Online orders are charged by our German eCommerce partner Element 5, therefore a 19% VAT applies to online orders. In accordance with EU VAT regulations, online orders from the following customers are subject to VAT:

• non-business customers from EU member states;
• business customers from EU member states without valid EU VAT ID;
• both non-business and business customers from Germany regardless of EU VAT ID.

Online orders from EU business customers with valid VAT IDs and from all customers from outside of EU are not subject to VAT.

We verify validity of EU VAT IDs using the VAT Information Exchange System. Please make sure that your VAT ID meets requirements set out in the chart below.

Format of VAT Identification Number

Country	Country code	Position
Austria	AT	+ capital character U + 8 digits
Belgium	BE	+ 9 digits
Cyprus	CY	+ 9 digits/ capital characters
Czech Republic	CZ	+ 8, 9 or 10 digits/capital characters
Denmark	DK	+ 8 digits
Estonia	EE	+ 9 digits/capital characters
Finland	FI	+ 8 digits
France	FR	+ 11 digits
Germany	DE	+ 9 digits
Great Britain	GB	+ 9 digits or + 9 + 3 digits or + 2 capital characters + 3 digits
Greece	EL or GR	+ 9 digits
Hungary	HU	+ 8 digits/capital characters
Ireland	IE	+ 8 capital characters
Italy	IT	+ 11 digits
Latvia	LV	+ 11 digits/capital characters
Lithuania	LT	+ 9 or 12 digits/capital characters
Luxembourg	LU	+ 8 digits
Malta	MT	+ 8 digits/capital characters
Netherlands	NL	+ 9 digits + capital character + 2 digits
Poland	PL	+ 10 digits/capital characters
Portugal	PT	+ 9 digits
Slovak Republic	SK	+ 9 or 10 digits/capital characters
Slovenia	SI	+ 8 digits/capital characters
Spain	ES	+ 9 digits and capital characters
Sweden	SE	+ 12 digits

If you have any questions about EU VAT ID, please contact us.