Based on calendar and seasonally-adjusted figures, the surplus eased to 24.6 billion euros from 32.3 billion euros a month earlier while the unadjusted figure slipped to 31.7 billion euros from 28.4 billion euros.

In the 12 months to November, the bloc generated a current account surplus equal to 1.6% of GDP compared to deficit of 0.5%in the previous 12 months.

(Reporting by Balazs Koranyi; editing by Christina Fincher)