Portugal

Current plate formats

• StandardSince 2020
  PAA-01-AA

  Two letters, two digits, two letters. Started in 2020 with the letters W, Y and K now in use. New plates have no dashes and no yellow date strip.

  black on white

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Older formats

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

• Standard2005–2020
  00-AA-01

  Two digits, two letters, two digits. The yellow strip on the right shows the first registration date (year above month), added in 1998.

  black on white

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• Standard1992–2005
  00-01-AA

  Two digits, two digits, two letters, black on white with the blue EU strip (P).

  black on white

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• Standard1937–1992
  AA-10-00

  Two letters, two digits, two digits, in white on black until 1992.

  white on black

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History

1. 1937

   Sequential system starts with AA-10-00. Letter blocks are reserved for zones, AA to LZ for Lisbon, MA to TZ for Porto and UA to ZZ for Coimbra.

2. 1992

   The AA-00-00 format ends on 29 February 1992 and 00-00-AA follows in March. Colours change to black on white and the blue EU strip is added.

3. 1998

   A yellow strip with the month and year of first registration is added.

4. 2005

   Layout changes to 00-AA-00 under Decreto-Lei 54/2005 of 3 March.

5. 2020

   The 00-AA-00 series ends with 99-ZZ-99 and the first AA-01-AA plate is issued in March 2020, without the yellow strip.

Related countries

EU-style plates

• Austria
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• Germany
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• Hungary
• Ireland
• Italy
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Malta
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Poland
• Romania
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Sweden