CH0.QXD 14/06/06 12:04 Page 3 S 2006 EDITIO N K Key figures O O on Europe B Statistical T E Pocketbook K 2006 C Data 1995-2005 O P THEME General EUROPEAN and regional COMMISSION statistics CH0.QXD 14/06/06 12:04 Page 3 Europe Direct is a service to help you find answers to your questions about the European Union Freephone number (*): 0080067891011 (*) Certain mobile telephone operators do not allow access to 00 800 numbers or these calls may be billed. A great deal of additional information on the European Union is available on the Internet. It can be accessed through the Europa server (http://europa.eu). Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2006 ISBN 92-79-01849-3 © European Communities, 2006 CH0.QXD 14/06/06 12:04 Page 1 Key figures on Europe Key figures on Europe - Statistical pocketbook 2006 - has the objective of providing users with a balanced set of statistical data offered by Eurostat. The presentation largely follows the statistical themes of Eurostat's free dissemination database (see below for Internet details). Data are generally provided for the European Union total (EU-25), the euro area and the Member States, and (when available) for the Candidate countries, other EEA/EFTA countries, Japan and the United States. Editor-in-chief: Gunter Schäfer Editorial team: Syndie Cervellin, Matthias Fritz, Ulrich Wieland Contact details: Eurostat, Statistical Office of the European Communities, Bâtiment Joseph Bech, 5, Rue Alphonse Weicker L-2721 Luxembourg E-mail address:
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