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Location: western Europe Capital:
Paris Status: Independent Plates: owner provided Drive:
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FRANCE
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REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
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Oval, ISO: F, FR Area: 547026 km² Population: 59 m Vehicles:
32 m First Reg’n: 1893/1901 |
CURRENT SERIES
(a) Normal series plates since
1st January 1993 must be black on reflective white (front) and reflective
yellow (rear). Although not mandatory
most newer plates have a blue euroband at the left with the European Union flag
above the letter F. The
registration consists of a serial of two to four numerals and two letters
followed by a department code of two numerals (except in Corsica), see Table 1. Once 9999 ZZ has been reached this is followed by a
serial of two or three numerals and three letters, commencing from 11 AAA.
Paris was the first in 1974 (commencing thus from 1 AAA 75),
since followed by several other departments.
On two line plates the
serial number is on the upper line.
The letters I, O and U are not used, before 1993, see paragraph (u).
Trailers over 500 kg are
required to have their own normal series registration, but smaller trailers
display that of the prime mover.
The President of France
uses normal Paris, code 75, registrations.
(b) Buses are registered in the
normal series, except in Paris, where the Paris Public Transport Authority uses
special registrations. Since 1993
these plates are in reflective format, with a two, three or four digit number.
Two and three digit numbers are allocated to specific vehicles, as light
township shuttles, driving school buses, etc…. The number depends on the type
of vehicle (e.g. buses of the “Agora” model have numbers in the same
block). Older numbers from old buses
are reallocated to new ones.
(c) Trade and provisional plates
are similar to the normal series except that the letters are reserved: the single letter W for use by garages, and WW, or WWA-WWZ, for provisional plates,
valid for two weeks, for vehicles awaiting normal registrations. In particular situations several
departments have issued provisional plates in a non-standard format, but always
including the letters WW and the departmental code number.
Vehicles which will be
travelling outside France have the department code preceded by WW1 if in cab
and chassis form, leaving to have the bodywork completed.
Since 1st September 2002,
complete vehicles leaving France finally, or diplomatic vehicles awaiting
diplomatic registrations have three numerals
(possibly four in future), WxE
or WxL (where ‘x’ is a serial letter
and L = local = European Union, E = externe = other countries), and the department code.
Official vehicle
provisional plates have a serial number and the letters WWD, whilst military
provisional plates have the letter W followed by a five digit serial number,
usually without the insignia prefix.
(d) Official vehicles have black
on reflective white and yellow plates, with the code for the department, see Table 1, a letter for the permitted
area of operation, a hyphen (often omitted), a four digit serial starting at 1001,
and a serial letter (other than I or O) starting from A. The first letter has the following
significance:
D Departmentally and in adjoining departments
only
E France and other countries within the
European Union
N Nationally within France (mostly Police)
R Regionally and in adjoining Regions only
(e) Agricultural tractors have
white plates with a black serial number of up to five digits followed by, or
above, the department code; these
plates are now usually embossed (and sometimes in black on yellow) although
formerly hand-painted or stencilled.
All tractors belonging to one farm have the same number.
(f) Since 1980 military vehicles
have had plates with two groups of four numerals, the first group originally
frequently smaller than the second.
All current plates have eight numerals of the same size without a space
between the two groups. Plates were
generally white on black and either stencilled or embossed, but many vehicles
now have reflective plates. The service
is indicated by an insignia:
tricolour
only
Army
and Common Services
grenadine
across tricolour
Gendarmerie
anchor
across tricolour
Navy
wings
across tricolour
Air
Force
-91
roundel
and wings
Air
Force
91-
sword on
tricolour
Army
90-
ships
bows above MARINE
NATIONALE Navy
90-01
DGA on white of tricolour
General
Armaments Delegation 91-
SAM on white of tricolour
Military
Supplies Service
91-
caduceus
on white of tricolour
Army
Health Service
92-
winged
dividers above SAACMA Army Ministry Central vehicle dept. 98-
CAD on tricolour
Central
Administration
00-
DCN on tricolour
Naval
Construction department 01-
The second group of numerals is serial within year and vehicle type,
but the first group is coded: the first
numeral indicates the service (see Table
3a), the second and third are the year of registration (e.g. 92 = 1992),
whilst the fourth indicates the type of vehicle (see Table 3b).
Some gendarmerie boat trailers have
been seen with RPMB and four numerals in white on black: The first two numerals
indicate the year but it is not known if the next two are serial numbers for a
given year (e.g. RPMB 7712, 7902 or
8106). It is not also known whether
this series is still in use.
(g) Temporary plates for
vehicles temporarily imported, or purchased tax free for subsequent export, or
even hired by foreign citizens, have had silver on red plates with up to up to
three numerals and TAA to TZZ, allocated in blocks to various manufacturers,
and followed by the department code. At
the right of the plate is the month, in numbers, above the last two digits of
the year of validity.
TAA - TCZ other makes (any department) TMA Daimler-Chrysler (Yvelines)
TDA - TKZ Peugeot
(Hauts-de-Seine) TVA
- TZZ Citroën (Paris)
TLA - TSZ Renault (Hauts-de-Seine)
Since 1st January
1988 similar plates but with the letters IT have been issued to foreign
cultural staff and the like. These
have also been noted without the date indication.
