List of vehicle nationality symbols

Country code of Germany

The list of nationality symbols lists the nationality symbols of all countries required for motor vehicles .

General

Country code of Switzerland

International distinctive signs are used to assign vehicles to their country of registration and must be attached to the rear of the vehicle when driving abroad outside the EU. They say nothing about the nationality of the vehicle owner. The legal bases are the Geneva Convention on Road Traffic of September 19, 1949 (Article 20 and Appendix 4) and the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic of November 8, 1968 (Article 37 and Appendix 3).

In Germany, Section 2 (2) of the Ordinance on International Motor Vehicle Traffic (IntVO) also applied: "Foreign motor vehicles and motor vehicle trailers must [...] carry a nationality symbol that complies with Article 5 and Appendix C of the International Agreement on Motor Vehicle Traffic of October 11, 1909 ( RGBl . 1910 II p. 647) or Article 37 and Appendix 3 of the Convention on Road Traffic of 8 November 1968 (Federal Law Gazette 1977 II p. 809) “. The same situation is currently standardized in Section 21 (2) of the Vehicle Registration Ordinance (FZV): "Vehicles registered in another country must also bear the distinguishing sign of the country of registration, Article 5 and Appendix C of the International Agreement of April 24, 1926 on motor vehicle traffic or Article 37 in conjunction with Appendix 3 of the Convention of November 8, 1968 on Road Traffic. ”The International Motor Vehicle Traffic Agreement of April 24, 1926 (RGBl. 1930 II p. 1234) represents the revision of the International Agreement on the Motor vehicle traffic of October 11, 1909, which was drawn up at the Paris Conference from April 20 to 24, 1926.

In the European Union, in the European Economic Area (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway), in the EFTA state Switzerland as well as in member states of the Vienna Road Traffic Convention, vehicles do not need a nationality mark if a so-called euro number plate with a blue border and integrated nationality mark is attached.

Not every state has its own international distinguishing mark. For example, the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the People's Republic of China only have the nationality symbol "RC" assigned to the then undivided Chinese Republic in 1932, as is the case for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the German Democratic Republic (GDR) with the symbol " D ”was the case before the“ GDR ”label was created in 1974. However, according to the 2004 agreement to facilitate the cross-border movement of goods and people to which the People's Republic of China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam belong, the People's Republic of China uses the CHN code assigned to it by the ISO-3166-1 coding list .

Explanations of the lists

* Non-official abbreviation
** May be confused with the international code for the Diplomatic Corps (CD; Abbreviation for French corps diplomatique )

