Vehicle registration plates of Russia

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Russian private vehicle registration plate.
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Registration plate for vehicles which have non-standard plate size (GOST R 50577-2018 Type 1A), 290 mm (11 in)x170 mm (6.7 in) (introduced in 2019).

Vehicle registration plates are the mandatory number plates used to display the registration mark of a vehicle, and have existed in Russia for many decades. Most motor vehicles which are used on public roads are required by law to display them. Having a number plate obstructed by snow, mud, paper, or any other tool that makes any of the digits and letters illegible is considered an administrative offense and results in a fine.

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History

Current plate format

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Country code on the bottom right. Non-EU-section-with-RUS(2).jpg
Country code on the bottom right.

The current format uses a letter followed by 3 digits and two more letters. To improve legibility of the numbers for Russian cars abroad, only a small subset of Cyrillic characters that look like Latin characters are used (12 letters: А, В, Е, К, М, Н, О, Р, С, Т, У, Х), additionally D was issued on some very early plates. [1] Finally, the region number (77, 97, 99, 177, 197, 199, 777, 797 and 799 for Moscow; 78, 98, 178, and 198 for Saint Petersburg, etc.) and the international code RUS with the Russian flag typically to the right of it, however the flag is not mandatory, and since 2013 owners may order plates without it. [2]

There is a different format for trailers (2 letters and 4 digits). Motorcycles, mopeds and scooters plates are made of square reflective plates and its format is 4 digits at the top and two letters at the bottom. These plates lack a national flag.

The standard size for the license plate is 520 mm by 112 mm.

Vehicles used by certain organisations or categories of persons carry special plates:

ImageDescription
Russian police license plate.png Police forces have special numbers on blue colored plates and the format is one letter and four digits. The letter signifies the branch of the police force, and its meaning may change from city to city; for example, in Moscow, A #### 99 rus stands for traffic police, У #### 99 rus for patrol cars, O #### 99 rus for police guard dog service etc.
Russian diplomatic license plate 002 CD 1.png Diplomatic cars have white characters on a red background. The first three digits on the plate are a code identifying the embassy to which they belong, assigned in order based on the date at which that country established diplomatic relations with Russia or the Soviet Union. For example, the United Kingdom is 001, the United States is 004, and South Sudan is 168. Numbers 500 and above identify international organizations, such as 505 for IMF. On ambassadors' cars this code is followed by CD and a digit (004 CD 1 77 rus), while cars assigned to rank-and-file diplomats have this code followed by D and three digits (for example, 004 D 108 77 rus). The lacking diplomatic status administrative and technical staff of embassies, consulates or international organizations have license plate format (004 T 001 77 rus).
Russian license plate (for military vehicles).png The military license plates have white characters on a black background and the format is NNNN LL for vehicles and LL NNNN for trailers. In this case the two digits on the right are not a regional code but a code for the military district, armed forces branch or service, or federal executive body where military service is required by law. For example, NNNN LL 14 rus is a vehicle belonging to the Railway Troops, NNNN LL 18 rus denotes the Ministry of Emergency Situations, NNNN LL 23 rus is for the Strategic Missile Troops, NNNN LL 21 rus for the Southern Military District etc. Unlike all other categories, the military number plates are not light reflective. [3]
Russian license plate (for taxi, buses).png Public transport vehicles (such as buses, licensed taxis and licensed share taxis) have black characters on a yellow background and the format is LL NNN. Since such vehicles are relatively few, the region code does not change often; in Moscow, for example, yellow "public transport" plates are still issued with the code 77 in December 2009. (Note: This type is not to be confused with the now defunct similar-looking yellow license plates having the format LL NNN L, which were issued prior to 2002 to cars registered to foreign companies operating in Russia; the latter type has now been withdrawn.)
Russian license plate (for trailers).png Trailer plates have colors very similar to normal passenger vehicles, but have format LL NNNN. Until July 2008, these plates had to be duplicated on the rear surface of the trailer, in a large print.
Russian license plate (for transit).png Temporary and transit licence plates. Made from glossy laminated paper with holographic sticker in the upper left corner.
Russian license plate (for exported vehicles).png Temporary and transit licence plates for exported vehicles with Т digit in left part of plate.
License plate in Russia 4.png Russia 2019 motorcycle license plate.png Motorcycle registration plates. From 2019 updated standard introduced reduced size plates 190 mm (7.5 in)x145 mm (5.7 in) (with Russian national flag on it).

