option as Norway, which administers this (through UNINETT Norid), has a policy of not commercializing or disposing of this domain. Also, as codice_19 is a historic code for Serbia, it was hinted that the country could pursue talks with Solomon Islands, the current owner of that code. However, it is worth noting that since ISO 3166-1 requires that a code is unused for five years before it can be re-used, this may not  be possible even with the consent of the ISO and the previous holder, as users of the standard may object. Three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3. A choice between the English mnemonic codice_20 or the Serbian codice_21 was the main issue with the alpha-3 code. A possible compromise between the two, codice_22, was also mentioned. (codice_21 should be immediately recognizable by speakers of most European languages, including English, though.) The Institute for Standardization of Serbia, in line with the proposed alpha-2 code (codice_24), decided that codice_25 should be the alpha-3 code for Serbia. The logic of this proposal was unclear , since this decision had not been elaborated by the Institute. However, the decision resulted in a public outcry and was amended by the Government of Serbia, which proposed codice_21 for the alpha-3 code. This was accepted by the ISO in September 2006. codice_21 is also the International Olympic Committee and FIFA country code for Serbia. International licence plate code. Although one would presume that countries take on the shortest code possible (by rule the same as their ISO 3166-1 alpha-2), that is not the case. Thus, the "attractive" codice_28 and codice_19 are available for Serbia, as Suriname uses codice_30 , while the Solomon Islands are identified by codice_31. Ironically, codice_21 had been advertised by the press as the likely solution — even though the Kingdom of Serbia used codice_19 from 1911 to 1919, when it was replaced by codice_34, followed by codice_35, codice_36 and codice_37. Abbreviation codice_1 was taken by Sweden the same year, making it unavailable for Serbia, despite being one of the first 17 countries in the world to be assigned this code. Despite that codice_19 and codice_28 are available for this purpose, official government bodies and the media are still maintaining the claim that the international license plate  code for Serbia should (and could only) be its ISO-3166-1 alpha-3 code, codice_21. Country calling code. Serbia will keep the telephone country calling code previously assigned to Serbia and Montenegro, +381. Following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the country code +38 was divided amongst the newly independent states: Two other codes from the 38 sequence have also been assigned: Montenegro was assigned +382 on 6 September 2006. The new code was phased in during 2007. ISO 4217. This code is used for national currency, in this case the Serbian dinar. This three-letter code is  composed of, by rule, first two letters of the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 and a third letter is initial of the currency itself: codice_42. Exceptions from the rule are made only in the third letter, if that suits the country better — however that is not the case here.