License plate (North Macedonia)

License plate from North Macedonia (with the sticker NMK )

Two-wheel license plate (old license plate)

License plate between 1995 and 2012

Registration until 1993

The current North Macedonian license plates correspond to the European standard size of 520 × 110 mm. They consist of two Latin letters for the origin, four digits and another two letters. Between the first two letters and the numbers there is a red-framed sign in which the regional letters and two other letters appear in Cyrillic script . On the left edge there is a blue field with the nationality symbol NMK (formerly MK ) based on the Euro license plate . The current license plates were introduced on February 20, 2012. After the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Greece agreed on the name of the country , it renamed itself the Republic of North Macedonia on February 12, 2019 . From the Ministry of the Interior, all license plates were pasted over with the NMK sticker as a temporary solution. The new license plates were expected to be issued from June 2019.

history

License plate pasted over at the Greek border

As a republic of the SFR Yugoslavia, Macedonia did not have its own license plates. Until the introduction of the first Macedonian license plates in June 1993, the Yugoslav license plate system was continued. The new signs were based on European standard dimensions and had a red stripe on the upper and lower edge. At first two regional letters appeared. This was followed by the yellow Cyrillic letters РМ for Macedonian Република Македонија ( RM for Republika Makedonija ) in a red rectangle. It was followed by four digits and two letters separated by a short hyphen. With the first of the last two letters, the municipality of approval could be determined more precisely. A license plate VE 000- KA came from the town of Kavadarci in the Veles registration area .

In 1995 the design of the red rectangle was changed so that it now showed the two regional and serial letters in Cyrillic characters.

The current signs were finally introduced in February 2012. It was already criticized in advance that the inscription is mainly in Latin characters and the Cyrillic translation is only shown in a reduced size. Another controversy arose in June 2012 with Greece as a result of the name dispute between the two countries. Since Greece recognized Macedonia only under the name Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia ( English Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia , FYROM for short ) and not under the name Macedonia , the blue euro field was made unrecognizable with a sticker when crossing the border. The sticker informed in English and Greek that the country is only recognized as FYROM by the Greek side.

License plate types

Two-wheeler license plate

Temporary license plate

Police number plate (front)

Police license plate (rear)

Army emblem

License plate number of the head of a diplomatic mission from 2014

License plate number of the consular corps from 2009

Registration number of non-diplomatic personnel from 2017

License plate for two-wheelers

The license plates used for two-wheelers have three lines. The abbreviation for the region appears in the top, four digits in the middle and the other two letters at the bottom.

Temporary license plates

License plates with limited validity are largely similar to normal plates in both the old and the current system. However, the signs have green writing. In the old system, instead of the last letter, two digits were placed one on top of the other, indicating the year of validity.

Temporary license plate

In the current series, as in some other countries (e.g. in Germany ) , short-term license plates do not show a euro field. The license plates consist of the region code followed by a vertical red and yellow checkered line with the word PROBA . Six digits follow. In the old system, there were signs that showed the region abbreviation in Cyrillic and the word ПРОБА (Proba) in the upper part in white letters on a red background . The Latin abbreviation and five digits could be seen in the lower part.

License plates for agricultural vehicles

In the old system, agricultural vehicles had license plates whose basic color was green and the text was white. Otherwise they were identical to the normal signs.

License plate for vehicles with abnormal dimensions

License plates for vehicles with special dimensions were adopted from the Yugoslav system. As in Croatia, these signs show red font and otherwise resemble the usual license plates.

License plates for historic vehicles

With the system change in 2012, license plates for historic vehicles were introduced for the first time. They have gray font color. The signs show the letter H at the end and two digits on top of each other.

Police license plate

Police vehicles have the blue inscription ПОЛИЦИЈА (Policija) on the front sign . At the bottom the English name POLICE is shown in white on red. The back signs show two blue blocks of three digits each, separated by the emblem of the Macedonian police.

License plate of the military

Military vehicles have license plates that start with a letter and two numbers. This is followed by the emblem of the Macedonian Armed Forces with the inscription АРМИЈА РЕПУБЛИКА МАКЕДОНИЈА (Armija Republika Makedonija).

