EC/NZ

14:38 Oct 23, 2017
French to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs / Birth certificate
French term or phrase: EC/NZ
I am currently translating a birth certificate from French (Côte d'Ivoire) into English.

At the top of this document, there is a rubber stamp which says "EC/NZ" with no other context.

None of the searches I've executed have turned up anything. What are some possible meanings
Timothy Juillerat
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2European Community/ New Zealand
Zofia Wislocka
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NZ
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European Community/ New Zealand


Explanation:
just guessing ...
might be a stamp indicating the region where the document is to be used
:-) ?

Zofia Wislocka
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neutral  AllegroTrans: Highly unlikely on an Ivory Coast birth certificate - think about it
1 hr
  -> I did. Mine was but a desperate guess ... ;-)
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2 hrs
Reference: NZ

Reference information:
N'Zi Region is one of the 31 regions of Ivory Coast. Since its establishment in 2011, it has been one of the regions in Lacs District. The seat of the region is Dimbokro and the region's population in the 2014 census was 247,578. N'Zi is the only region is the country that does not border another district—it is entirely surrounded by other regions of Lacs District.

N'Zi Region is currently divided into three departments: Bocanda, Dimbokro, and Kouassi-Kouassikro.

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Note added at 7 hrs (2017-10-23 21:42:11 GMT)
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The following link contains a table showing all the Civil Registration districts in Cote d'Ivoire. One of them is N'Zi Comoe - almost certainly what the abbreviation NZ stands for:

L'état civil normalisé par l'application de la Loi
unstats.un.org/unsd/vitalstatkb/Attachment759.aspx?...1

rien que la loi, la Côte d'Ivoire pourrait avoir un état civil à jour et fiable. 1 Lire le tableau récapitulatif ... vérification, au Procureur de la République près le tribunal d'Abidjan, en assure la garde et peut en ..... N'ZI COMOE. 26 889. Tribunal de ...


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%27Zi_Region
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