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Add Country-Specific EUID Format Validation Rules for EU_ID

Kuehne+Nagel uses the identifier type EU_ID to store European Unique Identifiers (EUIDs) independently from VAT and Business Registration Numbers.

Currently, it is unclear whether CDQ provides dedicated data quality validation for EUID values. While the identifier can be maintained, there appears to be no validation that verifies whether the EUID complies with the official format defined by the relevant national business register authority.

Requested Capability

CDQ should provide data quality and qualification rules that validate EU_ID values according to the country-specific EUID structure.

For example, in Romania, the EUID format is defined as:

<country code><register ID><order number in the Trade Register>

Example:

ROONRC.J40/12345/2020

CDQ should validate that the submitted EU_ID follows the official structure defined for the corresponding country.

Ideally, the validation framework should support:

Country-specific EUID format validation rules.
Qualification results indicating whether the EUID format is valid.
Clear validation messages when the format is incorrect.
Extensibility to support EUID rules for additional European countries.

Why is it useful?

Many European countries have implemented EUIDs as official business-register identifiers. These identifiers are distinct from VAT numbers and national tax identifiers and are increasingly used for cross-border entity identification.

Without dedicated validation:

Incorrect EUID values can enter master data repositories.
Data quality issues remain undetected.
Business-register identifiers may become unreliable for matching and verification processes.
Users must perform manual validation outside CDQ.

Who would benefit?

Customers maintaining legal entity master data across multiple European countries.
Data governance and master data management teams.
Compliance and legal entity management processes.
Organizations relying on accurate business-register identifiers for identification and verification.

Expected Outcome

CDQ should validate EU_ID values against official country-specific EUID formats and provide qualification results similar to other identifier validation capabilities. Where country-specific rules are available, CDQ should automatically apply the appropriate validation logic based on the country of the legal entity.

Business Impact

This capability would improve master data quality, reduce manual validation effort, prevent incorrect EUID maintenance, and support more reliable identification of legal entities across European jurisdictions. It would also ensure a clear distinction between tax identifiers and business-register identifiers while increasing trust in EU_ID data stored within CDQ.

Reference European Unique Identifier (EUID) requirements as defined by national business register authorities (e.g., Romanian National Trade Register Office for Romania).