XK is anISO 3166-1 alpha-2 equivalent user-assigned code element. It isde facto used to representKosovo.Similarly,XKX is anISO 3166-1 alpha-3 equivalent user-assigned code element for Kosovo in the European Union,[1] andXKK is used in the Unicode standard.[2]
The following organizations have been known to have used the codeXK to represent Kosovo:
According to rules of procedure followed by theISO 3166Maintenance Agency, a newISO 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".[16] To appear in the terminology bulletin, Kosovo must either (a) be admitted into the United Nations, (b) join aUN Specialised Agency or (c) become a state party to theStatute of theInternational Court of Justice.[17] Criterion (b) was met when Kosovo joined theInternational Monetary Fund[18] andWorld Bank[19] in June 2009, but a terminology bulletin has yet to be circulated.
ISO affirms that nocode beginning with "X" will ever be standardised as a country code. ("XK" forKosovo 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.
XK XKK 983 Kosovo industry practice private use
