Appendix #2   Territory and Rating
The territory and rating field in the Naming Convention consists of two to six characters.  The first two characters indicate the release territory.  They are based on ISO 3166-1 country codes.  The next 2-3 characters after a hyphen indicate the local rating, if one exists.  For example, "US-13" would indicate:  US territory with a feature rating of PG-13.  For US trailers, "GB" indicates Green Band; "RB" indicates Red Band.  "GB" indicates that the trailer has been approved for all audiences by the MPAA, but does not indicate the rating of the advertised feature.  For Canadian trailers that are identical to the US version with the exception of the Rating Tag, use "CA" in the territory field and do not follow with "GB" or "RB".        Important Note:  The MPAA has requested that the Green Card at the head of US trailers be part of the main trailer DCP, instead of being enclosed as a separate package.        For generic international versions you may replace the Territory and Rating codes with:        INT-TD to denote International Texted.        or        INT-TL to denote International Textless.        Important Note:  Although "XX" is often used in the Language Field to denote "No Subtitles", you should never use "XX" in the Ratings Field to denote "No Rating" since this may be confused with an "X" rating.
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