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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1998-701/annex/appendix",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1998-701/annex/appendix.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/1998/701",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 3 December 1998 on common standards relating to filling in the uniform format for residence permits (98/701/JHA)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1998-701",
  "path": "annex/appendix",
  "kind": "appendix",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "List of the codes for entering the nationality or status of the holder of the residence permit in the machine-readable area",
  "text": "For residents of Hong Kong, the code HKG may be used.\nCountry\nCode\nEUROPE\nAlbania\nALB\nAndorra\nAND\nArmenia\nARM\nAzerbaijan\nAZE\nBelarus\nBLR\nBosnia and Herzegovina\nBIH\nBulgaria\nBGR\nCroatia\nHRV\nCyprus\nCYP\nCzech Republic\nCZE\nEstonia\nEST\nGeorgia\nGEO\nHoly See (Vatican City State)\nVAT\nHungary\nHUN\nLatvia\nLVA\nLithuania\nLTU\nMalta\nMLT\nMoldova, Republic of\nMDA\nMonaco\nMCO\nPoland\nPOL\nRomania\nROM\nRussian Federation\nRUS\nSan Marino\nSMR\nSlovakia\nSVK\nSlovenia\nSVN\nSwitzerland\nCHE\nThe former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia\nFRM\nTurkey\nTUR\nUkraine\nUKR\nYugoslavia, Federal Republic of\nYUG\nAFRICA\nAlgeria\nDZA\nAngola\nAGO\nBenin\nBEN\nBotswana\nBWA\nBurkina Faso\nBFA\nBurundi\nBDI\nCameroon\nCMR\nCape Verde\nCPV\nCentral African Republic\nCAF\nChad\nTCD\nComoros\nCOM\nCongo\nCOG\nCongo, the Democratic Republic of the\nCOD\nCote d'Ivoire\nCIV\nDjibouti\nDJI\nEgypt\nEGY\nEquatorial Guinea\nGNQ\nEritrea\nERI\nEthiopia\nETH\nGabon\nGAB\nGambia\nGMB\nGhana\nGHA\nGuinea\nGIN\nGuinea-Bissau\nGNB\nKenya\nKEN\nLesotho\nLSO\nLiberia\nLBR\nLibyan Arab Jamahiriya\nLBY\nMadagascar\nMDG\nMalawi\nMWI\nMali\nMLI\nMauritania\nMRT\nMauritius\nMUS\nMorocco\nMAR\nMozambique\nMOZ\nNamibia\nNAM\nNiger\nNER\nNigeria\nNGA\nRwanda\nRWA\nSao Tome and Principe\nSTP\nSenegal\nSEN\nSeychelles\nSYC\nSierra Leone\nSLE\nSomalia\nSOM\nSouth Africa\nZAF\nSudan\nSDN\nSwaziland\nSWZ\nTanzania, United Republic of\nTZA\nTogo\nTGO\nTunisia\nTUN\nUganda\nUGA\nZambia\nZMB\nZimbabwe\nZWE\nAMERICA\nAntigua and Barbuda\nATG\nArgentina\nARG\nBahamas\nBHS\nBarbados\nBRB\nBelize\nBLZ\nBolivia\nBOL\nBrazil\nBRA\nCanada\nCAN\nChile\nCHL\nColombia\nCOL\nCosta Rica\nCRI\nCuba\nCUB\nDominica\nDMA\nDominican Republic\nDOM\nEcuador\nECU\nEl Salvador\nSLV\nGrenada\nGRD\nGuatemala\nGTM\nGuyana\nGUY\nHaiti\nHTI\nHonduras\nHND\nJamaica\nJAM\nMexico\nMEX\nNicaragua\nNIC\nPanama\nPAN\nParaguay\nPRY\nPeru\nPER\nSaint Kitts and Nevis\nKNA\nSaint Lucia\nLCA\nSaint Vincent and the Grenadines\nVCT\nSuriname\nSUR\nTrinidad and Tobago\nTTO\nUnited States of America\nUSA\nUruguay\nURY\nVenezuela\nVEN\nASIA\nAfghanistan\nAFG\nBahrain\nBHR\nBangladesh\nBGD\nBhutan\nBTN\nBrunei Darussalam\nBRN\nCambodia\nKHM\nChina\nCHN\nEast Timor\nTMP\nIndia\nIND\nIndonesia\nIDN\nIran (Islamic Republic of)\nIRN\nIraq\nIRQ\nIsrael\nISR\nJapan\nJPN\nJordan\nJOR\nKazakhstan\nKAZ\nKorea, Democratic People's Republic of\nPRK\nKorea, Republic of\nKOR\nKuwait\nKWT\nKyrgyzstan\nKGZ\nLao People's Democratic Republic\nLAO\nLebanon\nLBN\nMalaysia\nMYS\nMaldives\nMDV\nMongolia\nMNG\nMyanmar\nMMR\nNepal\nNPL\nOman\nOMN\nPakistan\nPAK\nPalestine\n*\nPhilippines\nPHA\nQatar\nQAT\nSaudi Arabia\nSAU\nSingapore\nSGP\nSri Lanka\nLKA\nSyrian Arab Republic\nSYR\nTajikistan\nTJK\nThailand\nTHA\nTurkmenistan\nTKM\nUnited Arab Emirates\nARE\nUzbekistan\nUZB\nVietnam\nVNM\nYemen\nYEM\nOCEANIA\nAustralia\nAUS\nFiji\nFJI\nKiribati\nKIR\nMarshall Islands\nMHL\nMicronesia (Federated States of)\nFSM\nNauru\nNRU\nNew Zealand\nNZL\nPalau\nPLW\nPapua New Guinea\nPNG\nSamoa\nWSM\nSolomon Islands\nSLB\nTonga\nTON\nTuvalu\nTUV\nVanuatu\nVUT\nThe following codes are also used:\nStateless\nXXA\nRefugees (Convention of 28 July 1951)\nXXB\nOther refugees\nXXC\nInternational Committee of the Red Cross\nCRC\nUNHCR\nUNR",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "For residents of Hong Kong, the code HKG may be used."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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