System of license plates (France)
With the French license plates introduced on July 1, 2004 for mopeds and on April 15, 2009 for all other vehicles, the affiliation to a certain department is only indicated on the right of the license plate. It no longer plays a role for the letter / number combination on the license plate. Nevertheless, a system of license plates can be recognized. Depending on which category (general series, mopeds) a vehicle belongs to, you can determine when the respective license plates were assigned. The letter assignments help to determine the year of registration. The information in this article is quite extensive. Basic information, in which the most important information about the license plates of France is listed in a shortened form , can be found in the leading article License plates of France .
Combinations
The type of arrangement of letters and numbers on French license plates is assigned according to certain regulations:
The license plates for mopeds consist of one or two letters on the left, two or three digits in the middle and a letter on the right of the plate.
The codes of the general approval series consist of two letters on the left, a hyphen, three digits in the middle - if necessary always with leading zeros -, a further hyphen and two letters on the right.
The identifier for dealers consists of the letter `` W '' on the left, a hyphen, three digits in the middle - if necessary, always with leading zeros -, another hyphen and two letters on the right.
The short-term indicators consist of the letter pair `` WW '' on the left, a hyphen, three digits in the middle - if necessary, always with leading zeros -, another hyphen and two letters on the right.
Departments
General series
year | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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2009 | AA | FROM | AC | AD | AE | AF | AG | AH | AJ | ||||||||||||||
2010 | AK | AL | AT THE | ON | AP | AQ | AR | AS | AT | AV | AW | AX | AY | AZ | |||||||||
BA | BB | BC | BD | BE | BF | ||||||||||||||||||
2011 | BG | bra | BJ | BK | BL | BM | BN | BP | BQ | BR | BS | BT | BV | BW | BX | BY | BZ | ||||||
2012 | CA | CB | CC | CD | CE | CF | CG | CH | CJ | CK | CL | CM | CN | CP | |||||||||
2013 | CQ | CR | CS | CT | CV | CW | CX | CY | CZ | ||||||||||||||
THERE | DB | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | DC | DD | DE | DF | DG | DH | DJ | DK | DL | DM | |||||||||||||
2015 | DN | DP | DQ | DR | DS | DT | DV | DW | DX | DY | |||||||||||||
2016 | Double room | ||||||||||||||||||||||
EA | EB | EC | ED | EE | EF | EG | EH | EJ | |||||||||||||||
2017 | EK | Tbsp | EM | EN | EP | EQ | HE | IT | ET | ||||||||||||||
2018 | EV | EW | EX | EY | EZ | ||||||||||||||||||
FA | FB | FC | |||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | FD | FE | FF | FG | FH | FJ | FK | FL | FM | ||||||||||||||
2020 | FP |
Mopeds
year | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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2004 | A. | B. | C. | D. | |||||||||||||||||||
2005 | E. | F. | G | H | J | K | L. | M. | |||||||||||||||
2006 | N | P | Q | R. | S. | T | V | W. | |||||||||||||||
2007 | X | Y | Z | ||||||||||||||||||||
AA | FROM | AC | AD | AE | AF | AG | |||||||||||||||||
2008 | AH | AJ | AK | AL | AT THE | ON | AP | AQ | AR | ||||||||||||||
2009 | AS | AT | AV | AW | AX | AY | AZ | ||||||||||||||||
BA | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | BB | BC | BD | BE | BF | BG | bra | BJ | |||||||||||||||
2011 | BK | BL | BM | BN | BP | BQ | BR | BS | BT | BV | BW | BX | BY | BZ | |||||||||
CA | CB | CC | CD | CE | |||||||||||||||||||
2012 | CF | CG | CH | CJ | CK | CL | CM | CN | CP | ||||||||||||||
2013 | CQ | CR | CS | CT | CV | CW | CX | CY | |||||||||||||||
2014 | CZ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
THERE | DB | DC | DD | DE | |||||||||||||||||||
2015 | DF | DG | DH |
The special number plate combinations for mopeds were no longer issued from July 1, 2015. The last registered number plate was DH 123 K. The mopeds now receive number plate combinations of the general series.
