text: from .. import Provider as BaseProvider
  
  
  class Provider(BaseProvider):
      """
      A Faker provider for the French VAT IDs
      """
  
      vat_id_formats = (
          "FR?? #########",
          "FR## #########",
          "FR?# #########",
          "FR#? #########",
      )
  
      def vat_id(self) -> str:
          """
          http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/faq.html#item_11
          :return: a random French VAT ID
          """
  
          return self.bothify(self.random_element(self.vat_id_formats))
  