The EIC is based on fixed length alphanumeric codes which can be broken down as follows:
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A 2-character number identifying the Issuing Office assigned by ENTSO-E;
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One Character identifying the object type that the code represents;
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12 digits, uppercase characters or minus signs allocated by the issuing office;
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1 check character to ensure the code validity.
Valid characters of an EIC code are A-Z, 0-9 and “-“.