A process for preparing an EUO zeolite comprising at least one element X selected from the group consisting of the silicon and germanium and at least one element T selected from the group consisting of aluminum, iron, gallium, boron, titanium, vanadium, zirconium, molybdenum, arsenic, antimony, chromium and manganese, said process comprising synthesizing the zeolite in the presence of a nitrogen-containing organic structuring agent Q, said structuring agent being at least one dibenzyldimethylammonium derivative or a precursor thereof and in the presence of nuclei S of at least one EUO zeolitic material and sufficient X and T so as to provide an EUO zeolite having an X/T ratio of between 7 and 26.