ElectronicAddressSchemeIdentifiers

A comprehensive overview of all supported electronic address scheme identifiers for electronic invoicing and business communication.

Business Registration Systems

Identifier	Description	Country/Region
SystemInformationEtRepertoireDesEntrepriseEtDesEtablissementsSirene	System Information et Repertoire des Entreprise et des Etablissements: SIRENE	France
OrganisationsnummerSwedishLegalEntities	Swedish legal entities organization number	Sweden
SiretCode	SIRET-CODE	France
LyTunnus	LY-tunnus	Finland
DataUniversalNumberingSystemDUNSNumber	Data Universal Numbering System (D-U-N-S Number)	Global
EanLocationCode	EAN Location Code	Global
AustralianBusinessNumberAbnScheme	Australian Business Number (ABN) Scheme	Australia
NumRoDIdentificationSuisseDesEnterprisesIdeSwissUniqueBusinessIdentificationNumberUidb	Swiss Unique Business Identification Number (UIDB)	Switzerland
CorporateNumberOfTheSocialSecurityAndTaxNumberSystem	Corporate Number of The Social Security and Tax Number System	Japan
DutchOriginatorSIdentificationNumber	Dutch Originator's Identification Number	Netherlands
CentreOfRegistersAndInformationSystemsOfTheMinistryOfJustice	Centre of Registers and Information Systems of the Ministry of Justice	Estonia
EnhetsregisteretVedBronnoysundregisterne	Enhetsregisteret ved Bronnoysundregisterne	Norway
SingaporeUenIdentifier	Singapore UEN identifier	Singapore
KennitalaIcelandLegalIdForIndividualsAndLegalEntities	Kennitala - Iceland legal id for individuals and legal entities	Iceland
LegalEntityIdentifierLei	Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)	Global
LegalEntityCodeLithuania	Legal entity code	Lithuania
NumeroDEntrepriseOndernemingsnummerUnternehmensnummer	Numero d'entreprise / ondernemingsnummer / Unternehmensnummer	Belgium
FinnishOrganizationIdentifier	Finnish Organization Identifier	Finland
UnifiedRegistrationNumberLatvia	Unified registration number	Latvia
TheRegisteredNumberOfTheQualifiedInvoiceIssuerJapan	The registered number of the qualified invoice issuer	Japan
NationalEInvoicingFrameworkMalaysia	National e-Invoicing Framework	Malaysia

Chamber of Commerce and Trade Organizations

Identifier	Description	Country/Region
DanishChamberOfCommerceSchemeEdiraCompliant	DANISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Scheme (EDIRA compliant)	Denmark
FtiEdiforumItaliaEdiraCompliant	FTI - Ediforum Italia, (EDIRA compliant)	Italy
VerenigingVanKamersVanKoophandelEnFabriekenInNederlandAssociationOfChambersOfCommerceAndIndustryInTheNetherlandsSchemeEdiraCompliant	Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry in the Netherlands, Scheme (EDIRA compliant)	Netherlands
BusinessRegistersNetwork	Business Registers Network	Europe

Government and Administrative Systems

Identifier	Description	Country/Region
DirectoratesOfTheEuropeanCommission	Directorates of the European Commission	European Union
Digstorg	DIGSTORG	Denmark
Erstorg	ERSTORG	-
LeitwegID	Leitweg-ID	Germany
DanishMinistryOfTheInteriorAndHealth	Danish Ministry of the Interior and Health	Denmark
OesterreichischesVerwaltungsBzwOrganisationskennzeichen	Österreichisches Verwaltungs bzw. Organisationskennzeichen	Austria
KennzifferDesUnternehmensregisters	Kennziffer des Unternehmensregisters	Germany
GermanLeitwegID	German Leitweg ID	Germany

Italian Electronic Invoicing

Identifier	Description	Country/Region
CodiceUnivocoUnitOrganizzativaIpa	Codice Univoco Unità Organizzativa iPA	Italy
IndirizzoDiPostaElettronicaCertificata	Indirizzo di Posta Elettronica Certificata	Italy
CodiceFiscale	CODICE FISCALE	Italy
PartitaIva	PARTITA IVA	Italy

Technical and Standards Organizations

Identifier	Description	Country/Region
SiaObjectIdentifiers	SIA Object Identifiers	-
SecetiObjectIdentifiers	SECETI Object Identifiers	-
UblBePartyIdentifier	UBL.BE party identifier	Belgium
Gs1IdentificationKeys	GS1 identification keys	Global
NetServiceId	Net service ID	-
Ovtcode	OVTcode	Finland
SocietyForWorldwideInterbankFinancialTelecommunicationSWIFT	SOCIETY FOR WORLDWIDE INTERBANK FINANCIAL, TELECOMMUNICATION S.W.I.F.T	Global