Dealer
Note: In the case of the codes for dealers that always begin with the letter W , the first letter of the letter pair at the end is shown in the following list.
year | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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2009 | A. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | B. | C. | |||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | D. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | E. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | F. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | G | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | H | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | J | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | K |
Temporary license plate
Note: In the case of short-term designations that always begin with the letter pair WW , the first letter of the letter pair at the end is shown in the following lists.
Passages
The number of short-term IDs (with the ID WW ) is limited. Therefore, after the identification WW-999-ZZ has been assigned, the new passage with the identification WW-001-AA takes place.
First try
year | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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2009 | A. | B. | |||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | C. | D. | E. | F. | |||||||||||||||||||
2011 | G | H | J | K | L. | ||||||||||||||||||
2012 | M. | N | P | Q | |||||||||||||||||||
2013 | R. | S. | T | V | W. | ||||||||||||||||||
2014 | X | Y | Z |
Second round
year | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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2014 | A. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | B. | C. | D. | E. | F. | ||||||||||||||||||
2016 | G | H | J | K | L. | M. | |||||||||||||||||
2017 | N | P | Q | R. | S. | T | V | ||||||||||||||||
2018 | W. | X | Y | Z |
The series was stopped on November 23, 2017. From this point in time until June 9, 2018, unusual combinations were reassigned.
Third round
year | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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2018 | A. | B. | C. | D. | E. | F. | G | ||||||||||||||||
2019 | H | J | K | L. | M. | N | P | Q | R. | S. | T | V | W. | X | Y | Z |
Fourth round
year | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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2019 | A. | B. | C. | D. | E. | F. |
First issue days of the respective rounds
In the table, the first issue day stands for the short-term number of the respective round.
date | Passages |
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April 15, 2009 | First try |
December 03, 2014 | Second round |
08/16/2018 | Third round |
09/26/2019 | Fourth round |
Saint Barthelemy
The island of Saint-Barthélemy is a French overseas local authority ( collectivité d'outre-mer ) . On the left of the license plates is the coat of arms of Saint-Barthélemy , followed by a combination of up to three digits and a letter. This system was introduced on March 3, 2008 with the award of the 1 A mark. The final letter is given in the table.
The license plates for dealers have the letter W instead of the serial letters A, B, C etc.
There is another series where the license plate ends in SPE.
year | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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2008 | A. | B. | |||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | C. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | D. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | E. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | F. | G | |||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | H | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | J | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | K | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | M. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | P | Q | |||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | R. | T | |||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | V | X |
Saint Martin
The northern part of the island of Saint-Martin is a French overseas local authority ( collectivité d'outre-mer ) . The license plate has a four-digit number on the left, followed by a horizontal line and three letters. This system was introduced on June 8, 2010 with the award of the license plate 0001-AAA. The final letter is given in the table. The codes of the buses end with -BUS, those of the administration with -COM. Dealer vehicles have the letter W followed by a dash and a four-digit number, e.g. B. W-0004.
AAx
year | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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2010 | A. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | B. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | C. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | D. |
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
The Saint-Pierre and Miquelon archipelago is a French overseas authority ( collectivité d'outre-mer ) . On the left of the license plates is the abbreviation SPM for Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, followed by a combination of up to three digits and a letter. This system was introduced on December 7, 2000 with the award of the SPM 1 A label. The final letter is given in the table.
year | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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2000 | A. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2003 | B. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2007 | C. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | E. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | F. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | G | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | H |
Highest approval numbers
France
date | Mopeds | General series | Dealer | Temporary registration |
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July 1, 2004 | A 11 A 1 | |||
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 2 | W-001-AA 2 | WW-001-AA 2 |
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 3 |
June 30, 2015 | DH 123 K 4 | |||
December 31, 2015 | DY-706-QH | W-549-GZ | WW-762-FB | |
December 31, 2016 | EJ-171-AS | W-588-HQ | WW-058-MD | |
9th November 2017 | WW-912-VX 5 | |||
December 31, 2017 | ET-897-DT | W-081-JF | WW-664-LM 6 | |
December 31, 2018 | FC-885-XN | W-385-JR | WW-982-GZ 7 | |
December 31, 2019 | FM-528 toilet | W-312-KE | WW-320-FQ 8 |
Footnotes
1 first license number assigned in the moped series on July 1, 2004
2 first license number assigned on April 15, 2009
3 second round
4 last license number assigned in the moped series on June 30, 2015
5 last license number assigned on November 9, 2017, then reissue of former license plates up to WW -037-KE from November 21, 2017 to November 24, 2017, no issue until December 4, 2017 and continuation of the reissue of former license plates from WW-535-KE from December 5, 2017
6 last license plate from the repeat series on December 31, 2017
7 third round
8 fourth round
Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
date | Saint Barthelemy | Saint Martin | Saint-Pierre and Miquelon |
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December 31, 2000 | SPM 7 A | ||
December 31, 2001 | SPM 352 A | ||
December 31, 2002 | SPM 734 A | ||
December 31, 2003 | SPM 23 B | ||
December 31, 2004 | SPM 338 B | ||
December 31, 2005 | SPM 576 B | ||
December 31, 2006 | SPM 825 B | ||
December 31, 2007 | SPM 162 C | ||
December 31, 2008 | 133 B | SPM 532 C | |
December 31, 2009 | 306 C | SPM 912 C | |
December 31, 2010 | 454 D | 7203-AAA | SPM 323 E |
December 31, 2011 | 792 E. | 4342-AAB | SPM 776 E |
December 31, 2012 | 42 G | 7103-AAB | SPM 75 F |
December 31 2013 | 314 H. | 9311-AAB | SPM 480 F |
December 31, 2014 | 565 J. | 1725-AAC | SPM 864 F |
December 31, 2015 | 990 K | 3880-AAC | SPM 273 G |
December 31, 2016 | 635 N. | 6213-AAC | SPM 666 G |
December 31, 2017 | 18 Q | 8133-AAC | SPM 39 H |
December 31, 2018 | 167 T | 1186-AAD | SPM 378 H |
December 31, 2019 | 368 X | 4034-AAD | SPM 731 H |
French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna
date | French Polynesia | New Caledonia | Wallis and Futuna |
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December 31, 2000 | 215 973 NC | 5334 WF | |
December 31, 2001 | 141 298 P | 224 812 NC | 5503 WF |
December 31, 2002 | 148 987 P. | 234 411 NC | 5729 WF |
December 31, 2003 | 157 544 P. | 244 833 NC | 6063 WF |
December 31, 2004 | 165 255 P. | 255 532 NC | 6315 WF |
December 31, 2005 | 173 357 P | 267 178 NC | 6543 WF |
December 31, 2006 | 181 290 P | 279 412 NC | 6795 WF |
December 31, 2007 | 189 577 P | 292 857 NC | 7148 WF |
December 31, 2008 | 197 477 P | 306 538 NC | 7500 WF |
December 31, 2009 | 203 416 P. | 319 240 NC | 7684 WF |
December 31, 2010 | 209 342 P. | 332 566 NC | 7849 WF |
December 31, 2011 | 214 092 P | 345 948 NC | 8071 WF |
December 31, 2012 | 218 525 P | 358 477 NC | 8273 WF |
December 31 2013 | 222 887 P | 369 969 NC | 8538 WF |
December 31, 2014 | 227 708 P | 381 265 NC | 8771 WF |
December 31, 2015 | 231 887 P. | 391 707 NC | 8993 WF |
December 31, 2016 | 236 660 P | 400 814 NC | 9251 WF |
December 31, 2017 | 243 476 P. | 410 563 NC | 9511 WF |
December 31, 2018 | 250 882 P | 420 064 NC | 9836 WF |
July 10, 2019 | 10000 WF | ||
December 31, 2019 | 256 573 P | 420 064 NC | 10146 WF |