Diplomats' license plates

The diplomatic license plates introduced in 1993 begin with the letters SK for Skopje, which are stacked on top of one another , followed by a two-digit number that encodes the country of origin. This is followed by one or two letters that indicate the status of the vehicle before a maximum three-digit distinguishing number appears. On the right side there are two digits, one above the other, which indicate the year of validity. The signs for diplomats were essentially based on the Yugoslav system and were similar to those used in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia at the time. In 1996 the font color was changed from yellow to white and the letter combination was changed from SK to MK. The design was only slightly revised in 2012.

The following status letters were used:

code	Explanation	Period
A.	Diplomatic Corps	1993-1996
CC	Consular Corps	since 1996
CD	Diplomatic Corps	since 1996
CMD	Head of a diplomatic mission	since 1996
E.	non-diplomatic personnel	1993-1996
M.	foreign mission	1993-1996
S.	non-diplomatic personnel	since 1996

Registration districts

Geographical distribution of the current abbreviations since 2015

Geographical distribution of the abbreviations since 2013

Geographical distribution of the abbreviations until 2012

With the introduction of the new license plates in 2012, the original ten districts were expanded by a further eight. In 2013, another six new districts were introduced, in 2015 another seven, and in 2019 another two, so that a distinction is currently made between 33 approval districts. Outdated combinations are shown in italics.

abbreviation	Approval district	Period
BE	Berovo	since 2013
BT	Bitola	from yugosl. System adopted
DB	Debar	since 2015
DE	Delčevo	since 2013
DH	Demir Hisar	since 2019
DK	Demir Kapija	since 2015
GE	Gevgelija	since 2012
GV	Gostivar	from yugosl. System adopted
KA	Kavadarci	since 2012
AI	Kičevo	since 2012
KO	Kočani	since 2012
KP	Kriva Palanka	since 2012
KR	Kratovo	since 2015
KS	Kruševo	since 2019
KU	Kumanovo	from yugosl. System adopted
MB	Makedonski Brod	since 2015
MK	Makedonska Kamenica	since 2015
NE	Negotino	since 2012
OH	Ohrid	from yugosl. System adopted
PP	Prilep	from yugosl. System adopted
PS	Probištip	since 2015
RA	Radoviš	since 2012
RE	Resen	since 2013
SK	Skopje	from yugosl. System adopted
SN	Sveti Nikole	since 2013
SR	Strumica	from yugosl. System adopted
ST	Štip	since 2012
ŠT	Štip	from yugosl. System adopted until 2012
SU	Struga	since 2012
TE	Tetovo	from yugosl. System adopted
TV	Titov Veles	from yugosl. System taken over until 1999 → VE
VA	Valandovo	since 2015
VE	Veles	since 1999
VI	Vinica	since 2013
VV	Vevčani	since 2013

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1. ↑ Služben Vesnik na RM br.107 (2011). (PDF; 16.4 MB) August 10, 2011, accessed on March 24, 2012 (Macedonian). 
2. ↑ Makedonija objavila rokove za promjenu oznaka sa imenom države. February 13, 2019, accessed February 14, 2019 (Bosnian). 
3. ↑ Граѓаните бараат регистарски таблички на кирилица. (No longer available online.) January 23, 2012, archived from the original on January 25, 2012 ; Retrieved June 14, 2013 (Macedonian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Greece 'FYROM-izes' Macedonia's Car Plates. In: Balkan Insight . June 12, 2012, accessed June 14, 2013 . 
5. ↑ МИНИСТЕРСТВО ЗА ВНАТРЕШНИ РАБОТИ. (PDF) Retrieved May 22, 2016 (Macedonian). 
6. ↑ Služben Vesnik na RM br.161 (2012). (PDF; 0.3 MB) December 19, 2012, accessed on June 14, 2013 (Macedonian). 
7. ↑ http://24vesti.mk/vevchanci-od-septemvri-so-registarski-tablichki-vv

Web links

Commons : North Macedonian License Plates  - Collection of Images

• Macedonian license plates with photos
• Macedonian license plates with photos at europlates.eu