License plate (France)

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Sample of the current system since April 15, 2009
French export number on the stern, registered before April 15, 2009 (75 = Paris )

Since April 15, 2009, the license plates in France have been numbered consecutively according to the AB-123-CD model. The previous system had been in effect since April 1, 1950. The last license plates according to the old system were assigned to vehicles in the event of a change of department until October 13, 2009.

Current labeling system (SIV, "Système d'immatriculation de véhicules")

French license plate with regional logo and number of the department (67 = Département Bas-Rhin and Region Alsace ).
License plate with Gendarmerie emblem on the right edge

The license plates are continuously issued in a national series according to the AB-123-BC model. Both the front and rear license plates usually have black letters on a white background. The blue euro field with the nationality code F is on the left . The earlier regional coding with the number of the respective department is no longer possible. Since the regional labels were quite popular among the population, the planned change led to protests. As a result, the additional blue field originally planned as an option on the right edge of the license plate, in which the logo of a region and the number of one of its departments are displayed, became mandatory. The region and the associated department can be freely selected and are not tied to the admission location. Corresponding two-line signs are issued for two-wheelers with a displacement of more than 50 cm³. There is no possibility of a custom license plate .

The French license plates are based on the Italian license plate system introduced in 1999 , which also allows the origin and the year of manufacture of the vehicle to be specified on the right-hand side. A similar system was introduced in Albania in February 2011 .

With the conversion to the new system, the special numbers for the police , military and other authorities were abolished. The vehicles of the institutions mentioned now have normal serial number plates. Occasionally, these are supplemented by unofficial stickers from the relevant authority (e.g. the gendarmerie ).

The Japanese vehicle manufacturer Mazda secured the first license plate of the current system . Laurent Hamard, Sales Manager at Mazda France, received the combination AA-001-AA for his Mazda 6 .

The number plates remain on the vehicle "for life", which is said to make it more difficult to trade in stolen vehicles. In addition, the new orange vehicle registration documents (previously gray) are equipped with new security features to make forgeries more difficult.

Special series

Dealer and test mark

License plate for test purposes

Dealer plate for testing and trials held in France traditionally the letter W . This is followed by three digits and two letters in the usual format. General provisional license plates show the letters WW . A regional logo or the department number can also be displayed on the right-hand side of these signs.

Temporary license plates

Temporary license plate

Temporary license plates show silver-colored writing on a red background. The euro field is on the left, the blue bar indicating the region is omitted. Instead, the month and year numbers on top of each other indicate the date of maximum validity. The signs use combinations from the regular award series.

Free trade zones

License plate in the Pays de Gex

The signs in the Haute-Savoie and Pays de Gex areas represent a special case . With a red background and silver-colored lettering, they essentially correspond to the temporary signs. However, they show the region field on the right edge. The logo of the Rhône-Alpes region is shown for both areas . In the case of Upper Savoy , the number 74 for the Haute-Savoie department is added , and 01 for the Ain department in the case of Pays de Gex .

Moped license plate

Moped license plates from 2004 to 2015

Since July 1, 2004, motorcycles under 50 cm³ must also be marked with a license plate when they are first registered or changed owners. With regard to the character sequence, these marks corresponded to the system that was generally introduced five years earlier. The combination began with two letters, followed by a maximum of three digits and one more letter. The euro field was in the upper left corner. The series was discontinued in late June 2015. Since then, the standard series has been used for this type of vehicle.

License plates for historic vehicles

License plates for historic vehicles

Black signs with silver-colored inscriptions are optionally available for historic vehicles. The combination corresponds to the normal series, but the blue bars on both sides are missing.

