PIONEER EUROPE FUND
24F-2NT, 1995-11-16
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1.   Name and address of issuer:

     Pioneer Europe Fund
     60 State Street
     Boston, MA 02109-1820

2.   Name of each series or class of funds for which this notice is filed:
     Pioneer Europe Fund - Class A Shares
     Pioneer Europe Fund - Class B Shares
    
3.   Investment Company Act File Number:     811-6151
     Securities Act File Number:             33-36265

4.   Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is filed: October 31, 1995

5.   Check box if this notice is being filed more than 180 days after the close
     of the fiscal year but before termination of the issuer's 24f-2 declar-
     ation: N/A
    
6.   Date of termination of issuer's declaration under rule 24f-2(a)(1), if
     applicable (see Instruction A.6): N/A

7.   Number and amount of securities of the same class or series which had been
     registered  under the Securities Act of 1933 other than pursuant to rule
     24f-2 in a prior fiscal year, but which remained unsold at the beginning
     of the fiscal year: 0

8.   Number and amount of securities registered during the fiscal year other
     than pursuant to rule 24f-2: 0

9.   Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year:
     
          2,521,591 shares
          $49,852,503

10.  Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year
     in reliance upon registration pursuant to rule 24f-2:

          2,521,591 shares
          $49,852,503

11   Number and aggregate sale price of securities issued during the fiscal year
     in connection with dividend reinvestment plans, if applicable (see
     Instruction B.7): Included in item 9.
          
     
12.  Calculation of registration fee:

     (i)  Aggregate sale price of securities sold during
          the fiscal year in reliance on rule 24f-2
          (from Item 10):                                   $49,852,502.57

     (ii) Aggregate price of shares issued in connection
          with dividend reinvestment plans (from Item 11,
          if applicable):                                   +0

     (iii)Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchas-
          ed during the fiscal year (if applicable):        - $38,083,556

     (iv) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or repurchased
          and previously applied as a reduction to filing
          fees pursuant to rule 24e-2 (if applicable):      +0

     (v)  Net aggregate price of securities sold and issued
          during the fiscal year in reliance on rule 24f-2
          [line (i), plus line (ii), less line (iii) plus
          line (iv)] (if applicable):                       $11,768,946.57

     (vi) Multiplier prescribed by Section 6(b) of the
          Securities Act of 1933 or other applicable law or
          regulation (see Instruction C.6):                 x.0002

     (vii)Fee due [line (i) or line (v) multiplied by
          line (vi)]:                                       $2,353.79

Instruction:  Issuers should complete line (ii), (iii), and (v) only if the
              form is being filed within 60 days after the close of the issuer's
              fiscal year:  See Instruction C.3.

13.  Check box if fees are being remitted to the Commission's lockbox depository
     as described in section 3a of the Commission' Rules of Informal and Other
     Procedures (17 CFR 202.3a). [X]


     Date of mailing or wire transfer of filing fees to the Commission's lock-
     box depository: November 16, 1995.

                                   SIGNATURES

     This report has been signed below the following persons on behalf of the
     issuer and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


     By (Signature and Title)

     /s/Robert P. Nault
     Assistant Secretary

     Date: November 16, 1995







                                                 November 16, 1995



Board of Trustees of Pioneer Europe Fund
60 State Street
Boston, MA  02109

Re: Rule 24f-2 Notice

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pioneer Europe Fund (the "Fund") is a  Massachusetts  business  trust  organized
under a written  Declaration  of Trust dated June 22,  1990,  and  executed  and
delivered on such date in Boston, Massachusetts,  and as amended and restated on
October 13, 1992 (as so amended and restated,  the "Declaration of Trust").  The
beneficial  interests  thereunder  are  represented  by  transferable  shares of
beneficial interest without par value.

