vies-vat-validation

Validate any EU VAT number for free via the official EU VIES service - confirm a counterparty's VAT registration, get the registered name and address (where the member state shares it), and obtain a consultation number as audit proof. Use as the first step of a KYB / KYC / AML check: validate the VAT, then pull the full registry record. Also validates EU EORI (customs/trade) numbers via the official EOS service. Trigger on: 'validate VAT number', 'check EU VAT', 'VIES', 'is this VAT valid', 'VAT number lookup', 'verify a VAT registration', 'EU VAT check', 'validate EORI number', 'EORI check'. VIES is keyless and free; for the full company record it routes to the free national skills and the paid regdata registry actors.