http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/1925/article/2/adoptedCommission Regulation (EC) No 1925/2004 of 29 October 2004 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 1798/2003 concerning administrative cooperation in the field of value-added tax (repealed)Commission Regulation (EC) No 1925/2004 (repealed)Commission Regulation (EC) No 1925/2004 of 29 October 2004 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 1798/2003 concerning administrative cooperation in the field of value-added tax (repealed)2020-12-10King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32004R1925texttext/xmlen Definitions Article 2 For the purposes of this Regulation: ‘missing trader’ shall mean a trader registered as a taxable person for VAT purposes who, potentially with a fraudulent intent, acquires or purports to acquire goods or services without payment of VAT and supplies these goods or services with VAT, but does not remit the VAT due to the appropriate national authority. ‘to hijack a VAT registration’ shall mean to use another trader’s VAT registration number illicitly.