Circular BCL 2002/177 of 20 December 2002 — List of country codes for statistical declarations of the balance of payments directory and the quarterly statistical report S 2.5

Luxembourg, 20 December 2002
To all credit institutions

CIRCULAR BCL 2002/177
List of country codes for statistical declarations of the balance of payments directory and the quarterly statistical report S 2.5

Ladies and Gentlemen,

We have the honour to refer to Circular BCL 2001/166 "Instructions concerning modifications to data collection related to the balance of payments" as well as to Circular BCL 2002/170 regarding the modification of statistical tables S 1.1 "Monthly statistical balance sheet" and S 2.5 "Quarterly statistical balance sheet".

The objective of this circular is to harmonize the lists of country codes to be used in the framework of, on the one hand, the balance of payments directories and, on the other hand, the statistical table S 2.5 "Quarterly statistical balance sheet". To this end, the current list, applicable to the balance of payments directory, is modified as follows:

Modification of titles

Code	Old Title	New Title
XB	International organizations having their headquarters abroad, excluding organizations of the European Union as well as NATO and SHAPE (and excluding the Bank for International Settlements - Basel - code: XH)	International organizations having their headquarters abroad excluding organizations of the European Union
XC	NATO, SHAPE and subordinate organizations and services having their headquarters in Luxembourg	International organizations having their headquarters in Luxembourg, excluding organizations of the European Union

Suppression of codes

Code	Old Title
XE	International organizations having their headquarters in Luxembourg, excluding organizations of the European Union as well as NATO and SHAPE
XF	NATO, SHAPE and subordinate organizations and services having their headquarters abroad
XH	Bank for International Settlements (BIS) – Basel
PZ	Panama (Canal Zone)

Correspondence of old country codes with new ones:

Old Code	New Code
XB	XB
XC	XC
XE	XC
XF	XB
XH	XB
PZ	PA

It should be noted that the list of country codes is based on ISO standard No. 3166 (2 positions) regarding "codes for the representation of country names". When it is necessary to supplement the aforementioned standard, notably to assign abbreviations to international organizations, groups of international organizations, or groupings of countries, the BCL determines the supplementary codes to be used. It also specifies any codes from ISO standard No. 3166 that should not be used.

Consequently, we request that you replace pages 92 to 103 of the Collection of Instructions to Credit Institutions and Financial Services of the Postal and Telecommunications Company (Postal Checking Services Department) intended for the collection of statistical data for the compilation of the balance of payments of Luxembourg, which is attached to Circular 2001/166.

The use of the new country codes is mandatory as of 1 January 2003.

We remind you that the operation codes used for the codification of securities transactions are determined based, on the one hand, on the economic nature of the underlying financial asset and, on the other hand, on the residence of the issuer of the security. Thus, we distinguish between securities issued by residents of Luxembourg, countries participating in the third phase of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) outside Luxembourg, and finally all other countries in the world. The following table summarizes the lists of countries and institutions for the determination of the operation code:

Operation Codes	Residence of the Issuer of the Security
491, 492, 494, 498, 499, 535	Luxembourg
421, 422, 424, 428, 429, 473	Germany, Austria, Belgium, Spain (including the Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla), Finland, France (and Monaco, the overseas departments: Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion and the territorial collectivities: Mayotte and Saint Pierre and Miquelon), Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal (including the Azores and Madeira)
Banque centrale européenne (XA)	European Central Bank (XA)
441, 442, 444, 448, 449, 474	All other countries not listed above, including notably: <br> - Andorra, San Marino and the Vatican, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, Macao, <br> - institutions corresponding to country codes XB, XC, XD and XG

Please accept, Ladies and Gentlemen, the assurance of our very distinguished sentiments.

CENTRAL BANK OF LUXEMBOURG
The Directorate

Serge KOLB Andrée BILLON Yves MERSCH

Attachments: 2

• Annex 3: List of country codes
• Annex 4: List of international institutions (non-exhaustive list)

