On the 1st January, 2002, 12 Countires* in             Europe introduced euro notes and coins.                  However, they were not the only Countries to do   so.  Below is a list of Countries and Territories       using the euro as their official currency.

On the 1st January, 2007, a 13th EU country started to use the euro as their official currency: Slovenia. On the 1st January, 2008, two more countries introduced the euro: Malta and Cypress.

1. Austria
2. Belguim
3. Finland
4. France
5. Germany
6. Greece
7. Luxembourg
8. Ireland
9. Italy
10. Portugal
11. Netherlands
12. Spain
13. Slovenia
14. Malta
15. Cypress
16. Andorra (a)
17. San Marino (b)
18. Vatican City (b)
19. Monaco (c)
20. Mayotte (d)
21. St Pierre -Et- Miquelon (d)
22. French Guyana (e)
23. Guadelopue (e)
24. Martinique (e)
25. Reunion (e)
26. Montenegro (f)
27. Kosovo (g)

     
Where can I use the euro currency?
Where can I use the euro?  Countries and Territories around the World, from North America to the Indian Ocean, are now using the euro as their currency.  More Countries have tied their currencies to the euro.
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  (a) Having neither its own currency or monetary issuing authority, Andorra intends to use euro notes and coins in the same way it used French Francs and Spanish Pesetas. Euro banknotes and coins will be brought into circulation by the banking system. (DG International and Eurpoean Relations)
  (b) EU Council Decisions (99/96/EC) 31/12/98
  (c) EU Council Decisions (99/97/EC) + (99/98/EC) 31/12/98
  (d) EU Council Decisions (99/95/EC) 31/12/98
  (e) Oversees departments which form part of the territory of France, and to which the Treaty establishing the EC, applies.
  (f) CIA World Factbook on Serbia & Montenegro states that euro is legal tender in Montenegro.
  (g) http://www.news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1696000/1696122.stm
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