diff --git a/src/Validator/Constraints/EuropeanVatNumber.php b/src/Validator/Constraints/EuropeanVatNumber.php
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+++ b/src/Validator/Constraints/EuropeanVatNumber.php
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace AssoConnect\ValidatorBundle\Validator\Constraints;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraint;
+
+#[\Attribute(\Attribute::TARGET_PROPERTY | \Attribute::TARGET_METHOD)]
+class EuropeanVatNumber extends Constraint
+{
+    public const string INVALID_FORMAT_ERROR = '94d6569c-5f24-413f-be89-bf72c0116ce5';
+    public const string MESSAGE = 'The intra-EU VAT number {{ value }} is not valid.';
+}
diff --git a/src/Validator/Constraints/EuropeanVatNumberValidator.php b/src/Validator/Constraints/EuropeanVatNumberValidator.php
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/src/Validator/Constraints/EuropeanVatNumberValidator.php
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace AssoConnect\ValidatorBundle\Validator\Constraints;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraint;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintValidator;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
+
+/**
+ * Format-only validation of intra-EU VAT numbers: two-letter VAT prefix (EU-27,
+ * with the official EL prefix for Greece) followed by the country-specific body.
+ * No checksum is verified, and presence stays the caller's decision.
+ */
+class EuropeanVatNumberValidator extends ConstraintValidator
+{
+    private const array PATTERNS = [
+        'AT' => 'U[0-9]{8}',
+        'BE' => '[01][0-9]{9}',
+        'BG' => '[0-9]{9,10}',
+        'CY' => '[0-9]{8}[A-Z]',
+        'CZ' => '[0-9]{8,10}',
+        'DE' => '[0-9]{9}',
+        'DK' => '[0-9]{8}',
+        'EE' => '[0-9]{9}',
+        'EL' => '[0-9]{9}',
+        'ES' => '[0-9A-Z][0-9]{7}[0-9A-Z]',
+        'FI' => '[0-9]{8}',
+        'FR' => '[0-9A-Z]{2}[0-9]{9}',
+        'HR' => '[0-9]{11}',
+        'HU' => '[0-9]{8}',
+        'IE' => '([0-9]{7}[A-Z]{1,2}|[0-9][A-Z+*][0-9]{5}[A-Z])',
+        'IT' => '[0-9]{11}',
+        'LT' => '([0-9]{9}|[0-9]{12})',
+        'LU' => '[0-9]{8}',
+        'LV' => '[0-9]{11}',
+        'MT' => '[0-9]{8}',
+        'NL' => '[0-9]{9}B[0-9]{2}',
+        'PL' => '[0-9]{10}',
+        'PT' => '[0-9]{9}',
+        'RO' => '[0-9]{2,10}',
+        'SE' => '[0-9]{12}',
+        'SI' => '[0-9]{8}',
+        'SK' => '[0-9]{10}',
+    ];
+
+    public function validate(mixed $value, Constraint $constraint): void
+    {
+        if (!$constraint instanceof EuropeanVatNumber) {
+            throw new UnexpectedTypeException($constraint, EuropeanVatNumber::class);
+        }
+
+        if (null === $value || '' === $value) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (!is_string($value)) {
+            throw new UnexpectedValueException($value, 'string');
+        }
+
+        if ($this->hasValidFormat(strtoupper(str_replace(' ', '', $value)))) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $this->context->buildViolation($constraint::MESSAGE)
+            ->setParameter('{{ value }}', $this->formatValue($value))
+            ->setCode($constraint::INVALID_FORMAT_ERROR)
+            ->addViolation();
+    }
+
+    private function hasValidFormat(string $normalized): bool
+    {
+        if (strlen($normalized) < 2) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        $pattern = self::PATTERNS[substr($normalized, 0, 2)] ?? null;
+
+        if (null === $pattern) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // \z (not $) so a trailing newline never slips through the format check.
