"GTS" means these General Terms of Services to the exclusion of any other document.
"Checktva.eu" refers to the domain name and website from which the service is accessible.
"ZX81" refers to the company ZX81, SAS with a capital of 1,000 euros, whose registered office is located at 1 place de la Ferme de Richemont in BORDEAUX (33000), registered in the BORDEAUX Trade and Companies Register under number 902 738 723.
"Service" means the service of verification of intra-Community VAT numbers via the checktva.eu website as set out in Article 3.
"User" means any natural person visiting the checkTVA.eu website, whether acting on their own behalf or on behalf of any legal entity, French or foreign, having created a user account or not.
In accordance with Article L. 441-6 of the French Commercial Code, these GTS constitute the sole basis of the commercial relationship between the parties. Their purpose is to define the contractual conditions under which ZX81 provides the User with the Service.
The User by using the Service accepts without reservation these GTS, waives the right to rely on any other document, contradictory or not, including its own general terms and conditions of purchase, which will be unenforceable against ZX81, even if the latter had knowledge of them.
ZX81 offers through the checktva.eu website a simple way to check one or more intra-community VAT numbers in three different ways:
Verification of a unique VAT number by indicating on the dedicated form the country of issue of the number and the number itself; the Service then indicates whether the number entered is invalid or whether the number entered is valid and then provides, if the country of issue allows, the name and address of the corresponding taxable person.
This verification is free of charge.
Verification of a unique VAT number with certificate by indicating on the dedicated form, in addition to the country of issue of the number and the number being tested, the User's own country of issue and own VAT number; the Service then indicates whether the number entered is invalid or whether the number is valid and provides, if the country of issue allows it, the name and address of the corresponding taxable person and a certificate number issued by the European Commission (VIES) that can be used against the tax authorities of the European Union countries.
This verification is free of charge.
Verification of a series of VAT numbers by providing a file in XLS, XLSX or ODS format, specifying the columns corresponding to the VAT numbers, SIREN numbers where applicable and the names associated by the User; the Service delivers the same file in return, additionally including columns indicating the following information:
validity of the number
additional information in case of disability
date of verification
VIES certificate number
name of the taxable person (depending on country)
address of the taxable person (depending on country)
% similarity of the name provided by the User and the name from the VAT number check
This verification is chargeable and requires the creation of a user account by providing:
The surname and first name of the User
His email address
The country of issue and the VAT number of the structure on whose behalf it wants to carry out its VAT number checks
A username of your choice.
The result file is delivered after payment of the service and accessible for 10 days on the User's "History" page.
Verification of a single number, with or without a certificate, is free of charge.
The verification of a series of VAT numbers is charged per tranche according to the following scale:
from 1 to 1000 issues : 0,20 € excl. tax / issue
additional issues from 1,000 to 5,000 issues: €0.15 excl. tax / issue
additional numbers beyond 5,000 numbers: €0.15 excl. tax / number
The price is payable by credit card only.
The invoice is available for download on the site after payment of the service and for a period of 4 years on the User's "History" page.
All data provided or generated by the User are and remain the property of the User. With the exception of its own subcontractors and service providers, ZX81 shall not communicate the content to any third party and guarantees the exclusivity of access to this data to the User only.
However, the User grants ZX81 and its subcontractors a non-exclusive, free and transferable license to (i) host, cache, copy and display said data for the purpose of performing the Service and (ii) exploit such data for purely statistical purposes for a period of 3 years after the performance of the Service, without the User being able to claim any rights to the results of the processing.
ZX81 is furthermore committed to the respect of the regulations applicable to Personal Data (PD), in particular the provisions of the amended French law n° 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to data processing, files and freedoms and the GDPR.
The User in its capacity as data controller defines the means and purposes of the processing of PD, with ZX81 acting only as a subcontractor within the meaning of the regulations.
The website is the exclusive property of ZX81. All rights of reproduction are reserved, including scripts, iconographic and photographic material. No license to these rights is granted to the User through the use of the Service.
ZX81's liability can only be incurred in case of proven fault or negligence and is limited to direct damages to the exclusion of any indirect damages of any kind (loss of earnings or profit, loss of data, loss of chance, commercial damages, third party claims against the User, etc.). In the event that ZX81's liability is retained, it will be limited to the amount paid by the User for the provision of the Service excluding VAT.
ZX81 shall not be liable for any failure to perform or improper performance of its obligations which is due either to the User's own fault or to the fault of a third party (for example, without this list being exhaustive: hardware and software suppliers, developers, data hosts of any kind, third party service providers, etc.), or to a case of force majeure as defined by the provisions of Article 1218 of the French Civil Code.
By express agreement between the parties, these GTS are subject to French law, to the exclusion of any other legislation. It is written in French, regardless of the language used by the User for the Service. In the event that it is translated into one or more languages, only the French text shall be deemed authentic in the event of a dispute.
Any complaint must be addressed by the User to ZX81 by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or any device that ensures receipt of the message. In the event of a dispute, the parties agree, in the first instance and in accordance with the legislation in force in France, to attempt to resolve their dispute amicably.
In the absence of an amicable agreement within thirty calendar days, from the receipt of the claim by ZX81, all disputes to which the present may give rise, concerning both their validity, interpretation, execution, consequences and their consequences will be submitted to the courts of the jurisdiction of BORDEAUX, even for emergency or conservatory proceedings in summary proceedings or by petition and notwithstanding multiple defendants or appeal for guarantee.
