Based on following communication from Belgian government:
We currently use numbers starting with 0: “0.xxx.xxx.xxx” (0-series). However, the 0-series is not infinite. Once this series is exhausted, enterprise numbers will be assigned with the first number being 1: “1.xxx.xxx.xxx” (1-series).
Today there are still 183,600 enterprise numbers of the 0-series available. We estimate that at least 140,000 enterprise numbers beginning with “0” will be used up in the coming year. However, new projects (such as SABE – “loading of foreign entities”) may cause the 0-series to be used up faster than expected and thus more quickly numbers from the 1-series will be put into use.
We therefore ask you, by 01/01/2023 at the latest:
if necessary, to adapt your applications (which use the enterprise number) as soon as possible so that you can use the numbers of 1-series in the future;
to inform your customers.
yolk
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2 years ago
Make BE regex future proof.
Based on following communication from Belgian government:
We currently use numbers starting with 0: “0.xxx.xxx.xxx” (0-series). However, the 0-series is not infinite. Once this series is exhausted, enterprise numbers will be assigned with the first number being 1: “1.xxx.xxx.xxx” (1-series). Today there are still 183,600 enterprise numbers of the 0-series available. We estimate that at least 140,000 enterprise numbers beginning with “0” will be used up in the coming year. However, new projects (such as SABE – “loading of foreign entities”) may cause the 0-series to be used up faster than expected and thus more quickly numbers from the 1-series will be put into use.
We therefore ask you, by 01/01/2023 at the latest: if necessary, to adapt your applications (which use the enterprise number) as soon as possible so that you can use the numbers of 1-series in the future; to inform your customers.