scope:

This CEN Workshop agreement defines the generic language-neutral locale for Europe, in the form of a Narrative Cultural Specification, plus generic language-dependent locales for each of the official and treaty languages of the European Union and EFTA. It is intended to be used in European institutions, and also as a base for modification for national specifications, that only deviate relatively little. The component of the CWA are intended for registration with the cultural registration standard ISO/IEC 15897. The repertoire of characters of this CEN Workshop Agreement is the MES-2 subset of ISO/IEC 10646-1, as defined in annex A of this CWA.