List of current license plates

Mark	country	ISO	since	before	Derivation / remark
A.	Austria	AT	1910		A ustria ( Latin )
AFG	Afghanistan	AF	1971
AG	Antigua and Barbuda	AG
AL	Albania	AL	1934
AND	Andorra	AD	1957
ANG	Angola	AO
AT THE	Armenia	AT THE	1992
ARU *	Aruba	AW
OUT	Australia	AU	1954		From (Tralia english )
AX	Åland	AX	2002
AXA	Anguilla	AI
AZ	Azerbaijan	AZ	1992		Az ərbaycan ( Azerbaijani )
B.	Belgium	BE	1910
BD	Bangladesh	BD	1978
BDS	Barbados	BB	1956
BF	Burkina Faso	BF	1990	RHV / HV
BG	Bulgaria	BG	1910
BHT	Bhutan	BT
B I H	Bosnia and Herzegovina	BA	1992		B osna i H ercegovina ( Bosnian ) (the "I" is therefore often much smaller)
BJ	Benin	BJ	1978
BOL	Bolivia	BO	1967
BR	Brazil	BR	1930
BRN	Bahrain	bra	1954
BRU	Brunei	BN	1956
BS	Bahamas	BS	1950
BVI	British Virgin Islands	VG			B ritish V irgin I slands
BW *	Botswana	BW	1967	BP	Republic of B ots w ana (English), formerly B echuanaland P rotectorate. Used in practice, officially RB .
BY	Belarus	BY	1992		By elarus (English transcription of Беларусь)
BZ	Belize	BZ	1990	bra	B eli z e
C.	Cuba	CU	1930		C uba ( Spanish )
CAM	Cameroon	CM	1952		Cam eroun / Cam eroon ( French / English)
CDN	Canada	CA	1952		C anadian D ominio n
CGO	Democratic Republic of Congo	CD	2006	CD**	C on go (French); Identification CGO already used 1961–1972
CH	Switzerland	CH	1911		C onfoederatio H elvetica ( Latin )
CHN *	People's Republic of China	CN	?	RC	officially continues to be RC , which is associated with the Republic of China in Taiwan.
CI	Ivory Coast	CI	1961		C ôte d ' I voire (French)
CL	Sri Lanka	LK	1961		formerly C ey l on
CO	Colombia	CO	1952		Co lombia (Spanish)
COM	Comoros	KM			Com ores (French)
CR	Costa Rica	CR	1956
CV	Cape Verde	CV	1930		C abo V erde ( Portuguese )
CY	Cyprus	CY	1932		Cy prus ( Latin / English)
CZ	Czech Republic	CZ	1993	CS	Cz echia (English) or Č eské z emě ( Czech )
D.	Germany	DE	1909		D erm ( German )
DJI	Djibouti	DJ			Dji bouti (French)
DK	Denmark	DK	1914
DOM	Dominican Republic	DO	1952
Double room	Algeria	Double room	1963		Al D ja z aïr ( Arabic  )
E.	Spain	IT	1910		E spaña (Spanish)
EAK	Kenya	KE	1938		E ast A frica K enya (English)
EAT	Tanzania	TZ	1938		E ast A frica T anzania (English)
EAU	Uganda	Basement	1938		E ast A frica U ganda (English)
EC	Ecuador	EC	1962	EQ
HE	Eritrea	HE	1993
IT	El Salvador	SV	1978
EST	Estonia	EE	1993	EW	Est onia (English)
ET	Egypt	EG	1927		E gyp t (English)
ETH	Ethiopia	ET	1964		Eth iopia (English)
F.	France	FR	1910
FIN	Finland	FI	1993	SF	SF stood for Suomi / Finland ( Finnish / Swedish )
FJI	Fiji	FJ	1971		F i ji (English)
FL	Liechtenstein	LI	1923		F ürstentum L IECHTENSTEIN
FO	Faroe Islands	FO	1996	FR	F ør o yar ( Faroese )
FSM	Micronesia	FM			F ederated S tates of M icronesia (English)
G	Gabon	GA	1974
GB	United Kingdom	GB	1910		G reat B ritain (English)
GBA	Alderney	GG	1924		G reat B ritain A lderney (English)
GBG	guernsey	GG	1924		G reat B ritain G uernsey (English)
GBJ	jersey	JE	1924		G reat B ritain J ersey (English)
