VIES status: Greece
Here is what we are seeing right now from the Greece VAT number validation service behind VIES (country code EL), checked every 5 minutes.
| Current status | Operational |
|---|---|
| Last measured latency | 413 ms |
| Average latency (24h) | 569 ms |
| Availability (24h) | 100% 57 checks |
| Availability (7d) | 100% 57 checks |
| Signal source | check-status |
Errors seen in the last 7 days
None recorded — which is exactly what you want to see here.
Greece uses EL, not GR
If your Greek lookups are failing, this is almost certainly why. VIES identifies Greece by the code EL, not the ISO 3166 code GR. Greek VAT numbers get printed both ways out in the wild, and sending GR to the VIES API returns INVALID_INPUT rather than a validation result. Normalise GR to EL before you call and the problem disappears.
Recent state changes for Greece
Nothing to report yet — no state changes recorded. Every time a member state moves between operational, degraded and down, it will show up here.
Status badge for Greece
<img src="https://vies.attestwire.com/badge/el.svg" alt="VIES Greece status">How we know: our liveness probe for Greece is a real check-vat-number call against a publicly registered VAT number.
Get an alert when Greece's VIES endpoint goes down
We store your address, the country code and a timestamp — nothing else. To be straight with you: Alerts start shortly, but they are not sending yet. When they do, we will only email you about VIES availability. No newsletter, ever.
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