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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We would like to inform you that it is now possible to register platforms owned by the European Union with the EU flag.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">To facilitate this change, after communication with BODC, code ‘EU’ was added to our copy of the ISO 3166 standard as the ‘exceptionally reserved code’ for special use cases, where reference to EU is necessary.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Anna<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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International Council for the Exploration of the Sea </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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