Currency code:
EUR
Exchange rates:
euros per US dollar - 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002), 1.1175 (2001)
Fiscal year:
NA
Communications European Union
Telephones - main lines in use:
238,763,162 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
314,644,700 (2002)
Telephone system:
note - see individual country entries of member states
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 866, FM 13,396, shortwave 73 (1998); note - sum of individual
country radio broadcast stations; there is also a European-wide
station (Euroradio)
Television broadcast stations:
2,791 (1995); note - does not include repeaters; sum of indiviual
country television broadcast stations; there is also a European-wide
station (Eurovision)
Internet country code:
.eu (effective 2005); note - see country entries of member states
for individual country codes