# Euroref Country Brief — European Government Reference Data

> Euroref Country Brief — European Government Reference Data is a paid API for AI agents from euroref.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-20).

Returns every government reference data series for a single European country in one cited JSON call: policy rates, VAT, taxes, wages, CPI, FX, holidays, and more.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://euroref.dev/v1/brief/%7Bcountry%7D?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-20
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/euroref-country-brief-european-government-reference-data-6ddd2b58
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_sjoTIGQi3X5JB8iKKCI_w

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability euroref-country-brief-european-government-reference-data-6ddd2b58
```

Example prompt: Pull the full Euroref country brief for Germany — I need every official reference series in one go: VAT rates, corporate and income tax, central bank policy rate, minimum wage, CPI, social contributions, and filing deadlines, all with their official source citations.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need all government reference data for a single European country in one call rather than querying individual series separately. It is the most cost-efficient option ($0.01) when you need more than three distinct series for the same country. Prefer this over the cross-country compare endpoint when your focus is one country in depth, and over individual fact endpoints when breadth matters more than targeting a single statistic.

## Known failure modes

- Country not covered by euroref (35 countries supported) — endpoint returns an error or refusal
- Country code or name malformed — 400 bad request
- Payment not provided or insufficient — 402 Payment Required (x402 or MPP)
- Data temporarily stale for a specific series — stale flag set in response
- Rate limiting if free-tier daily quota (50 calls) exceeded

## How this service works

European government reference data for 35 countries as cited JSON: central-bank policy rates, VAT/GST and VAT registration thresholds, CPI, corporate, personal and withholding tax, social contributions, minimum wages, statutory interest, official FX rates, filing deadlines and public holidays (coverage varies by country). Every value carries its official source URL and last-confirmed date. Single facts $0.003; country brief (every series for one country) $0.01; cross-country compare (one series, up to 10 countries) $0.02; tax-ID and VAT-number checks $0.003; computed answers (VAT, income tax, working days, minimum-wage check) $0.01-$0.02. Pay per call in USDC on Base via x402 or MPP, no signup, or by card with credit packs or monthly plans on one key valid across all 7 regional services. Free tier: GET /catalog, plus a free email key with 50 answer calls a day, commercial use allowed. Finished answers, one cited dossier per call (supported countries vary per job; others are refused free): cost this hire (wage-floor verdict, contributions, employer cost) $0.50; charge this sale (which VAT applies, net/VAT/gross) $0.50; charge this sale certified (plus a signed VAT-rate extract) $0.75; invoice due date and statutory late interest $0.40; country evidence pack (brief plus signed extracts) $0.25; hire compare $0.75 for 2 countries, $1.00 for 3-5; next filings (VAT, PAYE, corporate-tax due dates rolled for holidays) $0.35.

Free trial: 3 computed-answer calls per day per IP on POST /v1/answers/* with header X-Free-Trial: 1 (without it, the normal x402 402; once used up, the 402 carries free_trial_resets_at). MCP answer tools use the trial automatically when no api_key is passed. Every series of the evaluation country is free. Card credit (same per-call price as x402): /pricing.

## Output

A JSON object containing every available government reference series for the requested country: central-bank policy rate, VAT rate and registration threshold, CPI, corporate tax rate, personal income tax rate, withholding tax, social contributions, minimum wage, statutory interest rate, official FX rates, filing deadlines, and public holidays. Each value includes its official source URL and last-confirmed date. Coverage varies by country; unsupported series are omitted or flagged.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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