GBM	Isle of Man	IN THE	1932		G reat B ritain Isle of M an (English)
GBZ	Gibraltar	GI	1924		G reat B ritain Gibraltar (English), Z : GB G was not possible
GCA + GT	Guatemala	GT	1956	G	G uatemala C entral A merica (English)
GE	Georgia	GE	1993
GH	Ghana	GH	1959	WAC
GQ *	Equatorial Guinea	GQ			G uinée é q uatoriale (French)
GR	Greece	GR	1913
GUB	Guinea-Bissau	GW
GUI *	Guinea	GN
GUY	Guyana	GY	1972
H	Hungary	HU	1910		H ungaria ( Latin )
HK	Hong Kong	HK	1932
HN	Honduras	HN
MR	Croatia	MR	1992	CRO	Hr vatska ( Croatian )
I.	Italy	IT	1910
IL	Israel	IL	1952
IND	India	IN	1947	BI
IR	Iran	IR	1936
IRL	Ireland	IE		EIR
IRQ	Iraq	IQ	1930		Ir a q (international transcription from Arabic عراق)
IS	Iceland	IS	1936
J	Japan	JP	1964
YES	Jamaica	JM	1932
JOR	Jordan	JO		HKJ
K	Cambodia	KH	1956		K ampuchea (formerly the official international transcription of the country name)
KAN *	St. Kitts and Nevis	KN
KG	Kyrgyzstan	KG	2016	KS	often also KGZ K yr g y z stan (English)
KIR	Kiribati	AI
KN	Greenland	GL		GRO	K alaallit N unaat ( Greenlandic )
KP	North Korea	KP			K orea, Democratic P eople’s Republic (English)
KSA	Saudi Arabia	SA			K ingdom of S audi- A rabia (English)
KWT	Kuwait	KW	1954
concentration camp	Kazakhstan	concentration camp	1992		K a z akhstan (English)
L.	Luxembourg	LU	1911
LAO	Laos	LA	1959
LAR *	Libya	LY	1972		L ibyan A rab R epublic (English)
LB *	Liberia	LR	1967
LS	Lesotho	LS	1967
LT	Lithuania	LT	1992		L ie t uva ( Lithuanian )
LV	Latvia	LV	1992	LR	L at v ija ( Latvian )
M.	Malta	MT	1966	GBY
MA	Morocco	MA	1924
TIMES	Malaysia	MY	1967
MC	Monaco	MC	1910
MD	Moldova	MD	1992
MEX	Mexico	MX	1952
MNG	Mongolia	MN
MH	Marshall Islands	MH
MNE	Montenegro	ME	2006	SCG
MOC	Mozambique	MZ	1975		Moç ambique (Portuguese)
MS	Mauritius	MU	1938
MV *	Maldives	MV
MW	Malawi	MW	1965
MYA	Myanmar	MM		BUR
N	Norway	NO	1922
N / A	Netherlands Antilles	ON	1957		Disbanded in 2010, partly used again
NAM	Namibia	N / A	1990	SWA
NAU	Nauru	NO	1968
NCL	New Caledonia	NC			N ouvelle- C a l édonie (French)
NEP *	Nepal	NP	1970
NGR	Nigeria	NG	1992	WAN
NI *	Northern Ireland				seen sporadically
NIC	Nicaragua	NI	1952
NL	Netherlands	NL	1910
NMK	North Macedonia	MK	2019	MK
NZ	New Zealand	NZ	1958		N ew Z ealand (English)
OM	Oman	OM
P	Portugal	PT	1910
PA	Panama	PA	1952
PAL	Palau	PW
PE	Peru	PE	1937
PK	Pakistan	PK	1947
PL	Poland	PL	1921		P o l ska ( Polish )
PMR *	Transnistria		1992	SU	P ridnestrowskaja M oldawskaja R espublika
PNG *	Papua New Guinea	PG	1978
PRI	Puerto Rico	PR
PY	Paraguay	PY	1952
Q	Qatar	QA	1972		Q atar (transcription)
RA	Argentina	AR	1927		R epública A rgentina (Spanish)
RB	Botswana	BW	1967	BP	R ePublic of B otswana (English), in practice, BW used.
RC	Taiwan	TW	1932		R epublic of C hina (see note on People's Republic of China)
RCA	Central African Republic	CF	1962		R épublique c entr a fricaine (French)
RCB	Republic of the Congo	CG	1962		R épublique du C ongo B razzaville (French)
RCH	Chile	CL	1930		R epública de Ch ile (Spanish)
RG	Guinea	GN	1972		R épublique de G uinée (French)
