

The 11 countries of the Euro area before 2001 (BE, DE, ES, FR, IE, IT, LU, NL, AT,PT, FI). In French, euro area is called ‘zone euro’ and in German ‘Euroraum’. In case where it would be beneficial to save space 'EA' might be used.

If enough space is available, the long name 'euro area' should be used. If used as an aggregate, it should comprise the members of the euro area at the time to which the data refers. The 6 Member States of the European Union from 1957 until 1973 (BE, DE, FR, IT, LU, NL). The 9 Member States of the European Union from 1973 until 1980 (BE, DK, DE, FR, IE, IT, LU, NL, UK). If usage cannot be avoided, a footnote should be added to explain the meaning.

To avoid any misunderstanding it is recommended to not use this term with one or the other meaning. However, and in contrast to the OPOCE style guide, sometimes ‘EU-10’ is used in other EU publications for the new ten Member States that joined in 2004. The 10 Member States of the European Union from 1981 until 1986 (BE, DK, DE, EL, FR, IE, IT, LU, NL, UK). The 12 Member States of the European Union from 1986 until 1994 (BE, DK, DE, EL, ES, FR, IE, IT, LU, NL, PT, UK). The 15 Member States of the European Union from 1995 until (BE, DK, DE, EL, ES, FR, IE, IT, LU, NL, AT, PT, FI, SE, UK) The 25 Member States of the European Union from to (EU-27_2007 minus Bulgaria and Romania) The 27 Member States of the European Union at until (BE, BG, CZ, DK, DE, EE, IE, EL, ES, FR, IT, CY, LV, LT, LU, HU, MT, NL, AT, PL, PT, RO, SI, SK, FI, SE, UK) The Member States of the European Union from to : EU-27_2007 + Croatia (HR) The Member States of the European Union at : EU-28 minus United Kingdom (UK) In German, the abbreviation is the same as in English and stands for ‘Europäische Union’. In texts, the term may also be abbreviated by ‘UE’.

Use of EUR with figures in Statistics Explained In Statistics Explained articles the symbol '€' should be used for euro in the text if it is followed by a number.
