Memberstate | Description of VAT ID in national language | Abbreviation | Country code | Further digits |
Belgium | Le numéro d´identification à la taxe sur la valeur ajoutée
BTW - Identificatienummer | No.TVA
BTW-Nr. | | nine (only digits) |
Denmark | Momsregistreringsnummer | SE-Nr. | | eight (only digits) |
Germany | Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer | USt-IdNr. | | nine (only digits) |
Estonia | Käibemaksukohustuslase registreeri-misnumber | KMKR-number | | nine (only digits) |
Finland | Arvonlisâvero-nummer | ALV-NRO | | eight (only digits) |
France | Le numéro d´identification à la taxe sur la valeur ajoutée | keine | | eleven (only digits resp. the first and / or the second position can be a letter) |
Greece | Arithmos Forologikou Mitroou FPA | A.f .M. | | nine (only digits; old VAT ID numbers are replaced by putting the digit 0 in front) |
Ireland | Value added tax identification number | VAT No | | eight (the second position can and the last position must be a letter) |
Italy | Il numero di registrazione IVA | P.IVA | | eleven (only digits) |
Latvia | PVN registracijas numurs | PVN-numurs | | eleven (only digits) |
Lithuania | Pridetines vertes mo-kescio moketojo kodas | PVM moketojo kodas | | nine (only digits) or twelve (only digits) |
Luxembourg | Le numéro d´identification à la taxe sur la valeur ajoutée | keine | | eight (only digits) |
Malta | | | | eight (only digits) |
Netherlands | BTW-identificatienummer | OB-Nummer | | twelve (the third last position must be the letter "B") |
Austria | Umsatzsteueridentifikationsnummer | UID-Nr. | | nine (the first position must be the letter "U") |
Poland | Numer identyfikacji podatko-wej | NIP | | ten (only digits) |
Portugal | O número de identificacao para efeitos do imposto sobre o valor acrescentado | NIPC | | nine (only digits) |
Sweden | Registreringsnummer för mervärdesskatt (Momsnummer) | MomsNr. | | twelve (only digits, the last two positions must always be the digits "01") |
Slovakia | Dan z pridanej hodnoty | DPH | | ten (only digits) |
Slovenia | identifikacijska stevilka za DDV | | | eight (only digits) |
Spain | El número de identificación a efectos del Impuesto sobre el Valor Anadido | N.I.F. | | nine (the first and the last postion resp. the first or the last position can be a letter) |
Czech Republic | danove identifikacni cislo | DIC | | eight, nine or ten (only digits) |
Hungary | közösségi adózám | | | eight (only digits) |
United Kingdom | Value added tax identification number | VAT Reg.No. | | nine or twelve (only digits)
for administration and healthcare institutions five; the first two positions GD or HA |
Cyprus
(currently only greece part; including AKROTIRI and DHEKALIA) | | | | nine (the last position must be a letter) |
