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Plug Type E
Used in: France, Belgium, Slovakia and Tunisia among others (see complete list of countries on the right)
The Type E electrical plug has two 4.8 mm round pins spaced 19 mm apart and a hole for the socket's male earthing pin. The Type E plug has a rounded shape and the Type E socket has a round recess. Type E plugs are rated 16 amps.
Note: The CEE 7/7 plug was developed to work with Type E and Type F sockets with a female contact (to accept the earthing pin of the Type E socket) and has earthing clips on both sides (to work with Type F sockets).
Locations using Plug Type E
![]() | Belgium | 230V | 50Hz | C, E |
![]() | Benin | 220V | 50Hz | C, E |
![]() | Burkina Faso | 220V | 50Hz | C, E |
![]() | Burundi | 220V | 50Hz | C, E |
![]() | Cameroon | 220V | 50Hz | C, E |
![]() | Central African Republic | 220V | 50Hz | C, E |
![]() | Chad | 220V | 50Hz | C, D, E, F |
![]() | Comoros | 220V | 50Hz | C, E |
![]() | Congo | 230V | 50Hz | C, E |
![]() | Congo (Democratic Rep. of) | 220V | 50Hz | C, D, E |
![]() | Cote d'Ivoire | 230V | 50Hz | C, E |
![]() | Czech Republic | 230V | 50Hz | C, E |
![]() | Denmark | 230V | 50Hz | C, F, E, K |
![]() | Djibouti | 220V | 50Hz | C, E |
![]() | Equatorial Guinea | 220V | 50Hz | C, E |
![]() | Ethiopia | 220V | 50Hz | C, E, F, L |
![]() | Faroe Islands | 230V | 50Hz | C, F, E, K |
![]() | France | 230V | 50Hz | C, E |
![]() | French Guiana | 220V | 50Hz | C, D, E |
![]() | Greenland | 230V | 50Hz | C, F, E, K |
![]() | Guadeloupe | 230V | 50Hz | C, D, E |
![]() | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 230V | 50Hz | A, B, C, E, F |
![]() | Liberia | 120V 220V | 50Hz, 60Hz | A, B, C, E, F |
![]() | Madagascar | 127V 220V | 50Hz | C, D, E, J, K |
![]() | Mali | 220V | 50Hz | C, E |
![]() | Martinique | 220V | 50Hz | C, D, E |
![]() | Monaco | 230V | 50Hz | C, D, E, F |
![]() | Mongolia | 220V | 50Hz | C, E |
![]() | Morocco | 127V 220V | 50Hz | C, E |
![]() | Niger | 220V | 50Hz | A, B, C, D, E, F |
![]() | Poland | 230V | 50Hz | C, E |
![]() | Reunion | 220V | 50Hz | E |
![]() | SaintVincent and the Grenadines | 230V | 50Hz | A, C, E, G, I, K |
![]() | Senegal | 230V | 50Hz | C, D, E, K |
![]() | Slovakia | 230V | 50Hz | C, E |
![]() | Syrian Arab Republic | 220V | 50Hz | C, E, L |
![]() | Timor-Leste | 220V | 50Hz | C, E, F, I |
![]() | Tunisia | 230V | 50Hz | C, E |

