Telephone numbers in Europe are managed by the national telecommunications authorities of each country. Most telephone country codes start with 3 and 4, but some countries that are considered European have country codes starting on numbers most common outside of Europe (e.g. Faroe Islands of Denmark have a code starting on number 2, which is most common in Africa).

The international access code (dial out code) has been standardized as 00, as recommended by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

European Economic Area Country Country code National number length Dialing plan * International access code National trunk prefix Austria 43 4 to 13 variable 00 0 Belgium 32 8 to 10 fixed with 0 00 0 Bulgaria 359 7 to 9 variable 00 0 Croatia 385 8 or 9 (some mobile) variable 00 0 Cyprus 357 8 fixed 00 Czech Republic 420 9 fixed 00 Denmark 45 8 fixed 00 Estonia 372 7 (fixed or mobile), 8 (mobile) fixed 00 Finland 358 5 to 12 variable 00 0 France 33 9 fixed with 0 00 0 Germany 49 3 to 12 variable 00 0 Greece 30 4 to 5 (company numbers) 10 (fixed and mobile) fixed 00 Hungary 36 8 (landline) or 9 (mobile) variable 00 06 Iceland 354 7 (mobile and landline) or 9 (for 3xxxxxxxx) fixed 00 Ireland 353 7 to 9; 10 (mobile voicemail and Northern Ireland) variable 00 0 Italy 39 6 to 12 (generally 10) fixed 00 Latvia 371 8 fixed 00 Liechtenstein 423 up to 12 (generally is 7) fixed 00 0 Lithuania 370 8 variable 00 0 Luxembourg 352 8 (fixed new numbering plan); 9 (mobile); 12 (mobile telematic); 4-11 (historic numbers still active) fixed 00 Malta 356 8 fixed 00 Netherlands 31 9 variable 00 0 Norway 47 4-12 (generally 8) fixed 00 Poland 48 9 fixed 00 Portugal 351 9 fixed 00 Romania 40 9 fixed with 0 00 0 Slovakia 421 9 variable 00 0 Slovenia 386 8 variable 00 0 Spain 34 9 (3 for emergency services, 4 for phone companies, 5 and starting with 118 for telephonic information, 6 and starting with 116 for social interest and 5 or 6 with starting with other numbers that are not listed before for premium services) fixed 00 Sweden 46 6 to 9 00 0 All European Economic Area member states apply the European Union roaming regulations. The regulation eventually led to the abolition of all roaming charges for temporary roaming when traveling within the EEA as of June 15, 2017. The European Union international calls regulations regulate prices of calls (and text messages) when calling from your home country to another EEA country.

Other European countries/territories Country Country code National number length Dialing plan International access codeNational trunk prefix Abkhazia † 7 840 (landline) / 7 940 (mobile) 7 variable 8~10 8 Albania 355 8 (fixed), 9 (mobile) variable 00 0 Andorra 376 6 or 9 (in special cases) fixed 00 Armenia 374 8 variable 00 0 Azerbaijan 994 9 variable 00 0 Belarus 375 9 variable 00 8 Bosnia and Herzegovina 387 8 to 9 variable 00 0 Faroe Islands 298 6 fixed 00 Georgia 995 9 variable 00 0 Gibraltar 350 8 fixed 00 Kazakhstan 7 (shared with Russia) 10 variable 8~10 8 Kosovo † 383 8 variable 00 0 North Macedonia 389 8 variable 00 0 Moldova 373 8 fixed with 0 00 0 Monaco 377 8 to 9 fixed (?) 00 0 Montenegro 382 8 fixed 00 0 Russia 7 (shared with Kazakhstan) 10 variable 8~10 8 San Marino 378 6 to 12 fixed 00 Serbia 381 8 to 10 variable 00 0 South Ossetia † 7 850 (fixed), 7 929 (mobile) 5 to 7 variable 8~10 8 Switzerland 41 9 fixed with 0 00 0 Transnistria † 373 5 / 373 2 (Moldova codes used) 7 variable 00 0 Turkey 90 10 fixed 00 0 Northern Cyprus † 90 392 (fixed), 90 533 / 90 542 (mobile) 7 fixed 00 0 United Kingdom 44 9 or 10 digits (geographic); 7, 9 or 10 (non-geographic) variable 00 0 Ukraine 380 9 variable 00 0 Vatican City 379 (not activated)

† = Disputed state, may not be recognized as an independent state by some or all European Union members.

*A variable dialing plan has different dialing procedures for local and long-distance telephone calls. A call within the same city or within an area is dialed only by the subscriber number, while for calls outside the area, the telephone number must be prefixed with the destination area code. A fixed dialing plan requires to dial all digits of the complete telephone number, including any area codes.

Harmonised service numbers The following service numbers are harmonised across the European Union:

112 for emergency services 116xxx for (other) Harmonised service of social value

1996 single numbering plan proposal In 1996, the European Commission proposed the introduction of a single European telephone numbering plan, in which all European Union member states would use the country code 3. Calls between member states would no longer require the international access code 00. Instead the digit 1 was proposed for these calls, replaced by the country code 3 for calls from outside the EU. Each country would have a two-digit country code after the 1 or the 3. Calls within each country would not be affected.

This proposal would have required states such as Germany, the United Kingdom, Denmark and others, whose country codes began with the digit '4', to return these to the International Telecommunication Union.

A green paper for the proposal was published, but the disruption and inconvenience of the change was deemed to outweigh any advantages.

A disadvantage would have been that every local number beginning with "1" would have had to be changed (except emergency number which would be kept). Furthermore, the change would have caused many dialing errors or misdirected calls, if callers use an old telephone number with the previous country code.

See also National conventions for writing telephone numbers European Union roaming regulations List of telephone country codes List of international call prefixes :Category:Telephone numbers by country

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