RH	Haiti	HT	1952		R épublique d ' H aïti (French)
RI	Indonesia	ID	1955	IN	R epublik I ndonesia ( Malay )
RIM	Mauritania	MR	1964		R épublique i slamique de M auritanie (French)
RKS	Kosovo	XK	2008	KS	R epublika e K o s ovës ( Albanian )
RL	Lebanon	LB	1952		R épublique l ibanaise (French)
RM	Madagascar	MG	1962		R épublique de M adagascar (French)
RMM	Mali	ML	1962		R épublique m usulmane du M ali (French)
RN	Niger	NE	1977		R épublique du N iger (French)
RO	Romania	RO	1981	R.	Ro mânia ( Romanian )
ROK	South Korea	KR	1971		R epublic o f K orea (English)
ROU	Uruguay	UY	1979	U	R epública O riental del U ruguay (Spanish)
RP	Philippines	PH	1975		R epublic of the P hilippines (English)
RSM	San Marino	SM	1932		R epubblica di S an M arino ( Italian )
RT	Togo	TG			R épublique t ogolaise (French)
RU	Burundi	BI			R epublika y ' U burundi ( Kirundi , a Bantu language )
RUS	Russia	RU	1992		Rus sia (English)
RWA	Rwanda	RW	1964		Rwa nda (French)
S.	Sweden	SE	1911
SD	Swaziland	SZ	1935
SGP	Singapore	SG	1952
SK	Slovakia	SK	1993	CS
SLE *	Sierra Leone	SL	2002		officially WAL; The national flag is always to be seen on the left on national license plates and SLE underneath
SLO	Slovenia	SI	1992
SME	Suriname	SR	1936
SMOM *	Sovereign Order of Malta	MT			S overeign M ilitary O rder of M alta (English)
SN	Senegal	SN	1962
SO	Somalia	SO	1974
SOL	Solomon Islands	SB			Sol omon Islands (English)
SRB	Serbia	RS	2006	SCG	Srb ija ( Serbian )
SSD	South Sudan	SS	2011	SOUTH	S outh S u d an (English)
STP	Sao Tome and Principe	ST
SOUTH*	Sudan	SD	1963
SY	Seychelles	SC	1938
SYR	Syria	SY	1952
T	Thailand	TH	1955	SM
TD	Chad	TD	1973		T cha d (French)
TG *	Togo	TG	1973
TJ	Tajikistan	TJ	1992		T a j ikistan (English)
TL	East Timor	TL			T imor- L este (Portuguese)
TM	Turkmenistan	TM	1992
TN	Tunisia	TN	1957
SOUND *	Tonga	TO
TR	Turkey	TR	1935		T ü r kiye ( Turkish )
TT	Trinidad and Tobago	TT	1964
TUV	Tuvalu	TV
UA	Ukraine	UA	1992
UAE	United Arab Emirates	AE			U nited A rab E mirates (English)
United States	United States	US	1952	US	U nited S tates of A merica (English)
UZ	Uzbekistan	UZ	1992		Uz bekistan (English)
V	Vatican city	VA
VAN *	Vanuatu	VU
VG	British Virgin Islands	VG
VN	Vietnam	VN	1953
WAG	Gambia	GM	1932		W est A frica The G ambia (English)
WHALE	Sierra Leone	SL	1937		W est A frica Sierra L eone (English)
WB *	Palestine	PS			W est B ank (English)
WD	Dominica	DM	1954		W indward Islands D ominica (English)
Flat share	Grenada	GD	1932		W indward Islands G renada (English)
WL	St. Lucia	LC	1932		W indward Islands St. L UCIA (English)
WS	Samoa	WS	1962		formerly W est s amoa
WSA *	Western Sahara	EH	1932		W est Sa hara (English)
WV	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	VC	1932		W indward Islands St. V Incent
YEM	Yemen	YE			Yem en (English)
YV	Venezuela	VE			YV is the registration number for aircraft from Venezuela
Z	Zambia	ZM	1966		Z ambia (English)
ZA	South Africa	ZA	1936?	SOW	Z uid- A frika (old Dutch name)
ZW	Zimbabwe	ZW	1977	RSR	Z imbab w e (English)