Special plates in the above categories never carry the Russian flag, except for trailers.

There are special series (usually numbers starting with A) reserved for government officials (for example, A 001 AA usually belongs to the governor of the region). The license plates for federal government officials originally had a larger flag instead of the regional code but this type has now been withdrawn as well.

Rich businessmen, prominent politicians and crime lords often use para-legally acquired special licence plates (government or police) to get preferential treatment from the transport police and as a status symbol. Often, this is used in conjunction with a flashing siren. The Society of Blue Buckets is a protest movement that opposes this trend. [4]

As of 2014, there are new codes for Russian plates in occupied territories; number 82 for the Republic of Crimea and 92 for Sevastopol. The Russian Federation annexed Crimea from Ukraine and now administers it as two federal subjects: the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol. Ukraine, backed by most of the international community, refuses to accept the annexation and continues to assert its right over the peninsula. Vehicles with such plates may have difficulty entering countries which recognize Crimea as Ukrainian territory and thus deem documents issued by the Russian Federation in Crimea to be invalid.[ citation needed ]

After the February 2022 escalation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia issued plates for its conquests in Ukraine's Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts. It also began to issue plates numbered 188 in Kupiansk for Kharkiv oblast, [5] but its forces were pushed out of the oblast's territory during the Kharkiv counteroffensive in the fall of 2022.

Runout problem

As per GOST provision, only 1,726,272 combinations may be issued within one administration unit (the digits 000 are not allowed). In certain regions, the number of vehicles exceeds that number. Additionally, previous combinations cannot be reused after a vehicle has been de-registered. This scheme creates an issue where the number of possible license plate combinations cannot meet the demand of the number of vehicle registrations.

A short-term solution saw the introduction of additional codes for regions that suffered from this problem. Thus, some regions have two or three codes issued to them, the city of St. Petersburg has four, Moscow Oblast has six, and the federal city of Moscow has ten codes. But this does not fully solve the problem, as the authorities may eventually run out of three-numeral regional codes, and a fourth digit will not fit without changing the standardised layout of the plate.[ citation needed ] Since October 2013, when a vehicle is registered to a new owner, the registration plate could remain on the vehicle and a new registration number is not required, even if the vehicle is registered in another region.

The problem was resolved by re-registering plates that are no longer in use. Also, since 2013, the owner can keep the license plate for himself personally, or leave it on the car when selling it to another person.

Regional codes

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Russian regional vehicle registration codes

The license plate regional codes from 01 to 89 originally matched the numerical order of the federal subjects of Russia as listed in the Article 65 of the Constitution of Russia at the moment of the creation of the standard. In the following years some codes were reassigned or discontinued (for example code number 20 for the Chechen Republic: to prevent illegal registrations, and due to the destruction of the database in the 1990s, all the vehicles of Chechnya were reregistered). As the populous regions started running out of license plate combinations, new codes past code 89 were assigned to them as well. Additional triple-digit codes were created by prepending a "1", "2", "7", or "9" to the existing regional code (e.g. 54 and 154 for Novosibirsk Oblast, or 16, 116 and 716 in Tatarstan). [6] Those regions with an asterisk (*) beside them were involved in mergers with other regions, so are no longer issued, and have their codes listed with an asterisk with the region they are now a part of.

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A car with its registration plate from Saint Petersburg.

