Dutch license plate format

The licence plates have subtly changed shape in , when not only the letter type or font changed, but also a few other changes were made.

This list is not exhaustive. The Dutch Wikipedia article nl:Nederlands kenteken contains more exceptions. Since January 1, , the Netherlands has an all plastic vehicle registration on credit card format. This and the driving licence which is the same size are the only things you have to carry with you while driving in the Netherlands.

This registration looks the same green for every vehicle category, only the information on the card differs. It has a chip which contains more detailed information about the vehicle. All previously issued vehicle registrations will remain valid until the car changes ownership, or until when the owner requests replacement vehicle registration documents to be issued.

While you previously needed a so-called overschrijvingsbewijs a separate document that came with the vehicle registration in order to sell your vehicle, this has now been replaced with a code. If you bring the registration card and the correct code you can sell the vehicle, even if you do not have the original letter that comes with the new car registration stating the code.

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The current Dutch license plate colors are black on reflective yellow plates. For Taxis the colors are black on a reflective yellow background. Letters nowadays do not include vowels as to avoid profane or obscene language. To avoid confusion with a zero, the letters C and Q are also omitted. Hence, a Dutch license plate says all about the date of registration of a car, but nothing about where the car comes from or to whom it belongs. Sign in.

Log into your account. Forgot your password? Create an account. Sign up. Password recovery. Sequence 5 K and Y were removed from the set of possible characters.

The B and V remained prohibited in initial position. This sequence progressed in alphabetical order starting with DB-BB Rules used for company cars Examples of company cars are trucks and busses. In all these sequences the number pairs start at 01 and end at Sequence 1 The vehicles were divided in two groups: vehicles narrower than 2. Sequence 2 This sequence proceeded in alphabetical order. The K and the L were not allowed as first character. The second character always was a B.

The first character was limited to B and when this sequence was exhausted the first character was V. There were no extra restrictions on the other characters.

Sequence 5 Now the vehicles are divided in vehicles that are weigh less than 3, kilos license plates start with V and vehicles that are heavier license plates start with B. The K and the Y were removed from the set of possible characters. Rules for motorbikes In all these sequences the number pairs start at 01 and end at Sequence 2 This sequence was not used for motorbikes.

Sequence 3 This sequence was not used for motorbikes. Sequence 4 The M is obligatory as the first character in this sequence.

This is the only place the M is used in this sequence for any vehicle. This sequence was still being used in February Concerning the disappearance of the K and the Y in sequence 5 for cars: Dik is not sure if the MY-combination will be used is the MK-combination being used?

Rules for army cars In all these sequences first number pair starts at 00 and the second one at Both number pairs end at 99 so we get to Probably the second character indicates the type of vehicle.

Sequence 2 This sequence was not used. Sequence 3 As sequence 1. This sequence was being used in February Special character combinations Certain character combinations of sequence 1, 2 and 3 were reserved for special vehicles. Almost all special character combinations that are being used now come from sequence 1. AA Vehicles from the Royal family.