8-A12B

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM 8-A
                FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(B) OR (G) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                    VANGUARD INTERNATIONAL EQUITY INDEX FUNDS
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)


STATE OF DELAWARE                             SEE BELOW
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(STATE OF INCORPORATION OF ORGANIZATION)      (IRS EMPLOYER
                                              IDENTIFICATION NO.)

C/O         VANGUARD INTERNATIONAL INDEX FUNDS
            P.O. BOX 2600                      19482
            VALLEY FORGE, PA                  (ZIP CODE)
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(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)


Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class to be registered:  Exchange                 I.R.S. Employer
                                                           Identification Number
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US     American Stock Exchange          20-8141118
   Index Fund

     If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities  pursuant
to  Section  12(b) of the  Exchange  Act and is  effective  pursuant  to General
Instruction A.(c), check the following box. [X]

     If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities  pursuant
to  Section  12(g) of the  Exchange  Act and is  effective  pursuant  to General
Instruction A.(d), check the following box. [ ]

     Securities  Act  registration  statement  file  number  to which  this form
relates: 33-32548

     Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None


ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED

     Reference is made to the Registrant's  Post-Effective Amendment Nos. 53 and
54 to the  Registration  Statement  on Form  N-1A  (Securities  Act file  number
33-32548  and  Investment  Company  Act  file  number  811-05972,   respectively
(collectively,  the "Registration Statement")),  which is incorporated herein by
reference.

ITEM 2. EXHIBITS

1.   Registrant's  Agreement and  Declaration of Trust,  incorporated  herein by
     reference to Exhibit (a) to the Registration Statement.

2.   Registrant's Amended and Restated By-Laws, incorporated herein by reference
     to Exhibit (b) to the Registration Statement.

3.   Form  of  Global  Certificate  for the  Registrant's  Securities  is  filed
     herewith.


SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements of Section 12 of the Securities  Exchange Act
of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.


                                 VANGUARD INTERNATIONAL EQUITY INDEX FUNDS


DATE: March 1, 2007              By: /s/ Heidi Stam
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                                         Heidi Stam
                                         Secretary

EX-99.J

NUMBER
[001]
CAPITAL STOCK


                                   ETF Shares

                    Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund
                                 A SERIES of the
                    VANGUARD INTERNATIONAL EQUITY INDEX FUNDS
                          (A Delaware Statutory Trust)

     THIS  CERTIFIES  that CEDE & CO. is the holder of the  current  outstanding
number of ETF Shares issued by the Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund (the
"Fund")  shown from time to time on the  records of the  Vanguard  International
Equity Index Funds, a Delaware statutory trust (the "Trust"),  as represented by
this certificate of the Trust, transferable only on the books and records of the
Trust by the holder hereof in person or by duly authorized attorney-in-fact upon
surrender of this Certificate  properly endorsed.  This Certificate is not valid
until countersigned by the transfer agent of the Trust.

     The  registered  holder of this  Certificate is entitled to all the rights,
interest and privileges of a holder of ETF Shares as provided by the Declaration
of Trust,  the by-laws of the Trust,  and the Vanguard Funds Multiple Class Plan
as from time to time amended, which are incorporated by reference herein.

     This  Certificate  is executed  on behalf of the Trust and the  obligations
hereof are not binding upon any of the Trustees, officers or shareholders of the
Trust  individually,  but are binding  only upon the assets and  property of the
Fund.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said Trust has caused this Certificate to be signed
by its duly authorized officer.

Countersigned:                         Dated:__________________

BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN & CO.          VANGUARD INTERNATIONAL EQUITY INDEX FUNDS

(the Transfer Agent)                   (the Trust)


By:                                    By:___________________________
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         Authorized Signature          Chairman and Chief Executive Officer






Unless this  Certificate  is presented by an  authorized  representative  of The
Depository Trust Company,  a New York corporation  ("DTC"),  to the Trust or its
transfer  agent for  registration  of  transfer,  exchange or  payment,  and any
certificate  issued is  registered  in the name of Cede & Co.,  or in such other
name as is requested by an authorized  representative of DTC (and any payment is
made to Cede & Co. or to such  other  entity as is  requested  by an  authorized
representative  of DTC),  ANY TRANSFER,  PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE  BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS  WRONGFUL  inasmuch  as the  registered  owner
hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.