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EU (European Union) country codes, ISO 3166-1 alpha-2. (This Gist is from 2012. Please see comments for updates.)
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eu_country_codes.rb
# Note: VAT identification numbers for Greece use "EL", not "GR".
COUNTRY_CODES_EU = %w[
AT BE BG CY CZ DK EE FI FR DE GR HU IE IT
LV LT LU MT NL PL PT RO SK SI ES SE GB
]
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FredTheDino commented Dec 20, 2023 •
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What a helpful thread! The list posted by Dan is almost right - UK is no longer part of the EU.

According to the UK government atleast: https://www.gov.uk/eu-eea
According to the canadian governement from 2013 (so needs modification): https://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p3VD.pl?Function=getVD&TVD=141329
According to the actual EU: https://european-union.europa.eu/easy-read_en

The alpha 2 code for Greece is GR no EL - which AFIK is not a valid Alpha2 code.
The correct list (with Alpha2 codes) would then be:

AT BE BG HR CY CZ DK EE FI FR DE GR HU IE IT LV LT LU MT NL PL PT RO SK SI ES SE

Cheers!

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This thread was originally about EU countries, them @mizterp changed the topic to GDPR countries and it (confusingly) became a mixture of both topics.

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