ANNEX IFormat of the relevant unique identification number in each Member State
Member State | Legal person | Natural person | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
ID number type | ID number format | ID number type | ID number format | |
Austria | If registered: Firmenbuchnummer (https://www.justiz.gv.at/web2013/html/default/8ab4a8a422985de30122a90fc2ca620b.de.html) | Maximum: six digits plus one check letter | If not registered: Umsatzsteuer-Identifikations-Nummer (UID-Nummer) (https://www.bmf.gv.at/steuern/selbststaendige-unternehmer/umsatzsteuer/UID-und-ZM.html) | — |
Belgium | KBO/BCE number (KBO = KruispuntBank van Ondernemingen; BCE = Banque-Carrefour des Entreprises) http://economie.fgov.be/nl/ondernemingen/KBO/#.VlbmZpYcTcu | 0 + VAT number (0XXX.XXX.XXX) | KBO/BCE number (KBO, KruispuntBank van Ondernemingen; BCE, Banque-Carrefour des Entreprises) http://economie.fgov.be/nl/ondernemingen/KBO/#.VlbmZpYcTcu | 10 digits (0 + 9 digit- VAT number) |
Bulgaria | Unified Identification Code' as regulated by Art. 23, para. 1 of the Bulgarian Commercial Register Act. | 9 digits | Unified Identification Code' as regulated by Art. 23, para. 1 of the Bulgarian Commercial Register Act. | 9 digits |
Croatia | OIB (fiscal number; Osobni identifikacijski broj — Personal Identification Number) | 11 digits (10 random digits + 1 check digit) | OIB (fiscal number; Osobni identifikacijski broj — Personal Identification Number) | 11 digits (10 random digits + 1 check digit) |
Cyprus | Tax Identification Number (TIN) https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/tin/tinByCountry.html | 8 digits and 1 letter (e.g: 99999999L) | Tax Identification Code (TIC) https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/tin/tinByCountry.html | 8 digits and 1 letter (the first digit is always zero) |
Czech Republic | Personal identification number (Identifikační číslo osoby (IČO)) | 8 digits (e.g.:12345678) | Personal identification number (Identifikační číslo osoby (IČO)) | 8 digits (e.g. 12345678) |
Denmark | Company registration number (CVR number) | 8-digit number (e.g. 12345678) | Personal registration number (CPR number) | 10 digit number in the format ‘123456-7890’ |
Estonia | Company registry code, accessible at the Company Commercial Registry website. https://ariregister.rik.ee/index?lang=eng | 8-digit number | Personal identification code (ID code) | Personal identification code (ID code) |
Finland | Local business ID (https://www.ytj.fi/en/index/businessid.html) or international VAT number | Local business ID: 7 digits, a dash and a control mark, e.g. 1234567-8 VAT number: 8 digits — e.g. FI12345678 | — | — |
France | SIREN | 9 digits | SIREN | 9 digits |
Germany | If registered: Handelsregisternummer (HReg-Nr.) (Commercial Register-number; https://www.handelsregister.de/rp_web/mask.do), incl. place of registration HRA; HRB; GnR; PR;VR | HRA xxxx HRB xxxx GnR xxxx PR xxxxx VR xxxx Choose the applicable format, depending on the (legal) person type, followed by a number with different length | If not registered: Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer (USt-IdNr.) (http://www.bzst.de/DE/Steuern_International/USt_Identifikationsnummer/Merkblaetter/Aufbau_USt_IdNr.html?nn=19560) (VAT-number) | DExxxxxxxxx followed by a 9 digit number |
Greece | Tax Identification Number (TIN — ΑΦΜ) https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/tin/pdf/en/TIN_-_country_sheet_EL_en.pdf | 9 digits | Tax Identification Number (TIN — ΑΦΜ) https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/tin/pdf/en/TIN_-_country_sheet_EL_en.pdf | 9 digits |
Hungary | Company registration number | Numbers (##-##-######) | Register number of private entrepreneurs Company registration number for sole proprietorships | Numbers (########); Numbers (##-##-######) |
Iceland | — | — | — | — |
Ireland | Company registration number https://www.cro.ie/ | 6 digits | — | — |
Italy | Registration number | 5 digits | Fiscal code, available on the website of the OAM (Organismo per la Gestione degli Elenchi degli Agenti in Attivita' Finanziaria e dei Mediatori Creditizi): https://www.organismo-am.it/elenco-agenti-servizi-di-pagamento | Alphanumerical code of 16 characters (‘SP’ followed by digits) |
Latvia | Tax registration number (http://www.csb.gov.lv/en/node/29890) | 11 digits | Personal ID number (XXXXXX-XXXXX), or if person is a tax payer — individual entrepreneur, tax registration number (http://www.csb.gov.lv/en/node/29890) | Tax registration number: 11 digits |
Liechtenstein | If available, the Legal Entity Identifier of the entity, or if not available: Commercial register number (Handelsregister-Nummer) | Prefix FL + 11 digits (FL-XXXX.XXX.XXX-X). | Personenidentifikationsnummer (Personal Identification Number) | Maximum 12 digits |