Similarly coloured plates
are issued for use as normal registrations in the two “Free Zones” north and
south of Geneva. Up to five numerals
are followed by the letters TTQ (Haute-Savoie) or TTW (Gex, department of Ain).
(h) Diplomatic plates were
changed in 1965 to the present complex system.
The registration consists of a code number indicating the Embassy or
Organization (see Table 2, column 1),
one of the following code letters and a serial number:
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CMD Chief
of Diplomatic Mission CD Members
of the Diplomatic Corps |
} |
these
plates are orange on green |
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C Consular
officials attached to Consulates K Consular
officials attached to Embassies and administrative and technical staff |
} |
these
plates are silver or white on green |
In the case of the C series, a period and the department code follows
the serial number, although the period is often omitted.
Members of delegations to
International Organizations have a code letter prefixing a normal diplomatic
registration, in addition to which 200 is added to the normal Embassy code (see Table 2, column 2):
E O.E.C.D. S Council of Europe
N N.A.T.O.
-70 U U.N.E.S.C.O.
Vehicles bought normally in France or imported have the letter X after
the registration if not exempt from duty.
Note: diplomatic plates are frequently made in the
incorrect colours; orange characters
are used on all series.
(j) Paris Fire Brigade have a
special series of plates which are normal reflective colours. The registration consists of an alphabetic
code denoting the vehicle class (see
Table 8) and a serial number of up to three digits.
(k) Mopeds and small motorcycles
under 125 cc are not required to be registered and therefore do not carry
plates of any description.
(l) Several vehicles have been
noted in the area of Vimy Memorial Park at Vimy Ridge near Lens, which was
donated by the people of France as a tribute to the Canadian dead of the First
World War. These have British style
plates with two pairs of numerals and the letters XG. They are not issued by
French authorities but by Canadian ones very likely.
Note: see also French Forces in
Germany and German Forces in France.
FORMER SERIES
(p) Normal series plates were originally issued
with up to three numerals (only Paris
use 4 numérals), a single letter and the department code. Prior to 1st January 1993, for normal and
official series and Paris buses, reflective plates were optional and generally
only used on commercial vehicles;
formerly plates were black with white or silver lettering.
HISTORICAL NOTES
(z) 1893-1901 France may have issued the first plates of
all: the Paris Police Ordinance of 14th
August 1893 states that “Each motor vehicle shall bear on a metal plate and in
legible writing the name and address of the owner, also a distinctive number
used in the application for authorization. This plate shall be fixed at the
left hand side of the vehicle and shall never be hidden.” However, we have been unable to get any
further confirmation or information from any French authority; also the description suggests that it is not
a registration plate in the general sense described herein.
1899-1941 bicycles and motorcycles carried metal plates with the year of
validity; alone for bicycles, with MOTOCYCLE for the latter,
or with SERVICE PUBLIC for both if in
public use. The name and address of
the owner was inscribed on the plate.
(y) 1901-28 normal series were white on black with up
to four numerals, a code letter (see
Table 4) (the letter being doubled later) and a serial number.
All areas followed the
following system, although the dates
relate only to the Paris area:
1901-02
up to three numerals and one letter;
1902-03
up to three numerals and two letters;
1903-10
up to three numerals, one letter and one numeral (2 - 9);
1910-14
four numerals and one letter;
1914-28
four numerals, one letter, one numeral (1 - 9);
1928 only
three numerals, one letter and two numerals;
Strasbourg added by 1920, Tunisia by 1924, Algeria by 1925 and Morocco by 1926.
(x) 1909 W series commenced with a serial number, W
and a code number for the office (see
Table 5): for tax exempt vehicles (test vehicles, freight trucks at the
time).
1920 WW series commenced with a serial number,
WW and a code number for the office (see
Table 5): initially only for
vehicles intended to export. In 1923
WW series included in addition the delivery of vehicles across the French
territory, with the same coding; the
following year (1924) codes WW1 to WW17 became reserved for delivery within
France, whilst WW20 was created for the sole purpose of exported vehicles. Time of validity was 10 days.
1923-40 French army vehicles had white on black
plates with one letter, the tricolour and up to six numerals issued in blocks
to areas (see Table 9). Vehicles requisitioned after September
1939 had similar plates but the letter and flag were frequently omitted. Similar registrations were used by the Free
French Forces during the war and continued after liberation.
(w) Oct 28 white on black plates with up to four
numerals, two letters issued in blocks to Departments (see Table 7), and later
one serial number from 1 to 9. Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia used
two digit serial numbers after 9 has been reached. Trade plates had up
to four numerals, W or WW, and a code number (see Table 5).
Oct
33-55 First Temporary series commenced, plates were white on red,
a serial number (up to four numerals), the letters TT, the last digit of the
year of issue, and a letter denoting the “port” (see Table 6). It is specified that the series also applied to the
free zones between France and Switzerland. They used the codes 1Q (Savoie) and
1W to 9W (Gex).
1933-55
diplomatic vehicles had silver on yellow plates with the letters CD a serial
number of up to four numerals and a letter denoting the "port" (see Table 6), Later these were black on
green in the same format.
(v) 1939/40 in Paris:
DP and a low serial number in white on black used by the “Défense
Passive”.
1940-44 French military plates in Vichy controlled
areas had white on black plates with up to four numerals, two code letters for
the Military Region (see Table 10a)
and one or two numerals for the vehicle type (Table 10b).