+        return 1 === preg_match('#^(?:' . $pattern . ')\z#', substr($normalized, 2));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Validator/Constraints/EuropeanVatNumberValidatorTest.php b/tests/Validator/Constraints/EuropeanVatNumberValidatorTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10bfd41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Validator/Constraints/EuropeanVatNumberValidatorTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace AssoConnect\ValidatorBundle\Tests\Validator\Constraints;
+
+use AssoConnect\ValidatorBundle\Test\ConstraintValidatorTestCase;
+use AssoConnect\ValidatorBundle\Validator\Constraints\EuropeanVatNumber;
+use AssoConnect\ValidatorBundle\Validator\Constraints\EuropeanVatNumberValidator;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraint;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintValidator;
+
+/**
+ * @extends ConstraintValidatorTestCase<EuropeanVatNumberValidator>
+ */
+class EuropeanVatNumberValidatorTest extends ConstraintValidatorTestCase
+{
+    protected function getConstraint(): Constraint
+    {
+        return new EuropeanVatNumber();
+    }
+
+    public function createValidator(): ConstraintValidator
+    {
+        return new EuropeanVatNumberValidator();
+    }
+
+    public static function providerValidValues(): iterable
+    {
+        yield 'null value' => [null];
+        yield 'empty string' => [''];
+        yield 'Belgian number starting with 0' => ['BE0123456789'];
+        yield 'Belgian number starting with 1' => ['BE1123456789'];
+        yield 'German number' => ['DE123456789'];
+        yield 'French number' => ['FR12345678901'];
+        yield 'Greek number with the official EL prefix' => ['EL123456789'];
+        yield 'Croatian number' => ['HR12345678901'];
+        yield 'Dutch number' => ['NL123456789B12'];
+        yield 'Cypriot number' => ['CY10259033P'];
+        yield 'Irish number new style with one letter' => ['IE6433435F'];
+        yield 'Irish number new style with two letters' => ['IE3628739UA'];
+        yield 'Irish number old style' => ['IE8Z49289F'];
+        yield 'lowercase input is normalized' => ['be0123456789'];
+        yield 'inner spaces are normalized' => ['BE 0123 456 789'];
+    }
+
+    public static function providerInvalidValues(): iterable
+    {
+        $code = EuropeanVatNumber::INVALID_FORMAT_ERROR;
+        $message = EuropeanVatNumber::MESSAGE;
+
+        yield 'GB prefix (not an EU member)' => ['GB123456789', $code, $message];
+        yield 'unknown prefix' => ['XX123456789', $code, $message];
+        yield 'single character' => ['B', $code, $message];
+        yield 'wrong body length' => ['BE123', $code, $message];
+        yield 'Cypriot number without its trailing letter' => ['CY123456789', $code, $message];
+        yield 'trailing newline' => ["DE123456789\n", $code, $message];
+        yield 'Greek number with the GR country code' => ['GR123456789', $code, $message];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/translations/validators.en.xlf b/translations/validators.en.xlf
index dbe4c59..2ff7956 100644
--- a/translations/validators.en.xlf
+++ b/translations/validators.en.xlf
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@
                 <source>The value {{ value }} is not a valid RNA identifier.</source>
                 <target>The value {{ value }} is not a valid RNA identifier.</target>
             </trans-unit>
+            <trans-unit id="15">
+                <source>The intra-EU VAT number {{ value }} is not valid.</source>
+                <target>The intra-EU VAT number {{ value }} is not valid.</target>
+            </trans-unit>
         </body>
     </file>
 </xliff>
diff --git a/translations/validators.fr.xlf b/translations/validators.fr.xlf
index 3bb43b1..6ea0c89 100644
--- a/translations/validators.fr.xlf
+++ b/translations/validators.fr.xlf
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@
                 <source>The value {{ value }} is not a valid RNA identifier.</source>
                 <target>La valeur {{ value }} n'est pas un identifiant RNA valide.</target>
             </trans-unit>
+            <trans-unit id="15">
+                <source>The intra-EU VAT number {{ value }} is not valid.</source>
+                <target>Le numéro de TVA intra-communautaire {{ value }} n'est pas valide.</target>
+            </trans-unit>
         </body>
     </file>
 </xliff>