assigns a code to each country

NOTE 1 to entry: Country codes are not unique to one country and can be repeated in non-neighbouring countries.

NOTE 2 to entry: In RDS, The Country Code is transmitted in the first 4-bits of the PI code to signal the origin of the audio programme, which may be different to the country where the transmitter is located.

NOTE 3 to entry: Defined in the RDS specification IEC 62106.