The
euro sign (
€) is the
currency sign used for the
euro, the official currency of the
Eurozone in the
European Union (EU). The design was presented to the public by the
European Commission on 12 December 1996. The international three-letter code (according to
ISO standard
ISO 4217) for the euro is
EUR. In Unicode it is encoded at . In English, the sign precedes the value. In some styleguides, but not others, the euro sign is unspaced.