validate_eu_vat_number
Validate EU VAT number (VIES)
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VAT number check against VIES — use when you only need the tax half of verifying a supplier before payment: confirm that a counterparty's intra-community VAT number really exists before invoicing it, applying the reverse charge or paying it. It is a required check under the French e-invoicing mandate of 1 September 2026 and under the Belgian B2B mandate in force since 1 January 2026. Validates any EU intra-community VAT number against the official VIES service (all member states) and returns valid / invalid / unavailable, the registered name and address when the member state publishes them, and the VIES consultation identifier as proof. A member-state outage is reported as unavailable, never as a false invalid. The response is Ed25519-signed and carries provenance[]: the VIES entry with the date the number was really consulted, never a fabricated one. Paid via x402 ($0.003 in USDC or EURC).
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| vat_number | string | yes | Full VAT number with its 2-letter country prefix and no spaces, e.g. FR27552032534 |
| x_payment | string | no | Optional signed x402 PAYMENT-SIGNATURE header value. Omit to receive the payment quote. |
| api_key | string | no | Optional Sirenic API key (srn_live_…) to pay with prepaid credits instead of x402 — no wallet needed. Get one at https://api.sirenic.eu/compte. Ignored when x_payment is provided (the signed payment wins). On insufficient balance the tool returns a credits error, not an x402 quote. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"vat_number": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^[A-Za-z]{2}[A-Za-z0-9+*]{2,12}$",
"description": "Full VAT number with its 2-letter country prefix and no spaces, e.g. FR27552032534"
},
"x_payment": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional signed x402 PAYMENT-SIGNATURE header value. Omit to receive the payment quote."
},
"api_key": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional Sirenic API key (srn_live_…) to pay with prepaid credits instead of x402 — no wallet needed. Get one at https://api.sirenic.eu/compte. Ignored when x_payment is provided (the signed payment wins). On insufficient balance the tool returns a credits error, not an x402 quote."
}
},
"required": [
"vat_number"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}