16 Aug 40 - 10 Jan
45 diplomats in Vichy France used
silver on yellow plates with the letters CD, a number from 1 to 289 and the
letters NH (for Puy de Dôme). From 6th
June 1942 diplomatic vehicles on which tax had been paid had similar plates
with CD, a number from 1 to 23 and the letter Z. Such plates remained in use until at least 1951.
Aug 44 a press photograph shows a ‘light on dark’
plate with VE 13 ZG on a car:
VE 17 NU is also known. Nothing further is known about these
plates.
(u) Apr 50 current series commenced; initially up to three numerals (only Paris
used 4 numerals from the
beginning). Letter I and O have never been used.
The President had the
special Paris registrations 1 - 500 PR
75 reserved for his use, of which the
numbers 1 - 5 PR 75 were on his
official vehicles.
Oct 50 departments 13, 33, 59, 69 and 78 allowed
to use up to four numerals.
Aug 51 those departments originally issued with
codes 1 to 9 changed to 01 - 09 (1 - 9
remained valid
for already issued plates).
Jul 54 departments 62 and 76 allowed to use up to
four numerals.
Mar 55-65
diplomatic vehicles had silver on green plates with the department code, the
letters IT and a serial number of up to four numerals (later 5 numerals). CD
oval is added to the plate.
Nov 58 current W and WW
series commenced.
Jun 65 all remaining departments allowed to use up
to four numerals, starting with 31.
Most departments started to issue up to four serial digits on reaching
QA (see Table 11).
1965-67 Paris region reorganized: May 1965:
codes 91 and 95 commenced; Oct
1965: code 94; Feb 67:
code 93 and code 92 commenced.
1973-93 the letter U has not been used since 1984
through 1991 progressively (as early as 1973 for departments 75, 92, 93, and
94). Between 1975 and 1993 the letter
Q was not used in departments 75, 92, 93, 94, and 95.
26 Mar 74 Paris reached 9999 ZZ 75 and
issued 1 AAA 75.
Jan 76 Corsica reorganized: codes 2A and 2B replaced 20, which ended at 292 GJ 20.
1976- Paris reached BAA; for subsequent issues refer to Table 11.
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1989 departments outside Paris commenced three
letters, see table at right. 1992 exceptionally, Savoie, department 73, issued
plates with the letters JO (Jeux
Olympiques) for use on vehicles
connected with the Winter Olympic Games in Albertville. 1 Jan 93 reflective plates mandatory for new
registrations. Sep 99 experimental provisional export plates
commenced using WxE and WxL to indicate destination; prior to this date this class of vehicles
had a serial number, WW2, and the department code. 1 Sep 02 WW2 discontinued and WxE and WxL series
applied to all departments. (t) 1945 first official series commenced in white
on black but with five numerals and D. Jan 1955-84 former
temporary series commenced with a serial number of up to four numerals the
letters TT and the department code;
they were white on red, but undated, the year of validity being
displayed in white on a red oval at the rear of the vehicle but occasionally
on the plate itself. (later a letter is added after 9999 TT is reached). |
91 Essonne 02 Jan 89 95 Val d’Oise 03 Jul 89 77 Seine-et-Marne 21 Jan 91 38 Isère 16 Mar 93 92 Hauts-de-Seine 13 Dec 94 78 Yvelines 07 Jul 95 57 Moselle 29 Sep 97 06 Alpes-Maritime 16 Jun 98 44 Loire-Atlantique 20 Jul 98 31 Haute-Garonne 22 Oct 98 59 Nord 22 Mar 00 83 Var 25 Aug 00 51 Marne 14 Mar 01 67 Bas-Rhin 18 Jan 02 35 Ille-et-Vilaine 20 Sep 02 34 Hérault 17 Oct 02 |
1959 official series extended to five numerals
followed by DA, DB, DE, DF, DG, DH or
DJ (for which 10001 to 29999 were for
central administration, e.g. police,
and 30001 to 99999 for other administrations). DC (all serials) was reserved for Central Government
Departments. DZ was reserved for
overseas departments and territories.
1960s PP and up to six numerals in white on black
used in Paris for the Préfecture de Police.
Police motorcycles in Paris had a plain serial number in black on white.
1945-68 see Allied Forces in France for SHAPE
vehicles.
1980 current military series introduced. From 1960 plates were similar to the
current series but with only three code numerals: the first numeral (see
Table 3a) and the last as now, but with the middle numeral being the last
digit of the year. Plates were
invariably white on black and those on gendarmerie motorcycles had the upper
corners cut away.
Jan 84 former temporary series commenced, still in
white on red, with up to three numerals, TTA to TTZ, and the department
code; the month and year of validity
were placed to the right of the plate as at present.
Jan 84 - Dec 87 Foreign cultural staff, etc., used plates
similar to the present IT series (see
paragraph (g)) but with the letters TTT.
1984. The current series for Free Zones started
at this date with the issue of 9000 TTQ following 8999 TT1Q and 10000 TTW
following 9999 TT9W.
Jan 88 IT series commenced.
1990-92 new military insignia introduced.
1991-94 exceptionally, temporary series were issued
with TxT only in Hauts-de-Seine, department 92.
1992 current official series commenced.
1993- reflective plates become progressively
mandatory for military and official series.
Jan 94
current temporary series commenced with up to three numerals, the letter T and
two serial letters and the department code. the month and year of validity were
placed to the right of the plate.