List of obsolete or no longer in use labels

Country code of the GDR , valid from 1973 to 1990

Mark	country	Date of Expiry	after that	Derivation / remark
ADN	South Yemen	1980	YAR	Capital Ad e n
BA	Burma	1956	BUR	B urm a
bra	British Honduras	1990	BZ	-
BI	British India	1947	IND and others	-
BL	Basutoland	1967	LS	-
BP	Botswana	1967	RB	B echuanaland P rotectorate (engl.)
BRG	British Guiana	1972	GUY	-
BS	British Somaliland	1966	SO	-
BUR	Burma	1995	MYA	Bur ma (Engl.)
CB	Belgian Congo	1961	CGO	C ongo B elgique (French)
CD **	Democratic Republic of Congo	2006	CGO	C ongo D émocratique (French)
CGO	Congo Kinshasa	1972	ZR	C on go (English, French)
CNB	North Borneo	1963	TIMES	C olonie de N ord B ornéo (fr.)
CS	Czechoslovakia	1992	CZ, SK	Č esko s lovensko
CU	Curacao	1957	N / A	-
D.	German Democratic Republic	1973	GDR	D erm
THERE	Free City of Gdansk	1939	D, 1945 PL	Since nzig, Free City
GDR	German Democratic Republic	1990	D.	D eutsche D emokratische R epublic
DY	Dahomey	1978	BJ	D ahome y
EA	British East Africa	1938	EAK etc.	E ast A frica (engl.)
EAN	Nyassaland	1964	MW	E ast A frica N yasaland (engl.)
EAZ	Zanzibar	1964 (?)	EAT	E ast A frica Z anzibar (engl.)
EIR	Ireland	1962	IRL	Éir e (Irish)
EQ	Ecuador	1962	EC	Éq uateur (French)
EW	Estonia	1993	EST	E esti Vabariik (estn.); W from outdated spelling until the mid-1920s Eesti W abariik
FIF	French India	1930	IND	F rance, I ndie F rançaise (French)
FM	Malaysia	1958	TIMES	F ederation of M alaya
FR	Faroe Islands	1996	FO	-
G	Guatemala	1956
GBY	Malta	1966	M.	G reat B ritain Malta (Engl.) Y: GB M was already at Isle of Man awarded
GEO	Georgia	1993	GE	-
GRO	Greenland	?	KN	-
HKJ	Jordan	after 1990	JOR	H ashemite K ingdom of J ordan (Eng.) (Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan)
HV	Upper Volta	1970	BF	H aute- V olta (French)
IN	Netherlands Antilles	1949	N / A	I les N éerlandaises (French) (?)
IN	Indonesia	1955	RI	-
JO	Johor	1948	FM	-
CAT	Katanga	1962	CGO	-
KD	Kedah	1948	FM	-
KL	Kelantan	1948	FM	-
LR	Latvia	1940	SU, 1992 LV	L atvijas R epublika
LT	Tripolitania	1971	LAR	L ibye T ripolitaine (French)
M.	Israel	1948	IL	M andate territory of Palestine (until the founding of the state of Israel)
ME	Spanish Morocco	1952	MA	M aroc E spagnol (French)
MK	Macedonia	2019	NMK	М а к едониjа ( Macedonian )
MN	Montenegro	1918	Y (?)	-
MT	Tangier	1956	MA	M aroc T anger (French)
NDH	Croatia	1945	Y	N ezavisna D rzava H rvatska (kro.)
NF	Newfoundland	1949	CDN	-
NGN	Dutch New Guinea	1963	RI	N ouvelle G uinée N éerlandaise (French)
NIG	Niger	1980	RN	-
NO	Northern Rhodesia	1960	RNR	-
PAH	Pakistan	circa 1990	PK	-
PAN	Angola	1956	ANG	P ortuguese An gola (Eng.)
PI	Philippines	circa 1979	RP	-
PR	Persia	1956	IR	-
PS	Perlis	1948	TIMES	-
PTM	Malaysia	1967	TIMES	P erseku t uan M alaysia
R.	Russia	1926	SU, 1991 RUS	-
R.	Romania	1981	RO	-
RB	Bolivia	1967	BOL	R epública de B olivia (span.)
RCL	Congo-Leopoldville	1970	CGO	R épublique du C ongo- L éopoldville (French)
RM	Romania	1930	R.	-
RNR	Northern Rhodesia	1966	Z	R epublic of N orth R hodesia (engl.)
RS	Republika Srpska	1998	BIH	R epublika S rpska (Serb.)
RSR	Southern Rhodesia	1979	ZW	R epublic of S outh R hodesia (engl.)
RUC	Cameroon	1983	CAM	R épublique u nie du C ameroun (French)
SA	Saar area (League of Nations mandate)	March 31, 1935	D.	from 1926
SA	Saarland	December 31, 1958	D.	from 1945
SOW	Republic of South Africa	1956?	ZA	S outh A frican U nion (English) (?)
SB	Serbia	1918	SHS	-
SCG	Serbia and Montenegro	2006	SRB and MNE	S rbija i C rna G ora (serb./montenegr.)
SE	Ireland	1938	EIR	S aorstát É ireann (Gaelic)
SF	Finland	1993	FIN	S uomi (Finnish) and F inland (swedish)
SHS	Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes	1936	Y	S rbija, H rvatska, S lovenija (Serbo-Croatian [SH] / Slovenian [S])
SK	Sarawak	1963	TIMES	-
SL	Syria and Lebanon	1952	SYR and RL	-
SM	Siam	1955	T	-
SNB	North Borneo	1955	CNB	S tate of N orthern B orneo (Engl.) (?)
SO, SQ	Slovakia	1945	CS, 1992 SQ 1993 SK	-
SQ	Slovakia	1992	1993 SK	-
SP	Somalia	1960	SO	S omalia P rotectorate (engl.)
SR	Southern Rhodesia	1960	RSR	-
SS	Straits Settlements	1952	FM	-
SU	Soviet Union	1991	RUS and others	-
SWA	South West Africa	1966 (1990)	NAM	-
TC	Cameroon	1952	CAM	T rust territory of C ameroon
TD	Trinidad and Tobago	1964	TT	T rini d ad
TLT	Trieste Free Territory	1954	I and YU	T erritorio l ibero di T rieste (ital.)
TMN	Turkmenistan	circa 1996	TM	-
TT	Togo	1952	TG	T rust territory of T ogoland (engl.)
TU	Terengganu	1948	FM	-
U	Uruguay	1978	ROU	-
WAC	Gold coast	1959	GH	W est A frica Golden C oast
WAN	Nigeria	1992	NGR	W est A frica N igeria (Eng.)
Y	Yugoslavia	1952	YU	Y ugoslavia (Engl.)
YAR	Yemen		YEM	Y emen A rab R epublic (engl.)
YMN	Yemen	1990	YAR	Y e m e n (Engl.)
YU	Yugoslavia	2002	SCG	Yu goslavia (engl.)
ZR	Zaire	1980	ZRE	-
ZRE	Zaire	1999	CD**	-