Annex 3: List of country codes

AF Afghanistan
ZA South Africa
AL Albania
DZ Algeria
DE Germany
(including Helgoland)
AD Andorra
AO Angola
AI Anguilla
AQ Antarctica
AG Antigua and Barbuda
AN Netherlands Antilles
(includes Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Saint Eustatius and the southern part of Saint Martin) SA Saudi Arabia AR Argentina AM Armenia AW Aruba AU Australia AT Austria AZ Azerbaijan BS Bahamas (excluding the Turks and Caicos Islands - TC) BH Bahrain BD Bangladesh BB Barbados BY Belarus BE Belgium BZ Belize BJ Benin BM Bermuda BT Bhutan BO Bolivia BA Bosnia and Herzegovina BW Botswana BV Bouvet Island BR Brazil BN Brunei Darussalam BG Bulgaria BF Burkina Faso BI Burundi KY Cayman Islands KH Cambodia CM Cameroon CA Canada CV Cape Verde CF Central African Republic CL Chile CN China (excluding Taiwan - TW, Hong Kong - HK, Macao - MO) CX Christmas Island CY Cyprus CC Cocos (Keeling) Islands CO Colombia KM Comoros CG Congo (Brazzaville) CD Congo (Kinshasa) CK Cook Islands KP North Korea KR South Korea CR Costa Rica CI Côte d'Ivoire HR Croatia CU Cuba DK Denmark DJ Djibouti DO Dominican Republic DM Dominica EG Egypt SV El Salvador AE United Arab Emirates EC Ecuador ER Eritrea ES Spain (includes the Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla) EE Estonia UM United States Minor Outlying Islands (includes among others Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Midway, Palmyra and Wake) US United States of America ET Ethiopia FK Falkland Islands FO Faroe Islands FJ Fiji FI Finland FR France GA Gabon GM Gambia GE Georgia GS South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands GH Ghana GI Gibraltar GR Greece (includes the independent zone of Mount Athos) GD Grenada GL Greenland GP Guadeloupe (includes Saint Barthélemy and the northern part of Saint Martin) GU Guam GT Guatemala GG Guernsey GN Guinea GQ Equatorial Guinea GW Guinea-Bissau GY Guyana GF French Guiana HT Haiti HM Heard Island and McDonald Islands HN Honduras HK Hong Kong HU Hungary IN India ID Indonesia IR Iran IQ Iraq IE Ireland IS Iceland IL Israel IT Italy JM Jamaica JP Japan JE Jersey JO Jordan KZ Kazakhstan KE Kenya KG Kyrgyzstan KI Kiribati KW Kuwait LA Laos LS Lesotho LV Latvia LB Lebanon LR Liberia LY Libya LI Liechtenstein LT Lithuania LU Luxembourg MO Macao MK North Macedonia MG Madagascar MY Malaysia MW Malawi MV Maldives ML Mali MT Malta IM Isle of Man MP Northern Mariana Islands (excluding Guam - GU) MA Morocco MH Marshall Islands MQ Martinique MU Mauritius MR Mauritania YT Mayotte MX Mexico FM Micronesia (Federated States of) (excluding Palau - PW) MD Moldova MC Monaco MN Mongolia MS Montserrat MZ Mozambique MM Myanmar (ex-Burma) NA Namibia NR Nauru NP Nepal NI Nicaragua NE Niger NG Nigeria NU Niue NF Norfolk Island NO Norway NC New Caledonia NZ New Zealand OM Oman UG Uganda UZ Uzbekistan PK Pakistan PW Palau PS Palestine (* provisional code) PA Panama PG Papua New Guinea PY Paraguay NL Netherlands PE Peru PH Philippines PN Pitcairn PL Poland PF French Polynesia PR Puerto Rico PT Portugal (including Azores and Madeira) QA Qatar RE Réunion RO Romania GB United Kingdom (excluding Jersey - JE, Guernsey - GG and the Isle of Man - IM) RU Russia (Federation of) RW Rwanda EH Western Sahara SH Saint Helena LC
Saint Lucia KN Saint Kitts and Nevis SM San Marino PM Saint Pierre and Miquelon VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines SB Solomon Islands WS Samoa AS American Samoa ST Sao Tome and Principe SN Senegal SC Seychelles SL Sierra Leone SG Singapore SK Slovakia SI Slovenia SO Somalia SD Sudan LK Sri Lanka SE Sweden CH Switzerland SR Suriname SJ Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands SZ Eswatini SY Syria TJ Tajikistan TW Taiwan TZ Tanzania (includes Zanzibar Island) TD Chad CZ Czechia TF French Southern Territories IO British Indian Ocean Territory TH Thailand TP East Timor TG Togo TK Tokelau TO Tonga TT Trinidad and Tobago TN Tunisia TM Turkmenistan TC Turks and Caicos Islands TR Turkey TV Tuvalu UA Ukraine UY Uruguay VU Vanuatu VA Vatican VE Venezuela VG British Virgin Islands (includes the islands of Anegada, Jost Van Dyke, Tortola and Virgin Gorda) VI United States Virgin Islands (includes the islands of Saint Croix, Saint John and Saint Thomas) VN Vietnam WF Wallis and Futuna Islands YE Yemen YU Yugoslavia ZM Zambia ZW Zimbabwe

Supplementary country codes to the ISO list used by the BCL:

XA European Central Bank – Frankfurt
XB International organizations having their headquarters abroad excluding organizations of the European Union XC International organizations having their headquarters in Luxembourg, excluding organizations of the European Union XD Organizations of the European Union having their headquarters in Luxembourg XG Organizations of the European Union having their headquarters abroad (excluding the European Central Bank - Frankfurt - code: XA) XX Undetermined country code (the use of this code will result in a request for clarification from the BCL to the reporter)

Although included in the ISO list, the following country code is not used by the BCL:

FX Metropolitan France (see FR)

Annex 4: List of international institutions (non-exhaustive list)

