Farnell EU shopping policy changes

kk99 1 month ago

It looks like there is a change related to the EU VAT Ordering. This means that from 1 July 2026 due to those EU regulations, you cannot create an order as a private customer without a valid EU vat number.

embeddedguy 1 month ago in reply to rsjawale24

rsjawale24 Could be that element14 chose to do that and I have no idea about Mouser or Digikey. But there are companies with whom this is an issue. For example, there is a company called Millenium Semiconductor, and I wanted to buy some Dev. kit and that was not possible. Also, if you want to get for example, NB-IoT SIM card in India. It's very difficult without GST. While in other countries it is not that difficult. So, there is something that needs to be taken care of when it comes to things like this. !
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rsjawale24 1 month ago in reply to embeddedguy

I don't think that its a government norm. element14 does B2B (business to business) transactions in India. Nobody is stopping them to do B2C. Robu, mouser, Digikey and other local vendors have no issues serving non GST customers in India.
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embeddedguy 1 month ago in reply to shabaz

Agree with you. But this has been an issue in India as well. Where you need GST number to order from Element14. This is not implemented by element14 alone, but this is the government norm. So they have to follow.

But this is not good news for small startups and/or individuals who are maker, hobbyist, etc.
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rsjawale24 1 month ago

This has been the case with element14 in India always.
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Jan Cumps 1 month ago

This has been the case in Belgium since (I think) always. They have a partner that sells to individuals. But at a decent markup.

I used to order Farnell components via a brick and mortar shop in Brussels. But since some time they use the single component price as their base.
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kk99 1 month ago in reply to misaz

I live in Poland. I meant the VAT identification number, which is called "NIP" (currently private using just PESEL), but was rejected during checking at VIES VAT number validation page.
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misaz 1 month ago in reply to kk99

What country do you live in and what does "private vat" number mean in you country? I tried my "private VAT" number which is enough for communication with tax office in Czechia, but Farnell rejected it.
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shabaz 1 month ago

That's extremely bad. Hope they may resolve this quickly.. how are startups going to work, plus, even some long-established businesses may not have a VAT number.
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kk99 1 month ago in reply to misaz

Yes, I had the same situation. Unfortunately, the private vat number is enough. I have the same hope.
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misaz 1 month ago

Yes. They canceled my order recently. I hope they will adjust their policies and allow ordering hobbysts again at some point.
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