Luxembourg, 18/12/2001 (Agence Europe) - According to Eurostat, eurozone annual inflation fell from 2.4% in October to 2.1% in November 2001. A year earlier, the rate was 2.9%. As for the EU as a whole (EU15), annual inflation fell from 2.2% in October to 1.8% in November. A year earlier it was 2.6%. In November, the highest annual rates were recorded in the Netherlands (4.8%), Portugal (4.1%) and Ireland (3.4%); lowest rates were in the United Kingdom (0.8%), France (1.3%) and Luxembourg (1.4%). Compared with November 2000, rises were observed in the Netherlands (2.9% to 4.8%), Sweden (1.8% to 2.9%) and Portugal (3.6% to 4.1%); the biggest relative falls were in Luxembourg (4.5% to 1.4%), Belgium (3.7% to 1.8%) and Ireland (6.0% to 3.4%).