License plate (Malta)

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current license plate from Malta

Maltese license plates correspond in size and design to the European standard with black lettering and a white base color. They show in the left margin a blue field the twelve European stars and with national letters M . This is followed by three letters, a square sticker and three digits. These signs were introduced in 1995 and at that time already bore the EU symbolism, although Malta only became a member of the European Union in 2004.

In Malta, as in Germany, the FE font is used for the lettering of the license plates.

Private vehicles

Cars with desired license plates

In the case of private vehicles, the first letter indicates the month in which the annual tax must be paid. However, there is also the option of a custom license plate . You can either choose any combination in the ABC 123 format or a free combination of a maximum of nine characters.

  • January: A, M, and Y
  • February: B, N, and Z
  • March: C and O
  • April: D and P
  • May: E and Q
  • June: F and R
  • July: G and S
  • August: H and T
  • September: I and U
  • October: J and V
  • November: K and W
  • December: L and X.

Special characteristics

Police vehicle with GVP license plate
Trailer license plate

There are also the following special features:

  • Rental cars and leasing vehicles: last letters QZ (e.g. X QZ 001)
  • Buses / minibuses / coaches : last letter Y (e.g. XX Y 001)
  • Taxis in Malta: starting with TAXI, ending with M (e.g. TAXI 001 M)
  • Taxis in Gozo: starting with TAXI, ending with G (e.g. TAXI 001 G)
  • Public buses: first three letters BUS (e.g. BUS 001)
  • Trailer: starting with TR (e.g. TR 1234)
  • Historic vehicles ("Vintage"): until 2015 green lettering, since 2015: black background with silver lettering
  • Tax-free vehicles: first two letters TF (e.g. TF X 001)
  • Government-owned vehicles: first two letters GV (e.g. GV X 001)
  • Police vehicles : letters GVP (e.g. GVP 001)
  • Maltese armed forces vehicles : letters GVA (e.g. GVA 001)
  • Ministry of Health vehicles: letters GVH (e.g. GVH 001)
  • Diplomatic and embassy vehicles : first two letters CD (e.g. CD X 001)
  • Vehicles used by members of the government: Format GM 99 (e.g. GM 01 ) (including the regular plate of the original registration )

Old license plates

Škoda with old Maltese registration

Before 1995, the license plates showed a letter, a hyphen and four digits. On the right edge there was an M in a circle for Malta. The font color was almost always black.

First letters according to vehicle category:

  • private vehicles: A, B, C, D, E, G, H, J, K, N, R, S or T on a white background (e.g. A -1234)
  • Motorcycles: F, P or Q on a white background (e.g. F -1234)
  • Government vehicles : M on a white background (e.g. M -1234)
  • Vehicles with provisional registration: W white on a red background (e.g. W -1234)
  • Rental car: letter X and yellow background (e.g. X -1234)
  • Taxis / buses / minibuses / coaches: Letter Y and red background (e.g. Y -1234)
  • Taxis: A, B, C, D, E, G, H, J, K, N, R, S or T red on a white background (e.g. B -1234)

Web links

Commons : Maltese License Plates  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Transport Malta - Number Plates. Retrieved February 5, 2018 .
  2. ↑ http://www.fmvamalta.org/news-item.aspx?sysref=29