XK (user assigned code)

XK is an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 equivalent user-assigned code element used to represent Kosovo.^[a]

Use

The following organizations have been known to have used the code XK to represent Kosovo:

• European Commission^[1] and in line with that many institutions in EU countries such as Deutsche Bundesbank,^[2] Ireland,^[3] Malta,^[4] and France^[5]
• The United Kingdom^[6]
• Canada^[7]
• Switzerland^[8]
• People’s Republic of China^[9]
• International Monetary Fund
• Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication^[10]
• Common Locale Data Repository^[11]
• Unicode Regional indicator symbol
• United States Department of State^[12][13]

Potential assignment of an official ISO 3166-1 code for Kosovo

According to rules of procedure followed by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency, a new ISO 3166-1 code for Kosovo will be issued once it appears in the UN Terminology Bulletin "Country Names" or in the UN Statistics Division's "list of Country and Region Codes for Statistical Use".^[14] To appear in the terminology bulletin, Kosovo must either (a) be admitted into the United Nations, (b) join a UN Specialised Agency or (c) become a state party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice.^[15] Criterion (b) was met when Kosovo joined the International Monetary Fund^[16] and World Bank^[17] in June 2009, however a terminology bulletin has yet to be circulated.

See also

• .xk

Notes

1. The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, Kosovo is formally recognised as an independent state by 101 UN member states (with another 13 states recognising it at some point but then withdrawing their recognition) and 92 states not recognizing it, while Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own territory.

References

1. "Glossary:Country codes - Statistics Explained". europa.eu.
2. "Deutsche Bundesbank, Research Data and Service Centre" (PDF). Country codes and currency codes in research datasets Technical Report 2020-01. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
3. "Imports / Exports, Additional Information, ISO Alpha 2 Country Codes" (PDF). Irish Tax and Customs. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
4. "Country Codes" (PDF). Malta Customs. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
5. "Liste des accords et préférences unilatérales de l'Union européenne". Douane France. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
6. "UK Trade Tariff: country and currency codes". Gov.UK. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
7. "Technical guide for the Canadian Export Reporting System (CERS) portal — Appendix J: Code tables". Canada Border Services Agency. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
8. "Bundesamt für Zoll und Grenzsicherheit". Retrieved 17 December 2022.
9. "Country Codes" (PDF). Ministry of Finance. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
10. SWIFT: IBAN Registry 2013-11-01 at the Wayback Machine, Release 50, September 2014
11. "XK country code for Kosovo". GeoNames Blog. 8 March 2010.
12. "Kosovo - The World Factbook". The World Factbook. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
13. https://xk.usembassy.gov/
14. General Questions, ISO – Maintenance Agency for ISO 3166 country codes
15. ISO 3166-1 and country coded Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs), ISO – Maintenance Agency for ISO 3166 country codes
16. "Press Release: Kosovo Becomes the International Monetary Fund's 186 th Member".
17. "Member Countries".