Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax (c. 112)

TITLE XI U.K. OBLIGATIONS OF TAXABLE PERSONS AND CERTAIN NON-TAXABLE PERSONS

CHAPTER 2 U.K. Identification

Article 215 U.K.

Each individual VAT identification number shall have a prefix in accordance with ISO code 3166 — alpha 2 — by which the Member State of issue may be identified.

Nevertheless, Greece may use the prefix ‘EL’.