The Philippine Consulate General in Sydney announces that the Philippines has standardized its two-letter code to “PH” and three-letter code to “PHL”, effective on 20 October 2010, discontinuing the initials “RP” to refer to the Philippines, in compliance with the codes assigned by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in referring to the Philippines.

The ISO, the global network that develops international standards for business and government, developed the ISO 3166-1 country code system to standardize country code initials used in the global exchange goods, services or information. The codes assigned to the Philippines are PH and PHL. To avoid confusion and ambiguity, offices of the Philippine Government will use the initials PH and PHL when referring to the Philippines.