Award

date Mopeds General series Dealer Provisional registration
July 1, 2004 A 11 A
December 31, 2004 D 324 V
December 31, 2005 M 909 F
December 31, 2006 W 527 X
December 31, 2007 AG 476 Q
December 31, 2008 AR 591 N
April 15, 2009 AT 710 C AA-001-AA W-001-AA WW-001-AA
December 31, 2009 BA 237 A AJ-083-DQ W-803-AH WW-104-BL
December 31, 2010 BJ 79 Y BF-900-PQ W-647-CR WW-167-FV
December 31, 2011 CE 740 E BZ-521-TB W-668-DT WW-050-LD
December 31, 2012 CP 932 Z CP-778-KL W-459-ES WW-449-QW
December 31 2013 CY 930 F DB-022-XE W-210-FP WW-250-WH
December 31, 2014 DE 678 R DM-930-ZT W-912-GG WW-707-AG
June 30, 2015 DH 123 K
December 31, 2015 - DY-706-QH W-549-GZ WW-762-FB
December 31, 2016 - EJ-171-AS W-588-HQ WW-058-MD
December 31, 2017 - ET-897-DT W-081-JF 1WW-664-LM 1
December 31, 2018 - FC-885-XN W-385-JR WW-982-GZ
December 31, 2019 - FM-528 toilet W-312-KE WW-220-FQ

footnote

1 last license plate from the repeat series on December 31, 2017

Overseas territories

FRENCH GUIANA, REGION OF FRANCE, 2011 -LICENSE PLATE ^ AS-848-JH, CLOSE UP OF REGIONAL CODE AND LOGO pic 2 - Flickr - woody1778a.jpg
License plate on Saint-Barthélemy

In the five overseas departments of Guadeloupe , Martinique , French Guiana , Réunion and Mayotte , normal serial number plates are issued, as these areas have the same status as mainland departments. Since the department numbers here have three digits (971 to 976), the first two digits are arranged one above the other. In the case of Mayotte, no regional logo is displayed.

License plate from French overseas territories.

In the other French overseas territories , special identification systems are used.

  • Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon : letter sequence SPM , followed by one to three digits and a letter
  • Saint-Barthélemy : no European field, one to three digits followed by a letter
  • Saint-Martin : four digits followed by a hyphen and three letters
  • New Caledonia : no European field, one to six digits, followed by the pair of letters NC
  • French Polynesia : no European field, one to six digits followed by the letter P.
  • Kerguelen : two digits to indicate the year of first registration, followed by four consecutive digits
  • Wallis and Futuna : no European field, one to four digits, followed by the letters WF

Diplomatic plates

Diplomatic license plate, 168 = Czech Republic
International organization mark, 431 = CERN

French diplomatic plates have had a dark green background and usually orange or silver-colored inscriptions since 1965. The license plates begin with a one to three-digit number that codes the country of origin or the international organization. The status is then given more precisely by the letters

  • CMD (Ambassador, Chef de mission diplomatique)
  • CD (diplomat)
  • C (consul)
  • K (other employees)

Finally there is a consecutive serial number. In the case of consular signs, the department number follows , as these are assigned by local authorities and not, like the other diplomatic signs, by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs .

Membership in special international organizations is indicated by an additional letter in front of the code of origin:

In this case, the number 200 is added to the original code of origin.

Diplomatic license plate of the Council of Europe, recognizable by the preceding letter S, from Bosnia and Herzegovina , recognizable by the number 369 (see table no.169 plus 200 added)

Old labeling system (FNI)

Further information

Further information, in particular about the respective year of registration, and a more detailed list of the groups of letters can be found in the article Systematics of vehicle registration plates (France) .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Ulrike Koltermann: France introduces new license plates. In: Spiegel Online. April 16, 2009, accessed September 10, 2010 .
  2. Le numéro de département maintenu sur les plaques d'immatriculation. In: Le Monde.fr. Le Monde Interactif, October 28, 2008, accessed September 10, 2010 (French).
  3. ^ Mazda France décroche la première plaque nouvelle version Article on LeParisien.fr of April 15, 2009 (French)
  4. http://plaque.free.fr/f_cd2e.html Diplomatic Codes /
  5. http://plaque.free.fr/f_cd2e.html Diplomatic Codes /

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