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Council Directive (EU) 2020/1756 of 20 November 2020 amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax as regards the identification of taxable persons in Northern Ireland · European Union

(6) As a rule, prefixes of VAT identification numbers in the Union are based on ISO code 3166 – alpha 2 – by which the Member State of issue may be identified. Northern Ireland has no specific code under that system, but the ISO foresees the possibility to use X-codes for territories that do not have a specific code. Therefore, it is appropriate to propose the code ‘XI’ for Northern Ireland.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-14 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.