Disc format for Europe

I need to send a data disc of photos (no music) to Europe. Can Finder or iPhoto burn a data disc that can be read there?

Can Finder or iPhoto burn a data disc that can be read there?
Absolutely yes.  For optical data disks, there is basically no difference in formatting or use anywhere in the world.   (Although there are some uncommmon optical formats; but you would probably need special software to burn them.)
Just insert a blank CD or DVD disk into your Mac's superdrive, copy your image files (JPEG, TIFF, PNG, etc) to the disk and burn the disk.   You can do this in the Finder.  However, if you are using iPhoto you will need to export the image files first, then burn them to your CD or DVD data disk.  (Don't do iPhoto > Share > Burn as that requires the photos to be viewed only in iPhoto.)
Another option would be to create a slideshow in iPhoto, then export the slideshow as a QuickTime Movie (iPhoto > Your Slideshow> Export > Custom Export > QuickTime Movie). You can then burn the resulting QT movie file to blank CD or DVD media.   Note that the resulting slideshow will only be playable on a computer that has QuickTime.
The only time PAL vs. NTSC is an issue is if you are burning a playable DVD disk, meaning a video DVD disk that can be played in a standard DVD player.   you would need iDVD, Toast or other DVD authoring software to do this.

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