<P> 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 U + 20AC € euro sign ( HTML & # 8364 ; &euro ; ) . In English , the sign precedes the value ( for instance , € 10 , not 10 € ) . In some style guides , but not others , the euro sign is unspaced . </P>
do you put the euro symbol before or after the number
the sign precedes the value ( for instance , € 10 , not 10 € )