Greek vat numbers cannot be validated

[schnappenberger]

Validation of vat numbers use country code to build a vat number for vat validation. But greek vat numbers start with EL instead of GR.

Preconditions

1. Magento 2.1.1
2. PHP7
3. Mysql 5
4. Apache 2

Steps to reproduce

1. login in frontend
2. enter a valif greek vat id
3. let magento validate the vat number

Expected result

1. correct vat numbers should be validated

Actual result

1. vat number validation fails

[sevos1984]

Internal ticket created MAGETWO-59636. Thanks for posting

[cmuench]

Any updates here? We have the same problem with a valid the german VAT.
If i remove the "DE" prefix it passes the validation. After the validation the "DE" prefix is automatically prepended. If i save my billing address again in the customer area the validation fails again.

[magento-engcom-team]

@schnappenberger, thank you for your report.
We've created internal ticket(s) MAGETWO-59636 to track progress on the issue.

[magento-engcom-team]

Hi @schnappenberger

This ticket has been marked as "Triage Wanted" due to low user involvement over time. Over the next 2 weeks we are looking for additional community feedback to decide if it should be archived or not. More information on this is available on the GitHub wiki.

Thank you for collaboration.

[magento-engcom-team]

@schnappenberger thank you for your report.

Unfortunately, we are archiving this ticket now as it did not get much attention from both Magento Community and Core developers for an extended period. This is done in an effort to create a quality, community-driven backlog which will allow us to allocate the required attention more easily.

You may learn more about this initiative following this link.

Please feel free to comment or reopen the ticket if you think it should be reviewed once more. Thank you for collaboration.

[hostep]

Re-opening, because a customer of ours runs against this problem with the incorrect Greek prefix.
I'm currently preparing a PR to fix this.

@cmuench: I think the issue you are experiencing is not the same, but might have been fixed by: #17385

[magento-engcom-team]

Hi @schnappenberger. Thank you for your report.
The issue has been fixed in #20548 by @hostep in 2.3-develop branch
Related commit(s):

• 3ed5efb6d43067132dd10dd01579461513e3e7ef

The fix will be available with the upcoming 2.3.1 release.

[magento-engcom-team]

Hi @schnappenberger. Thank you for your report.
The issue has been fixed in #21169 by @amol2jcommerce in 2.2-develop branch
Related commit(s):

• bfa4e1ff8f4173e75cb0c45fc7cbb0f644f6c96f

The fix will be available with the upcoming 2.2.9 release.