Hungary

Current plate formats

• StandardSince 2022
  HAA AB-123

  Four letters and three digits, with the Hungarian coat of arms after the first two letters. The first two letters are either both vowels or both consonants; the consonant pairs cs, gy, ly, ny, sz, ty and zs are excluded, and accented vowels are not used. Introduced on 1 July 2022 for newly registered vehicles.

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Older formats

No longer issued, but some may still be on the road.

• Standard1990–2022
  ABC-123

  Three letters and three digits, used for plates issued from 6 August 1990 with the national colours and the H mark (blue EU band from 2004). New issue ended on 1 July 2022; plates already issued stay valid. Earlier regional plans were dropped; the 2012 idea of regional codes was never carried out.

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History

1. 1910

   Country split into 15 districts with a regional code on the plate.

2. 1922

   Plates also show the year of issue.

3. 2012

   A plan to add regional codes is announced and later dropped for good.

4. 2022

   The new four-letter, three-digit format starts on 1 July for newly registered vehicles, with a new typeface.

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EU-style plates

• Austria
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• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Czechia
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• Estonia
• Finland
• France
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• Greece
• Ireland
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• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Malta
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
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