| Austria |
AT |
U12345678 |
9 characters |
| Belgium |
BE |
1234567890 |
10 characters |
| Bulgaria |
BG |
123456789, 1234567890 |
9 or 10 characters |
| Croatia |
HR |
12345678901 |
11 characters |
| Cyprus |
CY |
12345678X |
9 characters The last character must always be a letter |
| Czech Republic |
CZ |
12345678 123456789 1234567890 |
8, 9 or 10 characters If more than 10 characters are provided delete the first 3 |
| Denmark |
DK |
12345678 |
8 characters |
| Estonia |
EE |
123456789 |
9 characters |
| Finland |
FI |
12345678 |
8 characters |
| France |
FR |
12345678901 X1234567890 1X123456789 XX123456789 |
11 characters May include alphabetical characters (any except O or I) as first or second or first and second characters. |
| Germany |
DE |
123456789 |
9 characters |
| Greece |
EL |
123456789 |
9 characters |
| Hungary |
HU |
12345678 |
8 characters |
| Ireland |
IE |
1234567WA (companies) 1234567FA (individuals) |
8 or 9 characters Includes one or two alphabetical characters (last, or second and last, or last 2) |
| Italy |
IT |
12345678901 |
11 characters |
| Latvia |
LV |
12345678901 |
11 characters |
| Lithuania |
LT |
123456789 123456789012 |
9 or 12 characters |
| Luxembourg |
LU |
12345678 |
8 characters |
| Malta |
MT |
12345678 |
8 characters |
| Netherlands |
NL |
123456789B01 or 123456789BO2 |
12 characters. The 10th character is always B |
| Norway (non-EU) |
NO |
123456789MVA |
9 digits and the letters 'MVA' to indicate VAT registration |
| Poland |
PL |
1234567890 |
10 characters |
| Portugal |
PT |
123456789 |
9 characters |
| Romania |
RO |
1234567890 |
10 characters |
| Slovakia |
SK |
1234567890 |
10 characters |
| Slovenia |
SI |
12345678 |
8 characters |
| Spain |
ES |
X12345678 12345678X X1234567X |
9 characters Includes 1 or 2 alphabetical characters (first or last or first and last) |
| Sweden |
SE |
123456789012 |
12 characters |
| Switzerland (non-EU) |
CHE |
123.456.789 |
9 numbers plus MWST/TVA/IVA |
| United Kingdom (non-EU) |
GB |
123456789 |
9 characters |