In the EU, a VAT identification number can be verified online at the EU's official VIES website. It confirms that the number is currently allocated and can provide the name or other identifying details of the entity to whom the identifier has been allocated.
A culture is a way of life of a group of people--the behaviors, beliefs, values, and symbols that they accept, generally without thinking about them, and that are passed along by communication and imitation from one generation to the next. Culture is symbolic communication.
Traditionally in sociology, a community. has been defined as a group of interacting. people living in a common location. The word is thus often used to mean an urban. community. However, the definition of the. word has evolved and been enlarged to mean. individuals who share characteristics, regardless of their location or type of. interaction. In this sense, community. can mean a group of interest or an ethnic. group.