diff --git a/htdocs/core/class/html.form.class.php b/htdocs/core/class/html.form.class.php
index 2fb8eea45f6..1939e1709c3 100644
--- a/htdocs/core/class/html.form.class.php
+++ b/htdocs/core/class/html.form.class.php
@@ -690,18 +690,19 @@ class Form
 	/**
 	 *  Return combo list of activated countries, into language of user
 	 *
-	 *  @param	string	$selected       	Id or Code or Label of preselected country
-	 *  @param  string	$htmlname       	Name of html select object
-	 *  @param  string	$htmloption     	More html options on select object
-	 *  @param	integer	$maxlength			Max length for labels (0=no limit)
-	 *  @param	string	$morecss			More css class
-	 *  @param	string	$usecodeaskey		''=Use id as key (default), 'code3'=Use code on 3 alpha as key, 'code2"=Use code on 2 alpha as key
-	 *  @param	int		$showempty			Show empty choice
-	 *  @param	int		$disablefavorites	1=Disable favorites,
-	 *  @param	int		$addspecialentries	1=Add dedicated entries for group of countries (like 'European Economic Community', ...)
-	 *  @return string           			HTML string with select
+	 *  @param	string	$selected       		Id or Code or Label of preselected country
+	 *  @param  string	$htmlname       		Name of html select object
+	 *  @param  string	$htmloption     		More html options on select object
+	 *  @param	integer	$maxlength				Max length for labels (0=no limit)
+	 *  @param	string	$morecss				More css class
+	 *  @param	string	$usecodeaskey			''=Use id as key (default), 'code3'=Use code on 3 alpha as key, 'code2"=Use code on 2 alpha as key
+	 *  @param	int		$showempty				Show empty choice
+	 *  @param	int		$disablefavorites		1=Disable favorites,
+	 *  @param	int		$addspecialentries		1=Add dedicated entries for group of countries (like 'European Economic Community', ...)
+	 *  @param	array	$exclude_country_code	Array of country code (iso2) to exclude
+	 *  @return string           				HTML string with select
 	 */
-    public function select_country($selected = '', $htmlname = 'country_id', $htmloption = '', $maxlength = 0, $morecss = 'minwidth300', $usecodeaskey = '', $showempty = 1, $disablefavorites = 0, $addspecialentries = 0)
+    public function select_country($selected = '', $htmlname = 'country_id', $htmloption = '', $maxlength = 0, $morecss = 'minwidth300', $usecodeaskey = '', $showempty = 1, $disablefavorites = 0, $addspecialentries = 0, $exclude_country_code = array())
 	{
         // phpcs:enable
 		global $conf, $langs, $mysoc;
@@ -733,6 +734,7 @@ class Form
 				while ($i < $num)
 				{
 					$obj = $this->db->fetch_object($resql);
+
 					$countryArray[$i]['rowid'] = $obj->rowid;
 					$countryArray[$i]['code_iso'] = $obj->code_iso;
 					$countryArray[$i]['code_iso3'] 	= $obj->code_iso3;
@@ -765,6 +767,7 @@ class Form
 				{
 					//if (empty($showempty) && empty($row['rowid'])) continue;
 					if (empty($row['rowid'])) continue;
+					if (is_array($exclude_country_code) && count($exclude_country_code) && in_array($row['code_iso'], $exclude_country_code)) continue;	// exclude some countries
 
 					if (empty($disablefavorites) && $row['favorite'] && $row['code_iso']) $atleastonefavorite++;
 					if (empty($row['favorite']) && $atleastonefavorite)