The Trustees of the Fund have the powers set forth in the  Declaration of Trust,
subject to the terms,  provisions and conditions  therein provided.  Pursuant to
Article V,  Section  5.1 of the  Declaration  of Trust,  the number of shares of
beneficial  interest  authorized to be issued under the  Declaration of Trust is
unlimited and the Trustees are  authorized to divide the shares into one or more
series of shares  and one or more  classes  thereof  as they deem  necessary  or
desirable.  Pursuant to Article V, Section 5.4 of the Declaration of Trust,  the
Trustees   may  issue  shares  of  any  series  for  such  amount  and  type  of
consideration,  including  cash or property,  and on such terms as they may deem
best without action or approval of the shareholders.

By vote  adopted on June 22,  1990,  the  Trustees of the Trust  authorized  the
President, any Vice-President, the Secretary and the Treasurer from time to time
to determine the appropriate number of shares to be registered, to register with
the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission,  and to issue and sell to the public,
such shares.

We understand that,  pursuant to Rule 24f-2 under the Investment  Company Act of
1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), the Fund has registered an indefinite  number
of shares of beneficial  interest  under the  Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "1933 Act").

We  understand  that you are  about to file  with the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission  a notice  pursuant  to Rule 24f-2 (the "Rule 24f-2  Notice")  making
definite the registration of 2,521,591 shares of beneficial interest of the Fund
(the  "Shares")  sold in  reliance  upon said Rule 24f-2  during the fiscal year
ended October 31, 1995.

We have examined the Declaration of Trust, the By-laws, resolutions of the Board
of Trustees,  a certificate  of the Treasurer of the Fund to the effect that the
Fund or its agent received the  consideration  for the Shares in accordance with
the terms of the  Declaration  of Trust,  and such  other  documents  as we have
deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion, including, but
not limited to,  originals,  or copies certified or otherwise  identified to our
satisfaction,  of such  documents,  Fund records and other  instruments.  In our
examination  of the above  documents,  we have  assumed the  genuineness  of all
signatures,  the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the
conformity to original  documents of all documents  submitted to us as certified
or  photostatic  copies,  the  authenticity  of the  originals  of  such  latter
documents and the legal competence of each individual executing any documents.

Further,  we  express  no  opinion  as to  compliance  with any state or federal
securities   laws,   including  the  securities  laws  of  The  Commonwealth  of
Massachusetts.  For  purposes  of  this  opinion  letter,  we have  not  made an
independent  review  of the laws of any  state or  jurisdiction  other  than The
Commonwealth of Massachusetts and express no opinion with respect to the laws of
any jurisdiction other than the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Our opinion below,  as it relates to the  nonassessability  of the shares of the
Fund, is qualified to the extent that under Massachusetts law, shareholders of a
Massachusetts  business trust,  such as the Fund, may be held personally  liable
for the  obligations  of such Fund. In this regard,  however,  please be advised
that  the  Declaration  of Trust  disclaims  shareholder  liability  for acts or
obligations of the Fund and provides that notice of such disclaimer may be given
in each note, bond, contract, certificate or undertaking made or issued by or on
behalf of the Fund. Also, the Declaration of Trust provides for  indemnification
out of Fund property for all loss and expense of any shareholder held personally
liable solely by reason of his being or having been a  shareholder  of the Fund;
provided,  however,  that  no  Fund  property  may  be  used  to  indemnify  any
shareholder  of any  series of the Fund other than Fund  property  allocated  or
belonging to that series.

We are of the opinion that all necessary  Fund action  precedent to the issuance
of the Shares has been duly taken,  and that the Shares were legally and validly
issued, and are fully paid and non-assessable by the Fund, subject to compliance
with the 1933 Act, the 1940 Act and the  applicable  state laws  regulating  the
sale of securities.

We  consent  to your  filing  this  opinion  with the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission  together  with the Rule 24f-2  Notice  referred to above.  Except as
provided  in this  paragraph,  this  opinion may not be relied upon by, or filed
with, any other parties or used for any other purpose.

                                                 Very truly yours,

                                                  /s/Hale and Dorr

                                                  HALE AND DORR




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