In June 2014, code 82 (formerly registered to the Koryak Autonomous District) was put back into registration for the Republic of Crimea, while Sevastopol adopted the new code 92. The reason for the decision to use code 82 was because, between the beginning of this plate format and the merging of the district, Koryak AO only registered 1,548 civilian car license plates (starting at A001AA/82 and ending at B549AA/82) and far less of other types (some types, such as public transport plates, were never issued in the region).

CodeThe region of Russian Federation
01 Republic of Adygea
02, 102, 702 Republic of Bashkortostan
03 Republic of Buryatia
04 Altai Republic
05 Republic of Dagestan
06 Republic of Ingushetia
07 Kabardino-Balkar Republic
08 Republic of Kalmykia
09 Karachay-Cherkess Republic
10 Republic of Karelia
11 Komi Republic
12 Mari El Republic
13, 113 Republic of Mordovia
14 Sakha Republic
15 Republic of North Ossetia–Alania
16, 116, 716 Republic of Tatarstan
17 Tuva Republic
18 Udmurt Republic
19 Republic of Khakassia
(20), 95 Chechen Republic
21, 121 Chuvash Republic
22, 122 Altai Krai
23, 93, 123, 193 Krasnodar Krai
24, 84*, 88*, 124 Krasnoyarsk Krai
25, 125 Primorsky Krai
26, 126 Stavropol Krai
27 Khabarovsk Krai
28 Amur Oblast
29 Arkhangelsk Oblast
30 Astrakhan Oblast
31 Belgorod Oblast
32 Bryansk Oblast
33 Vladimir Oblast
34, 134 Volgograd Oblast
35 Vologda Oblast
36, 136 Voronezh Oblast
37 Ivanovo Oblast
38, 85*, 138 Irkutsk Oblast
39, 91 Kaliningrad Oblast
40 Kaluga Oblast
41, 82* Kamchatka Krai
42, 142 Kemerovo Oblast
43 Kirov Oblast
44 Kostroma Oblast
45 Kurgan Oblast
46 Kursk Oblast
47, 147 Leningrad Oblast
48 Lipetsk Oblast
49 Magadan Oblast
50, 90, 150, 190, 750, 790 Moscow Oblast
51 Murmansk Oblast
52, 152, 252 Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
53 Novgorod Oblast
54, 154 Novosibirsk Oblast
55, 155 Omsk Oblast
56, 156 Orenburg Oblast
57 Oryol Oblast
58 Penza Oblast
59, 81*, 159 Perm Krai
60 Pskov Oblast
61, 161, 761 Rostov Oblast
62 Ryazan Oblast
63, 163, 763 Samara Oblast
64, 164 Saratov Oblast
65 Sakhalin Oblast
66, 96, 196 Sverdlovsk Oblast
67 Smolensk Oblast
68 Tambov Oblast
69 Tver Oblast
70 Tomsk Oblast
71 Tula Oblast
72, 172 Tyumen Oblast
73, 173 Ulyanovsk Oblast
74, 174, 774 Chelyabinsk Oblast
75, 80* Zabaykalsky Krai
76 Yaroslavl Oblast
77, 97, 99, 177, 197, 199, 777, 797, 799, 977 Moscow
78, 98, 178, 198 St. Petersburg
79 Jewish Autonomous Oblast
80, 180* Donetsk People's Republic (occupied Ukraine)
81, 181* Luhansk People's Republic (occupied Ukraine)
82 Republic of Crimea (occupied Ukraine)
83 Nenets Autonomous Okrug
84, 184* Kherson Oblast (occupied Ukraine)
85, 185* Zaporizhzhia Oblast (occupied Ukraine)
86, 186 Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
87 Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
88* Evenk Autonomous Okrug (1993-2006)
89 Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
92 Sevastopol (occupied Ukraine)
94Territories outside of the Russian Federation, served by the bodies of internal affairs of the Russian Federation, such as Baikonur
95 Chechenya
Internationally disputed areas in italics

Codes of diplomatic representative offices and international organizations

014 is the code for Norwegian diplomats in Russia Russian diplomatic license plate 014 D 161.jpg
014 is the code for Norwegian diplomats in Russia
Diplomatic vehicle of the Finnish embassy in Moscow (as evidenced by the 069 number code). 2009-09-19-helsinki-by-RalfR-060.jpg
Diplomatic vehicle of the Finnish embassy in Moscow (as evidenced by the 069 number code).