-2001 diplomatic and consular vehicles bought
normally in France or imported after payment of customs duty had the letter X
after the registration; otherwise
letter was Z for vehicles exempt from customs duty. It was permitted to omit the letter Z, which was almost
invariably the case, as most vehicles were in this category.
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Table
1 01 Ain
(Bourg-en-Bresse) ra 02 Aisne
(Laon) pd 03 Allier
(Moulins) au 04 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
70-
(Digne-les-Bains) ca 05 Hautes-Alpes
(Gap) ca 06 Alpes-Maritime
(Nice) ca 07 Ardèche
(Privas) ra 08 Ardennes (Charleville-Mézières) ch 09 Ariège
(Foix) mp 10 Aube
(Troyes) ch 11 Aude
(Carcassonne) lr 12 Aveyron
(Rodez) mp 13 Bouches-du-Rhône (Marseille) ca 14 Calvados
(Caen) bn 15 Cantal
(Aurillac) au 16 Charente
(Angoulême) pc 17 Charente-Maritime
41-* (La Rochelle) pc 18 Cher
(Bourges) ce 19 Corrèze
(Tulle) lm Corse [Corsica]: * -76 2A Corse-du-Sud 76- (Ajaccio) co 2B Haute-Corse 76-
(Bastia) co 21 Côte-d’Or
(Dijon) bg 22 Côtes
d’Armor 90-* (Saint-Brieuc) br 23 Creuse
(Guéret) lm 24 Dordogne
(Périgueux) aq 25 Doubs
(Besançon) fc 26 Drôme
(Valence) ra 27 Eure
(Evreux) hn 28 Eure-et-Loir
(Chartres) ce 29 Finistère
(Quimper) br 30 Gard
(Nîmes) lr 31 Haute-Garonne (Toulouse) mp 32 Gers
(Auch) mp 33 Gironde
(Bordeaux) aq 34 Hérault
(Montpellier) lr 35 Ille-et-Vilaine
(Rennes) br 36 Indre
(Châteauroux) ce 37 Indre-et-Loire
(Tours) ce 38 Isère
(Grenoble) ra 39 Jura
(Lons-le-Saunier) fc 40 Landes (Mont-de-Marsan) aq 41 Loir-et-Cher
(Blois) ce 42 Loire
(Saint-Etienne) ra 43 Haute-Loire (Le Puy-en-Velay) au 44 Loire-Atlantique 57-* (Nantes) pl 45 Loiret
(Orléans) ce |
46 Lot
(Cahors) mp 47 Lot-et-Garonne
(Agen) aq 48 Lozère
(Mende) lr 49 Maine-et-Loire
(Angers) pl 50 Manche
(Saint-Lô) bn 51 Marne (Chalons-en-Champagne) ch 52 Haute-Marne (Chaumont) ch 53 Mayenne
(Laval) pl 54 Meurthe-et-Moselle (Nancy) ln 55 Meuse
(Bar-le-Duc) ln 56 Morbihan
(Vannes) br 57 Moselle
(Metz) ln 58 Nièvre
(Nevers) bg 59 Nord
(Lille) np 60 Oise
(Beauvais) pd 61 Orne
(Alençon) bn 62 Pas
de Calais
(Arras) np 63 Puy-de-Dôme (Clermont-Ferrand) au 64 Pyrénées-Atlantiques 69-* (Pau) aq 65 Hautes-Pyrénées (Tarbes) mp 66 Pyrénées-Orientales (Perpignan) lr 67 Bas-Rhin
(Strasbourg) al 68 Haut-Rhin
(Colmar) al 69 Rhône
(Lyon) ra 70 Haute-Saône
(Vesoul) fc 71 Saône-et-Loire
(Mâcon) bg 72 Sarthe
(Le Mans) pl 73 Savoie [Savoy] (Chambéry) ra 74 Haute-Savoie
(Annecy) ra 75 Paris 65-*
(Paris) if 76 Seine-Maritime 55-* (Rouen) hn 77 Seine-et-Marne
(Melun) if 78 Yvelines 65-* (Versailles) if 79 Deux-Sèvres
(Niort) pc 80 Somme
(Amiens) pd 81 Tarn
(Albi) mp 82 Tarn-et-Garonne (Montauban) mp 83 Var
(Toulon) ca 84 Vaucluse
(Avignon) ca 85 Vendée (La Roche-sur-Yon) pl 86 Vienne
(Poitiers) pc 87 Haute-Vienne
(Limoges) lm 88 Vosges
(Épinal) ln 89 Yonne
(Auxerre) bg 90 Territoire-de-Belfort (Belfort) fc 91 Essonne 65-*
(Evry) if 92 Hauts-de-Seine 67-* (Nanterre) if 93 Seine-Saint-Denis
67-* (Bobigny) if 94 Val-de-Marne 65-* (Créteil) if 95 Val d’Oise 65-* (Pontoise) if |
* obsolete codes and names 04 {Basses-Alpes -70} ca 17 {Charente- Inférieure -41} pc 20 Corse
[Corsica] -76
(Ajaccio) co 22 {Côtes-du-Nord -90} br 44 {Loire-Inférieure -57} pl 75 Seine -65 (Paris) if 64 {Basses-Pyrénées
-69} aq 76 {Seine-Inférieur -55} hn 78 Seine-et-Oise -65
(Versailles) if 91-94
Algeria 51-57
see Algeria Regions: al Alsace au Auvergne aq Aquitaine bg Bourgogne
[Burgundy] bn Basse-Normandie
[Lower Normandy] br Bretagne [Brittany] ca Provence-
