• Source: XK (user assigned code)

XK is an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 equivalent user-assigned code element used to represent Kosovo.
Similarly, XKX is an ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 equivalent user-assigned code element for Kosovo in the European Union, and XKK is used in the Unicode standard.




Use


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

European Commission and in line with that many institutions in EU countries such as Deutsche Bundesbank, Ireland, Malta, and France
United Kingdom
Canada
Switzerland
Cyprus
International Monetary Fund
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
Common Locale Data Repository
Unicode Regional indicator symbol
United States Department of State




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". 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. Criterion (b) was met when Kosovo joined the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in June 2009, however a terminology bulletin has yet to be circulated.
ISO affirms that no code beginning with "X" will ever be standardised as a country code. ("XK" for Kosovo is a unilateral "user assigned code" and not an ISO 3166 standard country code.) Consequently if/when Kosovo is recognised, this XK code will need to be replaced with one beginning with another letter.




See also


.xk
Neighbouring countries: AL, ME, MK, RS




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• XK (user assigned code)
• .xk
• XK
• XKK
• ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
• Postal codes in Kosovo
• ISO 9362
• ISO 3166
• ISO 4217
• List of airline codes