The final format and content of the AO were agreed by the Committee at its meeting in December 2003. It was circulated widely, including to balance of payments compilers, for information and comment.

Thus, a common implementation of the code will take the form <position><topic>. The first section of the code describes the position in the international investment position and balance of payments ...

It is not so long ago in the 1960s that France and the United Kingdom took the decision to restrict their citizens taking holidays abroad in order to support their balance of payments and, more ...