European VAT Numbers

Identifier	Country	Description
HungaryVatNumber	Hungary	Hungary VAT number
AustriaVatNumber	Austria	Austria VAT number
AndorraVatNumber	Andorra	Andorra VAT number
AlbaniaVatNumber	Albania	Albania VAT number
BosniaAndHerzegovinaVatNumber	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina VAT number
BelgiumVatNumber	Belgium	Belgium VAT number
BulgariaVatNumber	Bulgaria	Bulgaria VAT number
SwitzerlandVatNumber	Switzerland	Switzerland VAT number
CyprusVatNumber	Cyprus	Cyprus VAT number
CzechRepublicVatNumber	Czech Republic	Czech Republic VAT number
GermanyVatNumber	Germany	Germany VAT number
EstoniaVatNumber	Estonia	Estonia VAT number
UnitedKingdomVatNumber	United Kingdom	United Kingdom VAT number
GreeceVatNumber	Greece	Greece VAT number
CroatiaVatNumber	Croatia	Croatia VAT number
IrelandVatNumber	Ireland	Ireland VAT number
LiechtensteinVatNumber	Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein VAT number
LithuaniaVatNumber	Lithuania	Lithuania VAT number
LuxemburgVatNumber	Luxembourg	Luxembourg VAT number
LatviaVatNumber	Latvia	Latvia VAT number
MonacoVatNumber	Monaco	Monaco VAT number
MontenegroVatNumber	Montenegro	Montenegro VAT number
MacedoniaVatNumber	Macedonia	Macedonia, of the former Yugoslav Republic VAT number
MaltaVatNumber	Malta	Malta VAT number
NetherlandsVatNumber	Netherlands	Netherlands VAT number
PolandVatNumber	Poland	Poland VAT number
PortugalVatNumber	Portugal	Portugal VAT number
RomaniaVatNumber	Romania	Romania VAT number
SerbiaVatNumber	Serbia	Serbia VAT number
SloveniaVatNumber	Slovenia	Slovenia VAT number
SlovakiaVatNumber	Slovakia	Slovakia VAT number
SanMarinoVatNumber	San Marino	San Marino VAT number
TurkeyVatNumber	Turkey	Turkey VAT number
HolySeeVatNumber	Holy See (Vatican City State)	Holy See (Vatican City State) VAT number
SwedishVatNumber	Sweden	Swedish VAT number
FrenchVatNumber	France	French VAT number

Finnish Tax Identifiers

Identifier	Description	Details
FinnishOrganizationValueAddTaxIdentifier	Finnish Organization Value Add Tax Identifier	Finnish VAT identifier

Other National Tax Systems

Identifier	Description	Country/Region
AgenciaEspaOlaDeAdministraciNTributaria	Agencia Española de Administración Tributaria	Spain
BelgianCrossroad	Belgian Crossroad Bank of Enterprises	Belgium
EmployerIdentificationNumber	Employer Identification Number (EIN, USA)	United States

Communication Protocols

Identifier	Protocol	Description
AN	O.F.T.P.	ODETTE File Transfer Protocol
AQ	X.400	X.400 address for mail text
AS	AS2	AS2 exchange
AU	FTP	File Transfer Protocol
EM	Email	Electronic mail

Most Commonly Used Identifiers

The most frequently used ElectronicAddressSchemeIdentifiers in practice:

For German businesses:

• GermanyVatNumber - Germany VAT number

• LeitwegID - German routing ID for public administration

• GermanLeitwegID - German Leitweg ID

For European businesses:

• LegalEntityIdentifierLei - Global standard

• BelgiumVatNumber - Belgium VAT number

• FrenchVatNumber - French VAT number

• NetherlandsVatNumber - Netherlands VAT number

• UnitedKingdomVatNumber - United Kingdom VAT number

For communication:

• EM - Electronic mail (most common)

• AS - AS2 exchange (B2B messaging)

Global identifiers:

• DataUniversalNumberingSystemDUNSNumber - D-U-N-S Number (Dun & Bradstreet)

• Gs1IdentificationKeys - GS1 identification keys

These identifiers comply with the standards for electronic invoicing (XRechnung/ZUGFeRD) and international business communication protocols.