Code	Organization	Headquarters
XB	International organizations having their headquarters abroad, except the European Union
	Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation	Paris
	International Energy Agency	Paris
	International Atomic Energy Agency	Vienna
	European Free Trade Association	Geneva
	International Development Association	Washington
	African Development Bank	Abidjan
	Asian Development Bank	Manila
	Caribbean Development Bank	St Michael (Barbados)
	New Bank for International Settlements (BIS)	Basel
	European Bank for Reconstruction and Development	London
	Inter-American Development Bank	Washington
	World Bank - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development	Washington
	Nordic Investment Bank	Helsinki
	International Bureau of Weights and Measures	Sèvres (Paris)
	Administrative Centre for Social Security for Rhine Boatmen	Strasbourg
	CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research	Geneva
	UNCTAD - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development	Geneva
	International Cotton Advisory Committee	Washington
	European Committee on Population	Strasbourg
	Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine	Strasbourg
	United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific - ESCAP	Washington
	European Civil Aviation Commission	Neuilly-sur-Seine (Paris)
	Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources	Hobart (Australia)
	New North Atlantic Council	Brussels
	Council of Europe	Strasbourg
	International Wheat Council	London
	International Olive Council	Madrid
	Permanent Court of Arbitration	The Hague
	Eurocontrol - European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation	Brussels
	ESA - European Space Agency	Paris
	ESO - European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere	Garching (Munich)
	ESOC - European Space Operations Centre	Darmstadt
	EUMETSAT - European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites	Darmstadt
	Eutelsat - European Telecommunications Satellite Organisation	Paris
	Common Fund for Commodities	Amsterdam
	Council of Europe Social Development Fund	Paris
	Council of Europe Resettlement Fund	Paris
	International Fund for Agricultural Development	Rome
	International Monetary Fund	Washington
	Gulf Investment Corporation	Kuwait City
	European Laboratory for Molecular Biology	Heidelberg
	European Patent Office	Munich
	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development	Paris
	International Civil Aviation Organization	Montreal
	United Nations	New York
	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - FAO	Rome
	International Organization of Legal Metrology	Paris
	International Maritime Satellite Organization - Inmarsat	London
	International Satellite Telecommunications Organization - Intelsat	Washington
	International Cocoa Organization	London
	International Coffee Organization	London
	International Natural Rubber Organization	Kuala Lumpur
	International Jute Organization	Dhaka
	International Sugar Organization	London
	International Labour Organization	Geneva
	International Organization for Migration	Geneva
	International Maritime Organization	London
	World Meteorological Organization	Geneva
	World Intellectual Property Organization	Geneva
	World Health Organization	Geneva
	World Trade Organization	Geneva
	World Tourism Organization	Madrid
	Benelux Road Safety Agency	Brussels
	New NATO - College of Defence	Rome
	New NATO - MAS - Military Standardization Bureau	Brussels
	New NATO - NACISA - Communication Systems Agency	Brussels
	New NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization	Brussels
	International Finance Corporation	Washington
	UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization	Paris
	UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	Geneva
	Western European Union	Brussels
	International Telecommunication Union	Geneva
	International Union for the Publication of Customs Tariffs	Brussels
	Universal Postal Union	Bern

Code	Organization	Headquarters
XC	International organizations having their headquarters in Luxembourg, excluding organizations of the European Union
	New EFTA Court (European Free Trade Association)	Luxembourg
	New Eurocontrol - European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation	Luxembourg
	NATO - Namsa - Procurement and Maintenance Agency	Capellen (Luxembourg)

Code	Organization	Headquarters
XD	Organizations of the European Union having their headquarters in Luxembourg
	European Investment Bank	Luxembourg
	European Commission	Luxembourg
	European Community	Luxembourg
	European Atomic Energy Community - Euratom	Luxembourg
	Council of the European Union	Luxembourg
	Court of Justice of the European Communities	Luxembourg
	European Court of Auditors	Luxembourg
	European Schools	Luxembourg
	European Investment Fund	Luxembourg
	European Parliament	Luxembourg
	EU - Translation Centre for Bodies of the European Union	Luxembourg
	EU - Office for Official Publications of the European Communities	Luxembourg

Code	Organization	Headquarters
XG	Organizations of the European Union having their headquarters abroad
	Euratom Supply Agency	Brussels
	European Association for Cooperation	Brussels
	Economic and Social Committee of the European Communities	Brussels
	Committee of the Regions	Brussels
	European Commission	Brussels
	European Community	Brussels
	European Atomic Energy Community - Euratom	Brussels
	Council of the European Union	Brussels
	European Court of Auditors	Brussels
	Higher Council of European Schools	Brussels
	European Political Cooperation	Brussels
	European Schools	Brussels
	European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund	Brussels
	European Social Fund	Brussels
	European Parliament	Brussels / Strasbourg
	EU - European Development Fund	Brussels
	EU - Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO)	Angers
	EU - European Agency for Reconstruction (EAR)	Thessaloniki
	EU - European Environment Agency (EEA)	Copenhagen
	EU - European Medicines Agency	London
	EU - European Agency for Safety and Health at Work	Bilbao
	EU - Joint Research Centre (JRC)	Ispra
	EU - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop)	Thessaloniki
	EU - European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions	Dublin
	EU - European Training Foundation (ETF)	Turin
	EU - European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)	Lisbon
	EU - European Monitoring Centre for Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC)	Vienna
	EU - Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (trademarks, designs and models) (OHIM)	Alicante