Luxembourg
- International code
- L
- ISO code
- LU / LUX
- Data status
- Verified
Plates carry no regional meaning. Plates carry no regional meaning, so there is no region to show.
MapDriving in Luxembourg: plates, vignettes and zonesCurrent plate formats
- StandardSince 2003XY 3456
Two letters and four digits, black on yellow with the EU strip. Introduced on 1 July 2003. Numbers are issued nationally in a scrambled order, so they do not show the car's age. Small vehicles use two letters and two digits.
black on yellow
Make this plate → - PersonalisedCurrent1234
Four- or five-digit numbers, once the standard and now issued only as custom plates (with a waiting list for four digits).
black on yellow
Make this plate → - DiplomaticCurrentCD 12 34
Diplomatic plates start with CD, followed by four digits in two groups of two (the first group names the mission or international organisation, the second is a running number).
black on yellow
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History
- 1972
Reflective plates with black characters on yellow replace white on black, at the rear from 1 January 1972 and at the front later (from 1974).
- 2003
A grand-ducal regulation of 17 June 2003 sets the current format of two letters and four digits, issued from 1 July. Earlier plates were digits only, then one letter and four digits, then two letters and three digits.
Related countries
EU-style plates
Sources
- Wikipedia (French), Plaque d'immatriculation luxembourgeoise · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved November 10, 2026
- licenseplatemania.com, Luxembourg (Luxemburg) · retrieved November 10, 2026
- Wikipedia, Vehicle registration plates of Luxembourg · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved November 9, 2026
- mledoze/countries (world-countries 5.1.0) · ODbL-1.0 · retrieved November 8, 2026
- Wikidata, property P395 · CC0-1.0 · retrieved November 8, 2026
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