Vehicle registration plates of Tunisia

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Tunisia
Standard Tunisian licence plate.jpg
Tunisian regular legal standard number plate.
CountryFlag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Country codeTN
Current series
Size520 mm × 110 mm
20.5 in × 4.3 in
Serial format12(3) Tunisia 4567
Colour (front)White on black
Colour (rear)White on black
Tunisian vehicle registration plate Imatriculation Vehicule Tunisie.JPG
Tunisian vehicle registration plate

Tunisian vehicle registration plate allows the identification of vehicles registered in Tunisia.

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Format

Standard issue license plate for cars Standard Tunisian licence plate.jpg
Standard issue license plate for cars
Rental car license plate Rented car license plate - Tunisia - 2.jpg
Rental car license plate
Government department license plate Tunisian 20 Ministerial license plate.jpg
Government department license plate
Military license plate Military plate Tunisia.jpg
Military license plate
Diplomatic corps license plate Tunisian license plates 04.JPG
Diplomatic corps license plate
Temporary registration license plate Tunisian license plates 03.JPG
Temporary registration license plate

It takes the form XXX تونس XXXX where X is a number between 0 and 9, and تونس means "Tunisia" in Arabic script. Writing in white on a black background. The first three digits designate the series and the last four digits denote the number of vehicle registration in the series. The serial and registration number are separated by the name of Tunisia in Arabic.

The passage of a series to the next is for each record in 9999 vehicles.

Rental cars maintain the same format as shown above except that the plates have white numbers on a blue background.

The registration format shown above is awarded to any vehicle type with the exception of the following special plates.

For example, 03 is the Ministry of Justice, 15 is the Ministry of Transport. The right XXXXX numbers designate the registration of the Ministry-owned vehicle.

Ambassadors cars have the "CMD" inscription (Chef de Mission Diplomatique), in the form "XX CMD ر ب د XX" with 01 on the right side of the plate.

Dimensions

Motorcycles

Only a back registration plate is mandatory. It must be 170 mm long and 120 mm wide. [1]

Other vehicles

Two registration plates are mandatory.
Front plate must be 450 mm long and 100 mm wide.
Back plate must be 520 mm long and 110 mm wide, or 275 mm long and 200 mm wide in case it has two lines. [1]
On most vehicles, front plates are larger than what is required, having the legal dimensions of the back plate, which is tolerated by the police.

Series dates

Each series of vehicle registration refers to a year and hence its age. However, there is no rule and this depends on how many vehicles have been registered in a specific year. For example, series can last more than a whole year if less than 9999 vehicles are registered. But since in Tunisia an average of 50,000 new vehicles are registered each year, five series of number plates are issued. Late 140 series or early 141 series are expected by the end of 2009.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Plaque d'immatriculation" (in French). Archived from the original on 2019-12-19.