2017-03-30 11:48 GMT+02:00 Christoph Päper <[email protected]>:
> Philippe Verdy <[email protected]> hat am 30. März 2017 um 00:40 > geschrieben: > > > There's no ISO 3166-1 code for Europe at the whole (does it exist > legally if > > we can't clearly define its borders?) > > `150` in UN M.49 which ISO 3166-1 was derived from and is compatible with. > CLDR > could safely adopt that if needed. > I have not seen a clear statement that UN M.49 code 150 for Europe (as a whole) was related to the EU assignment in ISO 3166-1 which refers to the European Union (but in fact still refers legally to the European Community the only part legally recognized, even the the European Union attempted to unify the communities this unification was partial, and three separat "pilars" were kept). I've clearly read that EU was assigned in ISO3166 only because of its use in WIPO standards. There are some other assignments made for keeping compatibility with ITU standards, or with the Postal Union. Note the ITU also defines a "European broadcasting region" that covers north Africa and come countries of the Middle East: it is the base of existence of the EBU (Eurovision), the second base being also the Council of Europe one or the other being a requirement for full membership. The ITU definition is appropriate because it matchs with coverage areas by satellites. So I don't think there is any equivalence between code 150 and code EU (which includes parts outside 150, for example some of the French and Dutch overseas dependencies in America, and Africa). After the "Brexit" we don't know if GB will still be part of EU for WIPO standards.. But British domain names registered in the ".eu" ccTLD will remain valid (the TLD is not bound to the same rules as WIPO standards). As far as I have seen GB will keep its existing status in WIPO so it should still be part the "EU" code in ISO3166-1, unless its own membership in WIPO is amended (I have doubt it will ever happen, GB would loose some of their existing IP right protection).
