Temporary and export licence plates by country

Vehicles that are being exported, moved or are not yet registered can get plates that are valid for a short time, often marked with a coloured strip or a date.

9 countries · 10 formats

• Bulgaria
  TemporaryCurrent
  BG123 H 456

  Three digits, a letter and three digits, with a red stripe on the right that shows the year (and sometimes the month) of expiry. H is for unregistered or exported vehicles, M for the same since 2017 when the H series ran out, and B for car dealers.

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• Bulgaria
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  BGXX 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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• Czechia
  TemporarySince 2001
  CZA 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.

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• Germany
  TemporarySince 1998
  DDD-04321

  Short-term plates, valid for five days, with a yellow stripe on the right showing the expiry date.

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• Ireland
  TemporarySince 1925
  IRLZZ 12345

  Temporary registration, valid for up to one month, for vehicles bought in Ireland by owners based abroad and exported straight away. ZZ and five digits, with no year or county. Issued by AA Ireland for the Revenue Commissioners; the code dates from 1925.

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• Montenegro
  TemporarySince 2008
  CT RP 25 123

  Registered temporarily (registrovan privremeno), used for example for vehicles of temporary residents. The municipality code, the coat of arms, RP stacked over the last two digits of the year, then three digits.

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• Poland
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  PLW1 2345

  Temporary and export plates, with a seal showing the month and year of validity.

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• Romania
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  ROTM 01234

  The "red numbers". The county code and three to six digits, the first of which is always 0 and the second never 0, all in red. Valid for 30 days and renewable for up to 90 days, used for new cars of leasing and rental firms and replacement cars. Test vehicles have three digits (from 101) followed by the word PROBE. Long-term temporary plates look similar in black, without a leading zero, with a red strip on the right giving the end of validity as YY/MM.

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• Russia
  TemporarySince 2009
  АВ 123 С 77

  Temporary and transit plates (type 15) for vehicles not yet registered or taken off the register. Two letters, three digits, one letter, region code, on laminated paper with a hologram in the top left corner, introduced 1 November 2009. Not issued in bulk since 15 October 2013, because of changes to the registration rules; still issued for cars taken abroad and cars driven to their place of registration.

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• Slovakia
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  SKC 12345

  Green characters. Import plates for vehicles not yet registered, valid for at most one year. C or CL and five digits.

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