ISO 3166-2:ZA ISO 3166-2:ZA ISO 3166-2:ZA is the entry for South Africa in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1. Currently for South Africa, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 9 provinces. Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is , the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of South Africa. The second part is two letters. Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published
Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration The Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration, signed on 31 October 1958, ensures that in member countries, appellations of origin receive protection when are protected in their country of origin. It lays down provisions for what qualifies as an appellation of origin, protection measures and establishes an International Register of Appellations of Origin, run by the World Intellectual Property Organization. The agreement came into force in 1966, and was revised at Stockholm (1967) and amended in 1979. As of May