VAT number (Austria Company Register) (AT-UID)
Description
"Since July 11, 2005, the records of all commercial register courts are kept electronically. The general ledger is kept by storing the entries in a central database, the so-called "Firmenbuchdatenbank" in the Federal Computing Center in Vienna."[1]
Clearing houses commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Justice (Die Österreichische Justiz) provide the only access to the database.[2] Interfaces are mostly available only in German, and access/fees vary between the different operators.
Consider using the Business Register number with the prefix AT-FB (see list AT-FB) - which is a primary rather than secondary list - instead of the VAT number.
[1] https://www.justiz.gv.at/web2013/html/default/2c9484852308c2a601240b693e1c0860.de.html
[2] A full list of authorized clearing houses is available at https://www.justiz.gv.at/web2013/home/e-justice/firmenbuch/die_firmenbuchdatenbank~2c9484852308c2a601240b693e1c0860.de.html
How to use
The code for this list is AT-UID.
When you have located the organization you wish to identify in this list, you should either:
Enter it in an identifier database field prefixed with AT-UID.
AT-UID-[ IDENTIFIER ]
Examples
AT-UID-U12345678
Alternatively, use it within a two-part identifier, with AT-UID as the 'scheme', and the identifier you have located as the 'identifier' field.
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