Vehicle registration plates of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Current Bosnia and Herzegovina vehicle registration plate (issued from September 28, 2009) Bosnia and Herzegovina new license plate.JPG
Current Bosnia and Herzegovina vehicle registration plate (issued from September 28, 2009)
Old Bosnia and Herzegovina vehicle registration plate (Issued until September 28, 2009, but still in use) Bosnia and Herzegovina vehicle registration plate.jpg
Old Bosnia and Herzegovina vehicle registration plate (Issued until September 28, 2009, but still in use)
Current Bosnia and Herzegovina Taxi vehicle registration plate Taksi registarske tablice Bosne i Hercegovine.svg
Current Bosnia and Herzegovina Taxi vehicle registration plate

Bosnia and Herzegovina vehicle registration plates have held their current form since 2 February 1998. [1] Currently the Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) vehicle registration plate format consists of seven characters: five numbers and two letters arranged in the following order: X00-X-000 (taxis: TA-000000). The plates are uniform across the country and do not denote the place (town, municipality, canton, or entity) where the vehicle is registered, as was the case prior to 1998. Likewise the plates do not contain any heraldic symbols. The plates use only letters which are represented equally in Latin and Cyrillic script (A, E, O, J, K, M, T).

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Special plates

Current Bosnia and Herzegovina temporary registration plate (TT - Testne Tablice) Probne registarske tablice Bosne i Hercegovine.svg
Current Bosnia and Herzegovina temporary registration plate (TT - Testne Tablice)
Bosnia and Herzegovina EUPM plates (EUPM - European Union Police Mission European Union Police Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina license plate.jpg
Bosnia and Herzegovina EUPM plates (EUPM - European Union Police Mission
Former Bosnia and Herzegovina working road machine plate from Drvar BOSNIA-HERZOGOVINA, DRVAR, 2000's -WORKING ROAD MACHINE - Flickr - woody1778a.jpg
Former Bosnia and Herzegovina working road machine plate from Drvar
UNPF plate (United Nations Protection Forces) UNITED NATIONS PROTECTION FORCES, SREBRENICA, BOSNIA-HERZOGOVINA 1995 -U.N VEHICLE plate - Flickr - woody1778a.jpg
UNPF plate (United Nations Protection Forces)

History

The revised registration plates were introduced as an initiative of the International High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Carlos Westendorp. [2] In a report from the Office of the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina prior to the decision, it had been noted that police conduct around the Inter-Entity Boundary Line separating the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska, had been the "greatest obstacle to freedom of movement", including intimidation and arbitrary fines. [3]

Elsewhere it has been noted that vehicles which bore licence plates from one entity would be subject to vandalism in the other entity. [4] The development of licence plates which would not serve as proxy identifiers of driver ethnicity was a partial solution to these problems. [5]

City codes

Yugoslav plate from Sarajevo YUGOSLAVIA, BOSNIA-HERZOGOVINA, SARAJEVO pre1991 -LICENSE PLATE - Flickr - woody1778a.jpg
Yugoslav plate from Sarajevo

Prior to 1992

CodeRegionCodeRegionCodeRegion
BL Banja Luka TD Titov Drvar LI Livno
PD Prijedor TR Travnik TB Trebinje
SA Sarajevo ZE Zenica ČP Čapljina
TZ Tuzla BI Bihać KNJ Konjic
MO Mostar DO Doboj Goražde
Brčko VI Visoko ZV Zvornik
BN Bijeljina JC Jajce MD Modriča
BU Bugojno

Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Plate from Tuzla (1994-1998) TZ 1826 HA.jpg
Plate from Tuzla (1994–1998)

On the territory controlled by Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992 were used new license plates. They wore a blue strip on the left side with the "BIH" script and the coat of arms above the script (1992 is no blue stripe). On the white background the form was XX-nnnnLL or XX-nnnnnL, where "XX" was the code of the city, "nnnn"/"nnnnn" were digits, and "LL" two letters (previously one letter), where the first letter denoted the municipality where it was issued (before this is not at all). Towns are given in following table:

CodeRegionCodeRegion
SA Sarajevo BI Bihać
PD Prijedor DO Doboj
TZ Tuzla VI Visoko
MO Mostar JC Jajce
BR Brčko BU Bugojno
TR Travnik ZV Zvornik
ZE Zenica MD Modriča
KO Konjic GO Goražde
BL Banja Luka TD Titov Drvar

Republika Srpska

Plate from Bijeljina License plate of the Republic of Srbska.jpg
Plate from Bijeljina
Military plate Bosnia-Herzegovina Republika Srpska -Bosnian Serb Army license plate - Flickr - woody1778a.jpg
Military plate

On territory of the Republika Srpska entity, license plates were used similar to those before the war, with difference that instead of red star, the Serb four-S coat of arms was used. Letters on plates were usually in Cyrillic script, but the license plates with Latin versions of codes are also used.