Alpes-Côte d’Azur ce Centre-Val de Loire ch Champagne-Ardenne co Corse [Corsica] fc Franche-Comté hn Haute-Normandie
[Upper Normandy] if Île-de-France lm Limousin ln Lorraine lr Languedoc-
Rousillon mp Midi-Pyrénées np Nord-Pas-de-Calais pc Pitou-Charentes pd Picardie pl Pays de la Loire ra Rhône-Alpes |
Table 2
1 Afghanist. 2 S.Africa 3 Albania 4 Algeria 5 Germany 6 U.S.A. 7 Egypt 8 S.Arabia 9 Argentina 10 Australia |
11 Austria 12 Belgium 13 Myanmar 14 Bolivia 15 Bhutan 16 Brazil 17 Bulgaria 18 Burundi 19 Cambodia 20 Cameroon 21 Canada 22 C.A.R. |
23 Sri Lanka 24 Chile 25 Taiwan 26 China 27 Cyprus 28 Colombia 29 Congo R. 30 D.R.Congo 31 Korea, R. 32 C.Rica 33 C.d’Ivoire 34 Cuba |
35 Benin 36 Denmark 37 Dom. Rep. 38 El Salvador 39 Ecuador 40 Spain 41 Ethiopia 42 Finland 43 Gabon 44 Ghana 45 U.K. 46 Greece |
47 Guatemala 48 Guinea 49 Haiti 50 Burk. Faso 51 Honduras 52 Hungary 53 India 54 Indonesia 55 Iraq † 56 Iran 57 Ireland 58 Iceland |
59 Israel 60 Italy 61 Jamaica 62 Japan 63 Jordan 64 Kenya 65 Kuwait 66 Laos 67 Lebanon 68 Liberia 69 Libya 70 Liechtenst. |
71 Luxemb’g 72 Malaysia 73 Malawi 74 Madagasc. 75 Mali 76 Morocco 77 Mauritania 78 Mexico 79 Monaco 80 Nepal 81 Nicaragua 82 Niger |
83 Nigeria 84 Norway 85 N.Zealand 86 Uganda 87 Pakistan 88 Panama 89 Paraguay 90 Netherl’ds 91 Peru 92 Philippines 93 Poland 94 Portugal |
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95 Rhodesia 96 Romania 97 Rwanda 98 S.Marino 99 Vatican 100 Senegal 101 S.Leone 102 Somalia 103 Sudan 104 Sweden 105 Switzerl’d 106 Syria 107 Tanzania |
108 Chad 109 Czechosl. 110 Thailand 111 Togo 112 Trinidad 113 Tunisia 114 Turkey 115 Russia 116 Uruguay 117 Venezuela 118 Vietnam 119 Yemen 120 Serbia & M |
121 Zambia 122 Mauritius 123 Mongolia 124 P.D.R.Y. 125 Banglad’sh 126 Qatar 127 U.A.E. 128 G.D.R. 129 Singapore 130 Oman 131 Bahrain 132 D.P.R.K † 133 Seychelles |
134 Malta 135 Djibouti 136 Comoros 137 Angola 138 Eq.Guinea 139 Zimbabwe 140 C.Verde 141 Gu.Bissau 142 Mozamb’q 143 ? 144 St Lucia 145 Gambia 146 Brunei |
147 ? 148 Belize 149 Namibia 150 Estonia 151 Latvia 152 Lithuania 153 Ukraine 154-160 ? 161 P.N.G. 162-164 ? 165 Slovenia 166 Croatia 167 Slovakia |
168 Czech R. 169 Bosnia-H. 170 Macedonia 171 Armenia 172 Belarus 173 Kazakhst. 174 Georgia 175 Turkmen. 176 Iraq ‡ 177 Uzbekist. 178 Azerbaijan 179 Andorra 180 Eritrea |
181 Moldova 190 Québec 191 Int. Court of Justice 193 D.P.R.K * 194 ? 195 Palestine 200 France 201-380 as 1-180 (see para.h) |
Notes † only at UNESCO ‡ Interests Sect- ion at embassy of Morocco * commercial representatives |
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401 U.N.E.S.C.O 402 O.E.C.D. 403 N.A.T.O. 404 E.L.D.O. 405 E.S.R.O. 406 Rhine Navigation Commission 407 I.C.A.O. 408 I.B.R.D. 409 I.M.F. 410 U.N.I.C.E.F 411 U.N.I.C. 412 I.L.O. 413 W.E.U. 414 U.N.H.C.R. 415 E.U. |
416 Eur. Atomic
Energy Community 417 Eur. Coal & Steel
Community 418 Eur. & Mediterranean
Org’n for Plant Protection 419 Int’l Meteorological
Organization 420 Eurocontrol 421 Int’l Office for Vineyards
& Wine 422 International Exhibitions
Bureau 423 Inter-American Development
Bank 424 International Polar
Institute 425 Inter-African Coffee
Organization 426 International Conference
for African Insurance 427 African & Madagascan
Coffee Org’n 428 Franco-German Office 429 Inter-gov’t Copper Export
Council |
430 West African Central Bank 431 Eur. Nuclear Research
Conference 432 Interpol (Int’l Criminal Police Org’n) 433 Cultural & Techn’l
Co-op. Agency 434 Int’l Weights &
Measures Bureau 435 Eur. Laboratory for
Molecular Biology 436 Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa 437 U.N. Programme for the Environment 439 Int’l Centre for the
