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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Dimitris,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’d be happy to endorse.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Corey<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Servercert-wg <servercert-wg-bounces@cabforum.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dimitris Zacharopoulos (HARICA) via Servercert-wg<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 8, 2024 12:39 PM<br><b>To:</b> CA/B Forum Server Certificate WG Public Discussion List <servercert-wg@cabforum.org><br><b>Subject:</b> [Servercert-wg] Allow VATEL for organizationIdentifier values in EV Guidelines<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Dear Members,<br><br>The EV Guidelines have strict rules in the organizationIdentifier values and require the country code of all currently-allowed Registration Schemes (NTR, VAT, PSD) to follow the ISO 3166-1 for the 2-letter country prefix.<br><br>The organizationIdentifier language mainly came from ETSI ESI 319 412-1 and then the SCWG made several modifications. However, there is an exception for Greece specifically for the VAT Registration Scheme that is aligned with Article 215 of <a href="https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2006/112/oj___.YXAzOmRpZ2ljZXJ0OmE6bzo2NzI1ODFiMTM2Y2M1ODdhODQxOGEzYmQ0NzE3YjI1MTo2Ojk5MWY6ZDk0Y2M3ZDQ4YzY4OTZhMzg5YTgyYjVmNjU3ZTM0NWFlNjkyMGU2Y2NkMTI3MWUzMTVhOGE4ZTJiZmVjNjRhNTpoOkY" title="Protected by Avanan: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2006/112/oj">Council Directive 2006/112/EC</a> that allows Greece to use the country prefix "EL". In practice, Greece uses the prefix "EL" to identify itself next to the VAT number of all Legal Entities registered/incorporated/established in Greece, and all other European Countries use this prefix to identify Greek VAT numbers. You can easily verify this in the <a href="https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/%23/vat-validation___.YXAzOmRpZ2ljZXJ0OmE6bzo2NzI1ODFiMTM2Y2M1ODdhODQxOGEzYmQ0NzE3YjI1MTo2OjNiZGM6ODAyNDJjYmNmOTg1ZGQ4OGRiMmFkMzA1NTdiNmFiZTA5ZWU4NWQzMjhlMTg2Y2E0YzZhYWVhMGUxMGNhZmI2YTpoOkY" title="Protected by Avanan: https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/#/vat-validation">VIES VAT number validation website</a> where Greece is listed as"EL".<br><br>Based on the above, I prepared <a href="https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https:/github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/main...dzacharo:servercert:updateVAT___.YXAzOmRpZ2ljZXJ0OmE6bzo2NzI1ODFiMTM2Y2M1ODdhODQxOGEzYmQ0NzE3YjI1MTo2OjU0M2M6ZGY4Mjg0MDVmNWE3N2NjMWZlMWRkNGRiZGI5NzkzOTllYzUyZWNmNjk5M2EyMDdkMDYyOGNmY2UyMjFlNTAyYTpoOkY" title="Protected by Avanan: https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/main...dzacharo:servercert:updateVAT">https://github.com/cabforum/servercert/compare/main...dzacharo:servercert:updateVAT</a> and plan to prepare a ballot to update the EV Guidelines. Mozilla is willing to endorse this ballot so I am actually looking for one more endorser.<br><br>Please let me know if there are any issues or concerns with this proposal.<br><br><br>Best regards,<br>Dimitris.<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>