What are TIS Codes? Where can I find information on the territory standard TIS?

What are TIS Codes? Where can I find information on the territory standard TIS?

The Territory Information System, TIS, is the multi-lingual territory standard of CISAC, the international umbrella organisation of the collective management organisations and contains all relevant information on territories. The standard is managed by GEMA and supervised by the TIS Management Committee.

The codes and names of the countries have been adapted from ISO standard 3166.

• Description of the territory standard TIS
• Analysis: Territory list
• Analysis: Hierarchies among territorier (bottom-up/top-down)
• Description of the changes in the TIS data from the first to the current edition
• TIS data base: complete data

The document “Description of the territory standard TIS” contains a complete explanation of the standard as well as a conceptional data model with all relevant information objects and data elements.

The document “TIS database: complete data” is a compressed access file which contains the complete TIS data. The territory list in Excel file format can be accessed under “Analysis: Territory list”. Hierarchical analyses of the territories can be accessed under “Analysis: Hierarchies among territories (bottom-up/top-down).

Please note that the file “TIS database: complete data” contains the binding TIS data pursuant to the data model and the definition of the territory standard. The document “Description of the changes in the TIS data from the first to the current edition” contains amendments which have been made in the TIS data from the first to the current edition.