Registration of Serial Publications 440 Eutelstat (European Television Satellite
Organization) 441 Latin Union 442 ? |
443 Central African States
Central Bank 444 Int’l Cancer Research Unit 445 ? 446 ? 448 European Court of Human
Rights
(Strasbourg) 500 Other Persons of High
Diplomatic Status 501- Delegates to the Vietnam 504 Peace Conference (??-73) 505 Int’l Conf. on Economic Co-operation 600 Council of Europe 700 Int’l Cancer Research
Institute 800 N.A.T.O. (65-70) |
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Table 3a 2 Army and Gendarmerie 60 -69 2 Gendarmerie 89- 3 Air Force 60-69 4 Navy
60-69 5 Common Services 60-69 6 Army, Gendarmerie 70-88 6 Army
89- 7 Air Force
70- 8 Navy
70- 9 Common Services 70- Table 5 |
Table 3b
re-
new built cars and coaches 1 5 vans
2 6 lorries, tractors, machines 3 7 armoured vehicles 4 8 motorcycles 9 9 2 & 4 wheel trailers 0 0 |
Table 4 A Alès AL Algeria B Bordeaux C Chalons-sur- Saône -19 C Lyon 19- D Douai E Paris F Clermont Ferrand G Paris H Grenoble -19 H Lyon 19- |
I Paris J1 Strasbourg 22- J2 Colmar 22- J3 Metz 22- K Poitiers 09-19 K Bordeaux 19- L Le Mans -19 L Nantes 19- M Marseille MA Morocco N Nancy O Nancy 09- P Poitiers -19 P Bordeaux 19- R Arras |
S St Etienne T Toulouse TU Tunisia U Paris V Marseille 04- W provisional (see Table 5) X Paris Y Rouen Z Rouen 1920-22: VI-A Strasbourg VI-B Colmar VI-C Metz |
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W0 Paris 1945-59 W1 Paris (1e Arron- Disement)
-45 W2 Arras W3 Bordeaux W4 Châlons-sur- Saône -19 W4 Lyon 19-44 W5 Grenoble -19 |
W5 Strasbourg 22- W6 Clermont Ferrand W7 Douai W8 Le
Mans -19 W8 Nantes 19- W9 Marseille W10 Nancy W11 Poitiers -19 |
W11 Lyon 45-59 W12 Paris (2e Arron- Disement) -45 W13 St Etienne W14 Toulouse W15 Alès W16 Algeria 25- W17 Tunisia 24- W18 Morocco 26- |
Table
6 A Dunkerque B Calais C,D Boulogne E Dieppe F,G Le Havre H,J Cherbourg |
I Strasbourg 50- K St
Nazaire L La
Rochelle M Bordeaux N Bayonne P Sète R Toulon S Marseille |
T
Nice U
Villefranche V
Lyon X,Y,Z Paris “zone franche” Q
Haute-Savoie W Ain |
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Table 7 AB 01 AF 02 AN 03 AR 04 AS 05 AT 07 AV 08 AZ 09 BA 06 |
BN 10 BT 11 BX 12 BZ 90 CA 13 CB 13 CT 14 CZ 15 DB 16 DG 17 DN 18 |
DR 19 DT 20 DU 21 EA 22 ED 23 EG 24 EK 25 ES 27 FA 26 FE 28 FJ 29 |
FN 30 FS 31 FY 32 GA 33 GC 33 GP 34 GV 35 HA 36 HD 37 HK 38 HR 39 |
HU 40 HX 41 JA 42 JG 43 JH 44 JP 45 JT 46 JV 47 JZ 48 KA 49 KF 50 |
KJ 51 KQ 52 KS 53 KU 54 LA 55 LE 56 LH 57 LP 58 LS 60 MB 59 MD 59 |
ME 59 MX 61 NA 62 NB 62 NH 63 NM 64 NS 65 NT 66 NV 67 PB 68 PF 69 |
PG 69 QA 70 QD 71 QJ 72 QN 73 QR 74 QU 77 RB, RD-RG, RJ-RQ, RS 75 |
XA 76 XB 76 XL 79 XP 80 XV 81 YA-YD 78 YS 82 YU 83 ZA 84 ZE 85 |
ZH 86 ZL 87 ZQ 88 ZU 89 The numbers are the current department codes (see Table 1). |
AL Algeria IF French India MA Morocco MC Monaco (suffixed) TU Tunisia W dealer WW provisional Other codes were
allocated but never issued. |
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Table 8 AR cardiac aid ambulance BEA high level inspection trk -90s CA accessory lorry CAR staff bus
90s- CB dumper truck 90s- CC petrol tanker CDE accident rescue light van CDMP pumping hose truck -90s CE foam tanker CESD propping, salvage &
clearing truck 90s- CET shoring up materials trk -90s CG mobile crane CI tanker truck 90s- CMF lift/winch equipment truck CMH high pressure oxygen trk -90s CMI buried persons rescue truck CMIR radiological incident van 90s- CO oxygen truck 90s- CPB floating barrage carrying truck |
