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Telephone numbers in Europe are managed by the national telecommunications authorities of each country. Mosttelephone country codes start with3 and4, but some countries that by theCopenhagen criteria are considered part of Europe have country codes starting on numbers most common outside of Europe (e.g. Faroe Islands ofDenmark have a code starting on number 2, which is most common in Africa).
Theinternational access code (dial out code) has been standardized as00, as recommended by theInternational Telecommunication Union (ITU).
| 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)[1] | 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 theEuropean 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. TheEuropean Union international calls regulations regulate prices of calls (and text messages) when calling from your home country to anotherEEA country. | |||||||
| Country | Country code | National number length | Dialing plan | International access code | National 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[2] | 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[a] | 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.
The following service numbers are harmonised across the European Union:
In 1996, theEuropean Commission proposed the introduction of a single European telephone numbering plan, in which allEuropean 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 theInternational 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.
