get_eu_overview
Get a quick overview of the EU: member states, Eurozone, key VAT rates comparison, and upcoming regulation deadlines.
LABSCO SUMMARY
Returning the company name from a VAT validation is the difference between checking a number is well-formed and checking it belongs to who you think.
Most VAT validation stops at valid or invalid, which catches typos and nothing else. VIES returns the registered name, and surfacing it is what lets an invoice be checked against the entity rather than against a string. The GDPR lookup accepting either an article number or a keyword matches how the question arrives — sometimes you know it is Article 17, sometimes you only know it is the right to erasure. Reference material rather than advice: the rates and articles are as current as the source behind them, and neither is a substitute for someone who knows how they apply to your case.
What it is
An EU legal and tax reference client with five tools spanning VAT validation and rates, GDPR article lookup, regulation search and a general EU overview.
What you get
- validate_vat checks a number against the official VIES system and returns the company name behind it, which is the part that makes validation useful rather than a format check.
- get_vat_rates returns current rates per member state including standard, reduced and super-reduced bands.
- lookup_gdpr takes an article number or a keyword and returns the article summary — the two ways people actually arrive at GDPR.
- search_eu_law covers the major regulations, directives and decisions.
- get_eu_overview returns member states, the Eurozone and a VAT comparison in one place.
Requirements
Nothing to supply — VIES and the legislation are public.
Setup effort
One command — npx -y eu-legal-mcp
USE CASES
01
Checking a customer's VAT number is really theirs
Validate through VIES and read back the registered company name, rather than confirming only that the format is right.
02
Getting the rate right for a member state
Look up the standard, reduced and super-reduced bands for the country rather than assuming one rate.
03
Finding the GDPR article that applies
Look it up by number when you know it, or by keyword when you only know the concept.
04
Locating the regulation behind a requirement
Search the major regulations, directives and decisions rather than starting from a search engine.
5 tools
Counted once with only startup setup. Other versions, modes or optional credentials may expose a different list.
get_vat_rates
Get current VAT rates for EU member states. Includes standard, reduced, super-reduced, and parking rates.
lookup_gdpr
Look up GDPR articles by number or search by keyword. Returns article summary and key points.
search_eu_law
Search major EU regulations, directives, and decisions. Covers 45+ key EU laws including GDPR, AI Act, MiCA, DSA, DMA, NIS2, DORA, PSD2, CSRD, and more.
validate_vat
Validate an EU VAT number via the official VIES system. Returns company name and address if valid.
BEFORE YOU INSTALL
What to know first
Tools you get
5 tools when we connected.
Requires
npx on PATH
CONTEXT COST
Light Standing cost
Rated by the size of the 5 tool definitions that ride along on every turn, not by how many there are
INSTALLATION
Connect your client
Add the block to your client, or run the command directly.
Server setup
Configuration file
JSON
{
"mcpServers": {
"eu-legal-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"eu-legal-mcp"
]
}
}
}npx
TERMINAL
npx -y eu-legal-mcp