CRAC reserve compressed air van CSL rubber dinghy trailer -90s DEP breakdown vehicle EATT cross-country
automatic trailer -90s EMP motorized ladder on carrier EP extending ladder EPA automated pivoting ladder trk EPSA semi-auto. pivoting ladder trk ESI flood punt F fire tender -80s FA fire support tender FC compressor van -90s FE evacuation tender FEV generator/ventilator van FM general fire tender FP fire pump -90s FPT high capacity fire pump -90s FPTL light high capacity fire pump GDP high pressure hose truck -90s GREP search and deep
exploration truck 90s |
LAT remote-control
water cannon -90s LCM foam cannon trailer -90s LMBA }
high pressure -90s LMBRA }
sprinkler trailer 90s-00 MPR motorized pump trailer PC mobile command post PE ladder carrier PEV special ladder carrier 90s- PF boat carrier 90s- PR fight general assistance trk -90s PRM foam producing truck PS fire engine PSM foam producing fire engine -90s PSR first aid & release truck 90s- PST first aid truck 90s- RM foam producing trailer -90s RP powder reservoir trailer RPOU
" " 90s-00 RSR road accident rescue trlr -90s RSU emergency rescue trailer -90s RVAP anti-pollution trailer -90s |
SIPREL specialized pick-up SIS specialized sub-aqua rescue SP general truck SPC mobile compressor SPCT slideback recovery veh. 90s- SPF light van 90s- SP
CAR coach SPG mobile lubrication crew SPM motorcycle SPR trailer SPRC water trailer SPRP machine carrying trailer SPT tractor unit SPVA small ambulance 90s- SPVT small gen’l purpose van 90s- SPVL light liason van -90s VAP toxic fluid evacuation tanker VGD ‘FC’ with breathing equipment VID general rescue vehicle VLIS First Aid mini-vehicle VSAB ambulance with special suspension |
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Table
9 Notes: □ tricolour M.R. Military Region |
□ 1 - □ 9999 Command (1st series) A 1 - A 50000 1st M.R. (Lille) B 50001 - B
100000 2nd M.R. (Amiens) C 100001 - C
140000 3rd M.R. (Rouen) D 140001 - D
200000 4th M.R. (Le Mans) E 200001 - E 250000 5th M.R. (Orléans) F 250001 - F
300000 6th M.R. (Metz) G 300001 - G
350000 7th M.R. (Besançon) H 350001 - H
380000 8th M.R. (Dijon) K □ 1 - K □ 25000 Command (4th series, 1940) L 380001 - L
410000 9th M.R. (Tours) M ? - M ?
10th M.R. -34 M □ 1 - M □ 99999 Command (2nd series, 1938) N 410001 - N
450000 11th M.R. (Nantes) P ? - P ?
12th M.R. -34 |
P □ 1 - P □ 99999 Command (3rd series, 1939) R 450001 - R
480000 13th M.R. (Clermont-Ferrand) S 480001 - S
510000 14th M.R. (Lyon) T 510001 - T
565000 15th M.R. (Marseille) U 565001 - U
59000 16th M.R. (Montpellier) V 590001 - V
620000 17th M.R. (Toulouse) X 620001 - X
680000 18th M.R. (Bordeaux) Y 680001 - Y
710000 19th M.R. (Algeria) W 710001 - W
750000 20th M.R. (Nancy) Z 750001 - Z 840000 Paris M.R. J 840001 - J
850000 Tunisia K 850001 - K
900000 Morocco TL 1 - TL 99999 Levant (Syria and Lebanon) T 1 - T 10000 Indo-China |
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Table 10a VG 7th
M.R. (Bourg-en-Bresse) VJ 9th
M.R. (Chateauroux) VM 12th
M.R. (Limoges) VN 13th
M.R. (Clermont-Ferrand) VO 14th
M.R. (Lyon) |
VP 15th
M.R. (Marseille) VR 16th
M.R. (Montpellier) VS 17th
M.R. (Toulouse) VT 18th
M.R. (Bordeaux) VU Algeria
and Morocco VY Tunisia VZ Levant (Syria and Lebanon) |
Table 10b 1 Renault 2 Citroën 3 Peugeot 4 Berliet |
5 Panhard 6 Latil 7 Saurer 8 Rochet 10 Matford 15 others |