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs Order 282 from March 28, 2002. [7]

CodeCountry or organization
001Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
002Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
003Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
004Flag of the United States.svg  United States
005Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
006Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
007Flag of France.svg  France
008Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
009Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
010Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
011Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
012Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg
013Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
014Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
015Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
016Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
017Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
018Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
019Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
020Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
021Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
022Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2021).svg  Afghanistan
023Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar
024Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia
025Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
026Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi
027Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
028Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
029Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea
030Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
031Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
032Flag of India.svg  India
033Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
034Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
035Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
036Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
037Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
038Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
039Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia
040Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
041Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
042Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo
043Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
044Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
045Flag of Laos.svg  Laos
047Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
048Flag of Libya.svg  Libya
049Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
050Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
051Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
052Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
053Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
054Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
055Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
056Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
057Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso
058Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
059N/A [lower-alpha 1]
060Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia
061Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
062Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone
063Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
064Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
065Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
066Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
067Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
068Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
069Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
070Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
071Flag of Chad.svg  Chad
072Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
073Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
074Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
075Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
076Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
077Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of Congo
078Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
079Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
080Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau
081Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
082Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
083Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
084N/A
085N/A
086Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
087Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
088Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
089Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia
090Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
091Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
092N/A [lower-alpha 2]
093Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
094Flag of Benin.svg  Benin
095Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon
096Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana
097Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania
098Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar
099Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
100Flag of Niger.svg  Niger
101Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
102Flag of Togo.svg  Togo
103Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic
104Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
105Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen
106N/A [lower-alpha 3]
107Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine
108Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua
109Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
110Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea
111Flag of the Order of St. John (various).svg  Sovereign Military Order of Malta [lower-alpha 4]
112Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
113Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde
114N/A
115Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
116Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
117Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
118Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
119N/A [lower-alpha 5]
120Flag of Oman.svg  Oman
121Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
122N/A [lower-alpha 6]
123N/A [lower-alpha 7]
124Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
125Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
126Flag of Panama.svg  Panama [lower-alpha 8]
127Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
128Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia [lower-alpha 9]
129Flag of Albania.svg  Albania
130N/A [lower-alpha 10]
131Flag of the Vatican City (2023-present).svg  Vatican City
132Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
133Flag of Syria.svg  Syria
134Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
135Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
136Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
137Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
138Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
139N/A [lower-alpha 11]
140Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
141Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
142Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
143Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan
144Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
145Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
146Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
147Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova
148Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
149Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
150Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
151Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan
152Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan
153Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
154Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
155Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
156Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea
157Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
158Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
159Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei
160Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia
161Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
162Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius
163Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
164Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
165Flag of South Ossetia.svg  South Ossetia
166Flag of the Republic of Abkhazia.svg  Abkhazia
167Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti
168Flag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan
169Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
499 Flag of Europe.svg European Commission
500 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
501N/A [lower-alpha 12]
502N/A [lower-alpha 13]
503Flag of the Arab League.svg  Arab League
504 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
505 International Monetary Fund
506 International Organization for Migration
507 Emblem of the IFRC.svg International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
508Flag of the Red Cross.svg International Committee of the Red Cross
509 International Finance Corporation
510 Flag of the United Nations.svg United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
511Flag of the United Nations.svg  United Nations
512 Flag of UNESCO.svg United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); code 126 used earlier.
514 International Bank for Economic Complementation
515 International Investment Bank
516 Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications
517 International Centre of Scientific and Technical Information
518N/A [lower-alpha 14]
520 International Labour Organization
521N/A [lower-alpha 15]
522 Coordination Centre of the Intergovernmental Commission for Cooperation in Computing Machinery
523 Flag of the CIS.svg Executive Committee of the CIS
524 European Space Agency
525 Eurasian Patent Organization
526N/A [lower-alpha 16]
527N/A [lower-alpha 17]
528 Flag of the CIS.svg Interstate Bank
529N/A [lower-alpha 18]
530 International Research Institute of Management Problems
531 Flag of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.svg Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)
532 Flag of the CIS.svg Intergovernmental Statistical Committee of the CIS
533 Flag of the CIS.svg Secretariate of Council of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly
534 Flag of the Eurasian Economic Union.svg Eurasian Development Bank
535 Flag of the CIS.svg Intergovernmental Foundation for Humanitarian Cooperation of the CIS
555 Flag of the Eurasian Economic Union.svg Eurasian Economic Commission
556 Flag of the Council of Europe.svg Program Office of the Council of Europe in Russia
557 Flag of the CIS.svg Antiterrorist Centre of the CIS member states
559 Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
900Honorary consuls and offices headed by them