See also

• Diplomatic plates
• ISO-3166-1 coding list
• country code
• List of NATO country codes
• List of Olympic team abbreviations
• Complete list of top-level domains

Web links

Commons : International vehicle registration codes  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Distinguishing signs used on vehicles in international traffic (PDF; 30 kB, English, April 25, 2012), on unece.org
• Ovales Internationaux (French) on plaque.free.fr, accessed August 8, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Council of the European Union : Council Regulation (EC) No. 2411/98 of November 3, 1998 on the recognition of the distinguishing mark of the Member State of registration of motor vehicles and motor vehicle trailers in intra-Community traffic . In: EUR-Lex (Ed.): Official Journal . L 299, November 10, 1998, p. 1–3 : "Article 3: Member States which require vehicles registered in another Member State to have a distinctive sign when participating in traffic on their territory shall recognize the distinguishing sign of the registering Member State, which is placed on the left edge of the plate in accordance with the Annex , as equivalent to the other distinguishing marks that they recognize for the purpose of indicating the country of registration of the vehicle. "
2. ↑ Annexes- Distinguishing Sign of Motor Vehicles and Trailers to International Traffic- Convention on Road Traffic on November 8, 1968. Retrieved December 14, 2019 . 
3. ^ Agreement between and among the Governments of the Kingdom of Cambodia, the People's Republic of China, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, the Union of Myanmar, the Kingdom of Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for the Facilitation of Cross-Border Transport of Goods and People, Annex 2: Registration of Vehicles in International Traffic ( Memento of March 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), 2004 (also adb.org ( Memento of June 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF) and news.mot. go.th ( Memento from July 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF))
4. ↑ according to international agreement of April 1926, cf. P. 60 of the ADAC foreign tour book and foreign travel guide 1931 , Verlag Dr. Hüsing & Co. GmbH Berlin, 1931
5. ^ Saar nostalgia: The number plates of the Saarland from 1920 to today

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