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The country of convention priority is identified by a two-letter code in compliance with the I.S.O. Alpha-2 code contained in International Standard 3166 ‘Codes for the representation of names of countries’ published in 1974 by the International Organisation for Standards (I.S.O.).

The code for convention countries is as follows:

Code	Country

AD	Andorra
AE	United Arab Emirates
AG	Antigua and Barbuda
AL	Albania
AM	Armenia
AO	Angola
AP	African Regional Industrial Property Organisation (ARIPO)
AR	Argentina
AT	Austria
AU	Australia
AZ	Azerbaijan
BA	Bosnia and Herzegovina
BB	Barbados
BD	Bangladesh
BE	Belgium
BF	Burkina Faso
BG	Bulgaria
BH	Bahrain
BI	Burundi
BJ	Benin
BN	Brunei Darussalam
BO	Bolivia
BR	Brazil
BS	Bahamas
BT	Bhutan
BW	Botswana
BX	Benelux Office
BY	Belarus
BZ	Belize
CA	Canada
CD	Democratic Republic of Congo
CF	Central African Republic
CG	Congo
CH	Switzerland
CI	Cote d'Ivoire
CL	Chile
CM	Cameroon
CN	China
CO	Colombia
CR	Costa Rica
CU	Cuba
CV	Cape Verde
CY	Cyprus
CZ	Czech Republic
DE	Germany
DJ	Djibouti
DK	Denmark
DM	Dominica
DO	Dominican Republic
DZ	Algeria
EA	Eurasian Patent Organisation (EAPO)
EC	Ecuador
EE	Estonia
EG	Egypt
EM	Office for Harmonization in the Internal Markets (Trademarks and Designs)(OHIM)
EP	European Patent Office
ES	Spain
EU	European Union
FI	Finland
FJ	Fiji
FR	France
GA	Gabon
GB	United Kingdom
GC	Patent Office for the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GC)
GD	Grenada
GE	Georgia
GH	Ghana
GM	Gambia
GN	Guinea
GQ	Equatorial Guinea
GR	Greece
GT	Guatemala
GW	Guinea-Bissau
GY	Guyana
HK	Hong Kong, China
HN	Honduras
HR	Croatia
HT	Haiti
HU	Hungary
ID	Indonesia
IE	Ireland
IL	Israel
IN	India
IQ	Iraq
IR	Islamic Republic of Iran
IS	Iceland
IT	Italy
JM	Jamaica
JO	Jordan
JP	Japan
KE	Kenya
KG	Kyrgyz Republic
KH	Cambodia
KM	Comoros
KN	Saint Kitts and Nevis
KP	Democratic People's Republic Korea
KR	Republic of Korea
KW	Kuwait
KZ	Kazakhstan
LA	Lao People's Democratic Republic
LB	Lebanon
LC	Saint Lucia
LI	Liechtenstein
LK	Sri Lanka
LR	Liberia
LS	Lesotho
LT	Lithuania
LU	Luxembourg
LV	Latvia
LY	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
MA	Morocco
MC	Monaco
MD	Republic of Moldova
ME	Montenegro
MG	Madagascar
MK	Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
ML	Mali
MM	Myanmar
MN	Mongolia
MO	Macau, China
MR	Mauritania
MT	Malta
MU	Mauritius
MV	Maldives
MW	Malawi
MX	Mexico
MY	Malaysia
MZ	Mozambique
NA	Namibia
NE	Niger
NG	Nigeria
NI	Nicaragua
NL	Netherlands
NO	Norway
NP	Nepal
NZ	New Zealand
OA	African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI)
OM	Oman
PA	Panama
PE	Peru
PG	Papua New Guinea
PH	Philippines
PK	Pakistan
PL	Poland
PT	Portugal
PY	Paraguay
QA	Qatar
RO	Romania
RS	Serbia
RU	Russian Federation
RW	Rwanda
SA	Saudi Arabia
SB	Solomon Islands
SC	Seychelles
SD	Sudan
SE	Sweden
SG	Singapore
SI	Slovenia
SK	Slovak Republic
SL	Sierra Leone
SM	San Marino
SN	Senegal
SR	Suriname
ST	Sao Tome and Principe
SV	El Salvador
SY	Syrian Arab Republic
SZ	Swaziland
TD	Chad
TG	Togo
TH	Thailand
TJ	Tajikistan
TM	Turkmenistan
TN	Tunisia
TO	Tonga
TR	Turkey
TT	Trinidad and Tobago
TW	Taiwan
TZ	Tanzania, United Republic of
UA	Ukraine
UG	Uganda
US	United States of America
UY	Uruguay
UZ	Uzbekistan
VA	Holy See (Vatican City)
VC	Saint Vincent and Grenadines
VE	Venezuela
VN	Vietnam
WS	Samoa
YE	Yemen
ZA	South Africa
ZM	Zambia
ZW	Zimbabwe

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