License plate (Montenegro)

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Montenegrin license plate
Moped license plate

A separate Montenegrin license plate system was introduced on June 6, 2008, two years after independence. The signs correspond in their dimensions to the European standard (520 × 110 mm) and show a blue field with the nationality symbol of Montenegro MNE on the left edge . The embossing begins with two letters that code the region, followed by the coat of arms of Montenegro . Another two letters and three (two-wheelers: two) digits follow. Two-wheelers have correspondingly scaled-down signs. In the case of trailers, the numbers come before the two serial letters.

variants

Temporary license plate
Diplomatic plates
Indicator for agricultural. vehicles

There is also the option of receiving a custom license plate , in which the characters can be freely chosen according to the coat of arms. Police license plates are written in blue and begin with the letter P , followed by the coat of arms and the region code . The sign ends with a three-digit number. Agricultural vehicles are given green license plates with white text. Special license plates for vehicles with unusual dimensions were adopted from the Yugoslav or Serbian system . Such signs show white writing on a red background. License plates of the armed forces show green label, starting with V .

Temporary license plates show the letters RP on top of each other after the coat of arms as well as a year on top of each other. The sign ends with three digits.

Diplomatic license plates are provided with yellow letters on a white background. First, a maximum of three digits encode the country of origin or the organization before a letter indicates the diplomatic status . The sign ends with a three-digit number. Signs for foreign companies and press agencies follow a similar structure, but have black font and at the beginning also show the region code, one above the other.

code Explanation
A. Diplomatic Corps
M. other staff (M for mission)
P foreign press agency (P for press)
E. foreign company (E for Economy)
C. Consular Corps (C for Consul)

Before independence

License plate between 1992 and 2008
License plate with supplemented national coat of arms

see: License plate (Serbia)

Until 1992, Montenegro was part of the SFR Yugoslavia , to whose labeling system today's region abbreviations are still based. Between 1992 and 2006, Montenegro was part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and from 2003 Serbia-Montenegro and had the corresponding Yugoslav and Serbian-Montenegrin license plates. Until 2008, the license plates of the meanwhile independent states of Serbia and Montenegro could practically only be assigned to one of the two countries based on the letters of the registration area. Since the signs were relatively short, a blue field with the national flag and / or the national coat of arms of the respective country was usually added to the left of the license plate. After independence, the letters MNE or CG for Crna Gora also appeared next to the signs in Montenegro . However, like the display of a flag or coat of arms, this was not mandatory. In 2008 all registered vehicles were finally given new license plates.

Registration districts

Geographical distribution of license plates in Montenegro (as of 2008)

In the old Yugoslav system there are eleven Montenegrin approval districts. Some registration districts now have different names than they did during the SFR Yugoslavia, so that the abbreviations of these registration districts for license plates have also been changed. Abbreviations that are no longer used today but may still appear on older vehicles are in italics in the following tables.

With the introduction of the new number plates, the list was expanded to include nine more abbreviations in 2008. Each municipality in Montenegro now has its own license plate abbreviation.

abbreviation Approval district Remarks
ON Andrijevica -
BA Berane formerly Ivangrad
BD Budva -
BP Bijelo Polje -
BR bar -
CT Cetinje -
DG Danilovgrad -
GS Gusinje -
HN Herceg Novi -
IG Ivangrad renamed Berane > BA
KL Kolašin -
KO Kotor -
MK Mojkovac -
NK Nikšić -
PG Podgorica formerly Titograd
PL Plav -
PT Petnjica -
PV Pljevlja -
Plužine -
RO Rožaje -
ŠN Šavnik -
TG Titograd renamed Podgorica > PG
TV Tivat -
UL Ulcinj -
ŽB Žabljak -

Individual evidence

  1. Plates in Montenegro 2009, by Jean-Emmanuel Chevry (PDF; 201 kB)

Web links

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