Lithuania | Company code from the Register of Legal Entities managed by the Centre of Registers of the Republic of Lithuania (http://www.registrucentras.lt/jar/p_en/); or | 9 digits (used to be 7 until 2004) | Taxpayer's code — Name and Surname (the taxpayer's code is identical to personal code; however, for data protection reasons it is not normally disclosed), or | Name and Surname (letters) |
Luxembourg | Company registration number | The letter B followed by 6 digits (e.g. B 123456) | Social security number | 13 digits (first 8 digits are the person's date of birth: YYYYMMDD) |
Malta | Company registration number: http://rocsupport.mfsa.com.mt/pages/default.aspx | The letter C followed by 5 digits — e.g. C 28938 | Identity Card number OR Passport number: http://www.consilium.europa.eu/prado/en/prado-documents/mlt/all/index.html | 6 digits and a capital letter — Example: 034976M OR 6 digits — e.g. 728349 |
Netherlands | Chamber of Commerce (KvK) number | 8 digits | Chamber of Commerce (KvK) number | 8 digits |
Norway | Business Register Number (Organisation number) | 9 digits (for example 981 276 957) | National identity number/D-number | 11 digits (first 6 digits are the person's date of birth: DD.MM.YY.) |
Poland | Polish NIP (numer identyfikacji podatkowej) | Polish NIP (numer identyfikacji podatkowej) | ||
Portugal | Número de Identificação de Pessoa Coletiva (NIPC) | 9 digits | Número de Identificação Fiscal (NIF) | 9 digits |
Romania | — | — | — | — |
Slovak Republic | Identifikačné číslo organizácie/Company Registration Number (IČO) | 8 digits IČO — 00 000 000 | Company Registration Number (IČO) is assigned to legal persons and entrepreneurs http://slovak.statistics.sk/wps/portal/ext/Databases/register_organizacii/!ut/p/b1/jY7RCoIwGEafKPfPqdsuV-BcLGnJlu0mLCKEpl1E0dtn0m3Wd_fBOXCQRzXyXXNvz82t7bvm8v4-2zu9ZvM5FsCwo6DyyiTGrrA06QDsBmAhRZFQDcC0TEGJwm64IQQE-c-HLxPwy18i3x5C9DiGCKKE4pRzChnlLOYEbZEffWGMqbRzIF2cgyJYQmktQE4_wFT_CEwElkUfTugabP2s1OwFKhgzhg!!/dl4/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/ | 8 digits IČO — 00 000 000 |
Slovenia | Identification (registration) number assigned by the Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Public Legal Records and Related Services (www.ajpes.si) | 10 digits | Identification (registration) number assigned by the Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Public Legal Records and Related Services (www.ajpes.si) | 10 digits |
Spain | LEI code In absence: NIF (‘Número de Identificación Fiscal’) a.k.a tax identification number. Further information about the structure of the tax ID number is available at the following links: NIF (Legal Entities): http://www.agenciatributaria.es/AEAT.internet/Inicio_es_ES/La_Agencia_Tributaria/Campanas/Censos__NIF_y_domicilio_fiscal/Empresas_y_profesionales__Declaracion_censal__Modelos_036_y_037/Informacion/NIF_de_personas_juridicas_y_entidades.shtml | It is composed of 20 characters as follows: Characters 1-4: A 4-character prefix allocated uniquely to each LOU (Local Operating Unit). Characters 5-6: 2 reserved characters set to zero. Characters 7-18: Entity-specific part of the code generated and assigned by LOUs according to transparent, sound and robust allocation policies. Characters 19-20: Two check digits as described in the ISO 17442 standard. It is composed of 9 characters as follows:
| NIF (‘Número de Identificación Fiscal’), or tax identification number. For Non-Resident Spanish Individuals, for Spanish Individuals under 14 and for Non-Resident Foreign Individuals doing transactions with tax transcendence: For Foreign Individuals: NIE (‘Número de Identidad de Extranjero’). Further information about the structure of the tax ID number is available at the following links: NIF (Individuals) and NIE: http://www.agenciatributaria.es/AEAT.internet/Inicio_es_ES/La_Agencia_Tributaria/Campanas/Censos__NIF_y_domicilio_fiscal/Ciudadanos/Informacion/NIF_de_personas_fisicas.shtml | It is composed of 9 characters: 8 digits and a final letter as check code at the end. It is composed of a letter (‘L’ for Spanish Non-Residents, ‘K’ for under 14 and ‘M’ for Non-Resident Foreigners), 7 alphanumeric characters and a letter (check control) It is composed of 9 characters: an initial letter, ‘X’, followed by 7 digits, and a final letter as check code. Having exhausted the numerical capacity of the letter ‘X’, the sequence will be continued in alphabetical order (first with ‘Y’ and then ‘Z’). |
Sweden | Registration number (www.bolagsverket.se) | NNNNNN-XXXX | Social Security Number | YYMMDD-XXXX |
United Kingdom | Tax Identification Number (TIN) https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/tin/pdf/en/TIN_-_country_sheet_UK_en.pdf | Tax Identification Number (TIN) https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/tin/pdf/en/TIN_-_country_sheet_UK_en.pdf | ||