| Country (including code) |
VAT Number Format |
| AT Austria* |
U12345678 (9 characters) |
| BE Belgium* |
1234567890 (10 characters) |
| BG Bulgaria* |
123456789, 1234567890 (9 or 10 characters) |
| CY Cyprus* |
12345678X (9 characters) |
| CZ Czech Republic* |
12345678, 123456789, 1234567890 (8, 9 or 10 characters) |
| DK Denmark, except the Faroe Islands and Greenland |
12345678 (8 characters) |
| EE Estonia |
123456789 (9 characters) |
| FI Finland, but excluding the Åland Islands |
12345678 (8 characters) |
| FR France*, including Monaco but excluding Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion, St. Pierre and Miquelon and French Guiana |
12345678901, X1234567890, 1X123456789, XX123456789 (11 characters) |
| DE Germany*, except Busingen and the Isle of Heligoland |
123456789 (9 characters) |
| EL Greece |
123456789 (9 characters) |
| HU Hungary |
12345678 (8 characters) |
| IE Ireland* |
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| IT Italy, except the communes of Livigno and Campione d'Italia and the Italian waters of Lake Lugano |
12345678901 (11 characters) |
| LV Latvia |
12345678901 (11 characters) |
| LT Lithuania |
123456789, 123456789012 (9 or 12 characters) |
| LU Luxembourg |
12345678 (8 characters) |
| MT Malta |
12345678 (8 characters) |
| NL Netherlands* |
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| PL Poland |
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| PT Portugal, including the Azores and Madeira |
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| RO Romania* |
12, 123, 1234, 12345, 123456, 1234567, 12345678, 123456789, 1234567890 (from 2 to 10 characters) |
| SK Slovak Republic |
1234567890 (10 characters) |
| SI Slovenia |
12345678 (8 characters) |
| ES Spain*, including the Balearic Islands but excluding Ceuta, Melilla and the Canary Islands |
X12345678, 12345678X, X1234567X (9 characters) |
| SE Sweden |
123456789012 (12 characters) |