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'''XK'''{{Short is an [[description|ISO 3166-1 alpha-2]] equivalent user-assigned code element forused to represent [[Kosovo]]{{efn|{{Kosovo-note.}}}}.

'''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|ISO 3166-1 alpha-''3'']] equivalent user-assigned code element for Kosovo in the European Union,<ref name="EUGeo">{{cite web| title=Geospatial reference data: Corporate list of countries and territories| url=https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/countries-and-territories| access-date=2024-04-25}}</ref> and '''XKK''' is used in the Unicode standard.<ref name="TR35">{{cite web |last1=Davis |first1=Mark |title=Unicode Locale Data Markup Language (LDML) |url=https://unicode.org/reports/tr35/#unicode_region_subtag_validity |website=unicode.org |access-date=13 December 2023 |language=en |date=2023-10-25 |quote=XK XKK 983 Kosovo industry practice private use}}</ref>

==Use==

The following organizations have been known to have used the code {{monocode|XK}} to represent Kosovo:

*[[European Commission]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Glossary:Country_codes|title=Glossary:Country codes - Statistics Explained|work=europa.eu}}</ref> and in line with that many institutions in [[European Union|EU]] countries such as [[Deutsche Bundesbank]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Deutsche Bundesbank, Research Data and Service Centre |url=https://www.bundesbank.de/resource/blob/825312/daf1dfd5cba969a651eed5c410a4fe43/mL/2020-04-codes-data.pdf |website=Country codes and currency codes in research datasets Technical Report 2020-01 |access-date=17 December 2022}}</ref> [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Imports / Exports, Additional Information, ISO Alpha 2 Country Codes |url=https://www.revenue.ie/en/customs/documents/electronic/aep-trader-guide-appendix-4.pdf |website=Irish Tax and Customs |access-date=17 December 2022}}</ref> [[Malta]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Country Codes |url=http://customs.gov.mt/docs/default-source/business-library-(authorised-economic-operators)/country-codes-new.pdf |website=Malta Customs |access-date=17 December 2022}}</ref> [[Cyprus]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Country Codes |url=https://www.mof.gov.cy/mof/customs/customs.nsf/All/5AF08F6CEE8A4408422577B20041642A/$file/1%20ICS%20Country%20codes.pdf |website=Ministry of Finance |access-date=17 December 2022}}</ref> and [[France]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Liste des accords et préférences unilatérales de l'Union européenne |url=https://www.douane.gouv.fr/fiche/liste-des-accords-et-preferences-unilaterales-de-lunion-europeenne#Balkans |website=Douane France |access-date=17 December 2022}}</ref>

*[[European Commission]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Glossary:Country_codes|title=Glossary:Country codes - Statistics Explained|work=europa.eu}}</ref>

* [[United Kingdom]]<ref>{{cite web |title=UK Trade Tariff: country and currency codes |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-trade-tariff-country-and-currency-codes/uk-trade-tariff-country-and-currency-codes |website=Gov.UK |access-date=17 December 2022}}</ref>

* [[Canada]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Technical guide for the Canadian Export Reporting System (CERS) portal — Appendix J: Code tables |url=https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/prog/cers-scde/ch25/eccrdcers-deccescde-20-eng.html |website=Canada Border Services Agency |access-date=17 December 2022}}</ref>

* [[Switzerland]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Bundesamt für Zoll und Grenzsicherheit |url=https://www.bazg.admin.ch/bazg/de/home/informationen-firmen/einfuhr-in-die-schweiz/befreiungen-verguenstigungen-und-zollpraeferenzen_einfuhr/entwicklungslaender-aps-gsp--generalized-system-of-preferences-/visumsstellen-fuer-form-a/europa.html |access-date=17 December 2022}}</ref>

*[[International Monetary Fund]]

*[[Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication]]<ref>[[Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication|SWIFT]]: [http://www.swift.com/dsp/resources/documents/IBAN_Registry.pdf ''IBAN Registry''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101223646/http://www.swift.com/dsp/resources/documents/IBAN_Registry.pdf |date=2013-11-01 }}, Release 50, September 2014</ref>

*[[Common Locale Data Repository]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://geonames.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/xk-country-code-for-kosovo/ |title=XK country code for Kosovo |publisher=[[GeoNames]] Blog |date=8 March 2010}}</ref>

*[[Unicode]] [[Regional indicator symbol]]

*[[United States]] [[Department of State]]<ref>{{ cite web | url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/kosovo/#communications | title=Kosovo - The World Factbook | website=[[The World Factbook]] | access-date=2021-04-26 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://xk.usembassy.gov/|title=Homepage|website=U.S. Embassy in Kosovo}}</ref>

==Potential assignment of an official ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for Kosovo==

Kosovo is not a member of the governing structures for the [[International Organization for Standardization]] (ISO).According to rules of procedure followed by the [[ISO 3166]] [[International Organization for Standardization|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".<ref>[http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/iso_3166-faqs/iso_3166_faqs_general.htm General Questions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604034240/http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/iso_3166-faqs/iso_3166_faqs_general.htm |date=2012-06-04 }}, ISO – Maintenance Agency for ISO 3166 country codes</ref> To appear in the terminology bulletin, Kosovo must either (a) be admitted into the United Nations, (b) join a [[List of specialized agencies of the United Nations|UN Specialised Agency]] or (c) become a state party to the ''Statute of the [[International Court of Justice]]''.<ref>[http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/background_on_iso_3166/iso_3166-1_and_cctlds.htm ISO 3166-1 and country coded Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs)], ISO – Maintenance Agency for ISO 3166 country codes</ref> Criterion (b) was met when Kosovo joined the [[International Monetary Fund]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2015/09/14/01/49/pr09240 | title=Press Release: Kosovo Becomes the International Monetary Fund's 186 th Member }}</ref> and [[World Bank]]<ref>{{cite inweb 2008| url=https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/leadership/members | title=Member Countries }}</ref> in June 2009, Howeverbut a terminology bulletin has yet to be circulated and [[ISO 3166-2:RS|ISO 3166-2:RS-KM]] remains in use.

ISO affirms that no [[ISO 3166#Codes beginning with "X"|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.

== Notes ==

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==See also==

*[[.xk]]

*Neighbouring countries: [[ISO 3166-2:AL|AL]], [[ISO 3166-2:ME|ME]], [[ISO 3166-2:MK|MK]], [[ISO 3166-2:RS|RS]]

==References==

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[[Category:Communications in Kosovo]]

[[Category:ISO 3166]]

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