Notes

  1. Code 059 is a former code for Syria. The current code for Syria is 133.
  2. Code 092 is a former code for Czechoslovakia. Currently, codes for Czech Republic and Slovakia are 148 (Czech Republic), and 149 (Slovakia).
  3. Code 106 is a former code for the Central African Republic. The current code for the Central African Republic is 103.
  4. Earlier, code 111 belonged to the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance. Replaced by the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
  5. Code 119 is a former code for South Africa. The current code for South Africa is 137.
  6. Code 122 is a former code for the Arab League. The current code for the Arab League is 503.
  7. Code 123 is a former code for Liechtenstein.
  8. Earlier, code 126 belonged to UNESCO. Replaced by Panama.
  9. Earlier, code 128 belonged to the European Union. Replaced by North Macedonia.
  10. Code 130 is a former code for the International Organizations.
  11. Code 139 is a former code for Georgia. The current code Georgia is 158.
  12. Code 501 is a former code for the Un International Centre.
  13. Code 502 is a former code for the Eurocommision. The current code for this organization is 499.
  14. Code 518 is a former code for the International Scientific and Technical Centre
  15. Code 521 is a former code for the Interelectro (International Organization for Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation in Electrical Industry)
  16. Code 526 is a former code for the Taipei-Moscow Coordination Commission for Economic and Cultural Cooperation
  17. Code 527 is a former code for the Headquarters for Coordination of Military Cooperation of the CIS
  18. Code 529 is a former code of the Eurasian Economic Community (earlier - Integration Committee of the Eurasian Economic Community)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vehicle registration plates of Armenia</span> Armenia vehicle license plates

Vehicle registration plates of Armenia have black characters on a rectangular white background. They are composed of two or three numbers, two letters in the middle, and two other numbers. At the left side is located the international code "AM" with an oval car plaque and, sometimes, the national flag. Starting from 6 August 2014 a new design of license plates was implemented. The license plates have a national flag on the left side, a security hologram and a machinery readable Data Matrix Code.

Vehicle registration plates are the alphanumeric plates used to display the registration mark of a vehicle, and have existed in the United Kingdom since 1904. It is compulsory for motor vehicles used on public roads to display vehicle registration plates, with the exception of vehicles of the reigning monarch used on official business.

Kyrgyz registration plates were first issued in 1980, when the country was still a republic of the Soviet Union. Despite having gained its independence in 1991, it continued to use the old Soviet plates until the introduction of the current format in 1994.

Tajik vehicle registration plates are registration plates for vehicles registered in the country.

Vehicle registration plates were used in the Soviet Union for registrations of automobiles, motorcycles, heavy machinery, special-use vehicles as well as construction equipment, military vehicles and trailers. Every vehicle registration plate contains a unique registration mark embossed on a metal plate or a plate made of other materials. All vehicles were required to display the plates on the front side and backside, with the exception of trailers and motorcycles, which were only required to display one on the backside.

The Luhansk People's Republic has had a system of vehicle registration plates since May 2016. The plates were recognized as valid in the Russian Federation, alongside the plates of the neighboring Donetsk People's Republic, in February 2017.

References

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