CodeRegionCodeRegion
СС Sarajevo (Srpsko Sarajevo, Српско Сарајево)СЊ Foča (renamed to Srbinje (Србиње))
ПД Prijedor (Приједор)ДО Doboj (Добој)
БЛ Banja Luka (Бања Лука)ЗВ Zvornik (Зворник)
БЧ Brčko (Брчко)МД Modriča (Модрича)
ТБ Trebinje (Требиње)БН Bijeljina (Бијељина)
МГ Mrkonjić Grad (Мркоњић Град)ВГ Višegrad (Вишеград)
ДВ Drvar (Дрвар)НЊ Nevesinje (Невесиње)

Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia

HVO plate (Hrvatsko vijece obrane) Military license plate from the Republic of Herceg-Bosnia.jpg
HVO plate (Hrvatsko vijeće obrane)
Plate from Mostar License plate of Herzeg-Bosna, Mostar.jpg
Plate from Mostar
Plate from Jajce BOSNIA-HERZOGOVINA, CROATIAN HERZEG-BOSNA, JAJCE 1990's -TWO LINE LICENSE PLATE - Flickr - woody1778a.jpg
Plate from Jajce

On the territory of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, license plates were used similar to those of Croatia, with difference in the shape of shield in Croat coat of arms ("checkerboard"-"šahovnica").

CodeRegionCodeRegion
MO Mostar TR Travnik
ČA Čapljina OR Orašje
PO Posušje KI Kiseljak
ŠB Široki Brijeg RA Prozor (renamed to Rama)
JA Jajce ŽE Žepče
TG Tomislavgrad LI Livno
GR Grude LJ Ljubuški
BU Bugojno DR Drvar
ČT Čitluk KO Konjic

Diplomatic, consular and foreign mission plate prefixes

Current Bosnia and Herzegovina diplomatic plate Bosnia and Herzegovina diplomatic license plate 14 A 094.jpg
Current Bosnia and Herzegovina diplomatic plate

These prefixes were also valid for Croatia from 1991 to 1994.

CodeCountry or Organization
10Flag of France.svg  France
11Flag of the United States.svg  United States
12Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
13Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
14Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
15Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
16Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
17Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
18Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
19Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
20Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
21Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
22Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
23Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
24Flag of Libya.svg  Libya
25Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
26Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
27Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
28Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
29 Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
30Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
32Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
33Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
34Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
35Flag of the United Nations.svg  United Nations
36Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
37 Office of the High Representative
38 Commission on Human Rights
39Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
40Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
41 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
42Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
43Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
44 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
45Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  UAE
46 International Monetary Fund
47 Customs and Fiscal Assistant Office
48Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
49 European Central Bank
50 European Commission in Bosnia and Herzegovina
51 United Nations Development Program
52 International Organization for Migration
53Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
54 Central Bank
55 Commission for Property of Displaced Persons and Refugees
56Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
57 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
58Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia
59Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
60 United Nations Children's Fund
61Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
62Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine
63Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
64 European Union Monitoring Mission in the former Yugoslavia
65 International Monetary Group
66Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
68 World Health Organization
69Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
70 International Centre for Migration Policy Development
71 International Commission on Missing Persons
72Flag of the Order of St. John (various).svg  SMOM
73 International Committee of the Red Cross
74Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
75Flag of the Council of Europe.svg  Council of Europe
76 International Trust Fund
77 International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Society
78 International Finance Corporation
79Flag of the Vatican City (2023-present).svg  Vatican City
80Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
81 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
82Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau
83 Refugees Return Foundation
84 European Union Police Mission (A prefix), European Union Monitoring Mission (M prefix)
85 Regional Environmental Centre
86 Stability Pact Anti-corruption Initiative
87Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
88 The Registry
89 High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council
90 Office of the EU Special Representative
91 Japan International Cooperation Agency
92Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
93Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
94Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
95Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
96 Regional Cooperation Council
97 Peace Support Operation Training Centre
0100Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
0102Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
0103Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
0119Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria

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