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The background colour often tells you what kind of plate it is. These are the plates issued now, grouped by background colour.

White plates

41 countries

Yellow plates

  • Armenia
    CommercialCurrent
    1234 S

    Public buses: four digits and one letter, black on yellow. S marks city buses and L long-distance coaches.

    black on yellow

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  • Croatia
    MilitaryCurrent
    HV 1234-A

    Croatian Armed Forces. HV (Hrvatska vojska) replaces the town code, on a yellow plate. Specialised military vehicles end in VP (vojna policija, military police) or MP.

    black on #f2c200

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  • Czechia
    SpecialSince 2001
    A 12 3456

    Black characters on yellow. Special motor vehicles, mostly working machinery (farm, military, building). The region letter, a two-digit series and four digits.

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  • Denmark
    CommercialCurrent
    BC 23 456

    Same layout on yellow for most commercial vehicles (not taxis or hearses). Hearses are registered as commercial but carry white plates. Vans that may also be used privately carry "parrot plates" (yellow letters, white digits) since 1 January 2009.

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  • Latvia
    TaxiCurrent
    TX-1234

    Taxi plates, black on yellow, with the letters TX, then TQ and TE. Electric taxis use blue characters.

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  • Luxembourg
    StandardSince 2003
    XY 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.

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  • Luxembourg
    PersonalisedCurrent
    1234

    Four- or five-digit numbers, once the standard and now issued only as custom plates (with a waiting list for four digits).

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  • Luxembourg
    DiplomaticCurrent
    CD 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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  • Netherlands
    StandardSince 2024
    GBB-01-B

    Three letters, two digits, one letter (sidecode 11 in Dutch usage, used for cars from 4 June 2024; mopeds had it from 2015). Black on yellow with the EU strip. Only consonants are used (no vowels, C, M, Q or W), and the number stays with the vehicle, not the owner.

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  • Poland
    HistoricCurrent
    WA 123

    Classic cars, with a vintage car symbol on the right. Issued to vehicles entered in the register of monuments or the voivodeship record (gov.pl). The regulation (§ 25-26) defines the plate as black on yellow; the minimum age is a vehicle rule outside the plate data.

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  • Russia
    TaxiSince 2002
    АВ 123 77

    Licensed taxis, buses and share taxis. Black characters on yellow; two letters, three digits, region code. No flag.

    black on #f2c200

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Black plates

  • Armenia
    MilitaryCurrent
    ՊՆ 1234 Մ

    Ministry of Defence (Պաշտպանության Նախարարություն): ՊՆ, four digits and a category letter, Մ for passenger cars and Տ for transport vehicles. Army vehicles use ՊԲ (Պետական Բանակ). No Latin letters are used.

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  • Russia
    MilitaryCurrent
    1234 АВ 50

    Armed forces and other bodies with military service. White characters on black; four digits, two letters, then a two-digit code for the military district, branch or agency, not a region (14 Railway Troops, 15 National Guard, 18 Emergencies Ministry, 23 Strategic Missile Troops). Not reflective.

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  • Serbia
    DiplomaticCurrent
    123-A-456

    Two or three digits for the country or organisation, a letter for the status of the owner (A diplomat, M accredited non-diplomatic staff, P foreign press or cultural representative) and three digits of serial. Yellow characters on black for diplomats; black on yellow for press, cultural and company vehicles. The area code (BG for Belgrade) is printed small and upright at the left, and the year of validity at the right.

    #f2c200 on black

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Blue plates

  • Croatia
    DiplomaticCurrent
    023-A-002

    Yellow characters on blue. Embassies and consulates. A three-digit country number, then A, C or M, then the vehicle's serial number.

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  • Denmark
    DiplomaticCurrent
    AJ 76 123

    White on blue. The digit pair 76 is used for diplomatic corps plates and 77 for consular corps, international organisations and NATO. The letters start from AJ.

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  • Estonia
    DiplomaticCurrent
    CD 1234

    General diplomatic plates (A4), white on blue. CD is for diplomats, AT for administrative and technical staff. Heads of mission use CMD and three digits.

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  • Norway
    DiplomaticCurrent
    CD 12345

    Official cars of embassies and consulates. CD, then two digits for the mission and a serial number.

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  • Poland
    DiplomaticCurrent
    W 123456

    The first three digits identify the country or organisation, the last three the vehicle's function (for example 500 to 501 for the head of mission).

    white on dark blue

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  • Russia
    PoliceCurrent
    А 1234 77

    Police. White characters on blue; one letter, which marks the service, then four digits and the region code. Code 77 on these plates means a federal Interior Ministry vehicle, not Moscow.

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Light blue plates

  • Armenia
    DiplomaticCurrent
    UN 123 AM

    United Nations offices: UN, three digits and AM, white on light blue.

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  • Bulgaria
    TemporaryCurrent
    XX 1234 25

    White characters on light blue, for vehicles of foreigners brought into Bulgaria for a limited time. XX (and XH since 2019) is followed by four digits and two small digits for the year of expiry.

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Red plates

  • Armenia
    DiplomaticCurrent
    12 D 345 AM

    The first digits are the country code, D marks a diplomat and T technical staff, then a serial and AM (newer plates ARM). On a two-row plate the country code and status letter are on the top row.

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  • Bulgaria
    DiplomaticCurrent
    CC 1234

    White characters on red. C is for diplomats, CC for consular staff and CT for other staff of missions. The first two digits are the code of the country of the mission, and two small digits at the lower right give the year of expiry.

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  • Norway
    Dealer and testCurrent
    AB 12

    Dealer plates for test drives and transfers, moved freely between vehicles. Two letters and two digits; since mid-2015 a central series of three letters and two digits (AAA 10). Trailer dealer plates end in T.

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  • Russia
    DiplomaticCurrent
    004 CD 1 77

    White characters on red. A three-digit code for the embassy or international organisation (001 United Kingdom, 004 United States; 500 and up are organisations), then CD and one digit for the head of mission, D and three digits for diplomats, or T and three digits for staff without diplomatic status, then the region code.

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Green plates

  • Czechia
    TemporarySince 2001
    A 123456

    Black characters on green paper. One-off transfer plates with limited validity (for example driving a new vehicle home from the seller). The region letter and six more characters (digits or letters, seven in all per decree 343/2014); in practice digits.

    black on #1b7a3a

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  • Montenegro
    SpecialSince 2008
    KL AB 12

    Tractors and other agricultural machines, also quads used in farming. White characters on light green, the municipality code over two letters and two digits, with the coat of arms after the code.

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  • Türkiye
    DiplomaticCurrent
    34 CC 2342

    Consular plates have the letters CC (white on green) between the province number and four digits. Since 2005 the numbers are random, as for the diplomatic plates. This is a special case of the standard format, so it also matches that one.

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Brown plates

  • Montenegro
    HistoricSince 2022
    HN OT 123

    Oldtimers that have passed a technical inspection. The municipality code over the letters OT, then three digits, black on brown. Introduced in February 2022.

    black on #8a5a2b

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