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Table 11 1Jan55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 Dec00 01 BA DT GY MD QA QF QZ RV SY VA WN 02 CE FL KD PX QA QR RK SF TE VE WK 03 BG EA GW LK QA QC QQ RD RV SK TG 04 S AN BQ CY EP GT KJLK LP LX MH 05 P AJ BE CD DL FF HH JX JY KE KN 06 CP GU NW RA RN SM TU VG XA YW * AMP 07 AH CD EF HA LG LG LT MF MW NM PG 08 AT CL EJ GX LF QA QA QK QW RG RW 09 T AS BT DA ET FA FE FL FS GA GK 10 AU CQ EM HC LG LG LS MC MP NC NT 11 AU CU FA HV MA MA ML MX NL PB PW 12 AR CW FA HV LA LC LN MA ML MZ NQ 13 AA AQ BK CM DV FR HZ LN PL SJ XJ 14 CE FK KJ QA QB QV RR SP TR VV XJ 15 Y BE CJ DZ FX GA GF GM GV HC HL 16 BC DP GG KV QA QB QP RC RT SK TG 17 BY FJ KC QA QA QT RM SH TH VK WV 18 AY CZ FF JG ND QA QG QU RH RY SV 19 AK CF EC GP KP PH QA QJ QW RH RX |
1Jan55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 Dec00 20 M AE BH DB FR 31Dec75
(GJ) 2A
05Jan76 BK EE FC FG FR GD 2B
05Jan76 BS EW FN FV GF GT 21 BQ EJ HR MZ QA QK RD RY SX TW VZ 22 AW DJ GS MH QA QH RC RW SV TS VZ 23 Y BB CE DQ FK HN KW ML MM MT NC 24 BF EC HA LW QA QD QT RK SB SX TX 25 BN EN JK PP QA QU RT ST TZ WD XM 26 BD DW HA ME QA QF QY RT SQ TQ VY 27 BP EP JE NV QA QN RH SG TJ VP XC 28 AZ DK GC KQ PY PY QN RE RZ SX VB 29 BR FC KW QA QF RD SE TJ VR XB YT 30 BP ET JL PG QA QP RJ SH TL VS XJ 31 CU HN PU QF QZ RZ TF US WN YM * ALP 32 AH CE EC GM JZ JZ KH KR LB LL LZ 33 Q AC AS BL CK DR FE GZ JX MA PV 34 BT FD KM QA QC QW RV TB VL XC ZE
* 35 BQ EY KU QA QF RB SC TG VQ XG ZG
* 36 AP CJ EF GU KX PL QA QH QT RE RT 37 BD EA HN NC QA QK RC RX SW TW WC 38 DB JD QW SA ST TV VE WV
YS * AGS BKW |
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1Jan55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 Dec00 39 AQ CJ EJ GW LC QA QA QL RA RM SD 40 AJ CB EF HG MA MA MP NC NV PM QL 41 AT CP EX JB NB NG NS PG PX QM RJ 42 CF GE LM QA QF RB SA TC VH WP YF 43 AA BJ CS EN GW HA HG HR JB JM KB 44 CP GN MX QA QP RR TA UN WR
YP * AMY 45 BN EP JE PG QA QR RM SK TL VR XJ 46 AA BL CZ EU GY HB HH HQ HZ JH JT 47 AX DK GC KN PQ QA QL RA RP SF TB 48 L AB AR BK CH DM EW GA GA GE GK 49 BQ EY JZ QA QB QV RS SR TX WB XT 50 BH EA HG MT QA QH QZ RT SP TL VN 51 CD FF JZ QA QA QT RP SL TM VP ZY
* 52 AH BW DL FN JD LG LJ LS MC ML MY 53 AF BZ DX GQ KX PW QA QK RA RN SF 54 CT GW MS QA QK RG SG TK VQ WX YM 55 AG BT DF FD HT LU QA QA QJ QV RG 56 AT CX FZ LQ QA QF RB RY SZ VD WR 57 CW HQ PB QT RF SJ TR VA XL ZB *
ANT 58 AL CE EA GL KK PB QA QH QT RE RS 59 AE BA CA DF EX HD KX NV RZ WJ *
AGP 60 CA FJ KK QA QC QY RY TC VN XC ZA 61 AU DD FU KB PG QA QL RA RQ SG TC 62 EA EC ER FH GG HN KC LV NS QS TG 63 BX FP KG QA QA QT RP SL TK VM WV 64 BE ED JB PD QA QP RK SG TH VK WV 65 AE BP DK FR JL MY QA QE QR RB RQ 66 AH BY DX GK KL PV QA QN RD RT SQ 67 CE GA LT QA QH RF SJ TQ WB XP ZP
* 68 BQ EM HU NF QA QP RL SL TQ VV XJ 69 U AH BC CD DS FP HV LJ PC SC XA 70 AH BX DP FV JU JU KE KQ LC LQ MG 71 BX FK KH QA QB QU RQ SM TN VQ WY 72 BH EE HP MZ QA QK RD RZ SX TW WB 73 AS CQ EV HT MR QA QH QX RP SH TH 74 BB DJ GD LA QA QE RA RZ TD VH WY |
1Jan55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 Dec00 75 A DN JN QW WA
* AHB CWL FET HRR LCQ NLR 76 EF EG EW FQ GP HW KL MC NZ QZ TH 77 CN GT NJ QP RD SJ UA XA ZK * AXV CJT 78 AF BF DE FV HR KP NE RG VV ZQ * BVE 79 AW DF FW KJ PS QA QM RA RR SJ TG 80 CA EZ JK NV QA QM RF RY SW TR VW 81 BB DN GA KF PA PA PN QB QR RH SC 82 AB BR DL FR GS GV HD HN HY JJ JY 83 BP EU KL QA QD QZ SA TJ VY XT * ABM 84 BN EL JB NQ QA QL RF SC TD VG WS 85 AR CS FL KK QA QB QU RN SK TL VX 86 AV DD FX KP QA QA QP RD RW SP TN 87 AV CY FK JS NT QA QJ QX RM SC SZ 88 BD DL FY KE PV QA QN RC RT SK TH 89 AV CY FH JN NR PA PM PZ QR RG SC 90 S AN BP CZ EX EX FD FL FV GD GP 91 ‑ 03May65 MK QA RL TP XZ * AFL BKW CWB 92 ‑ 01Feb67 A AW EH HX MW TH
* AAM CQB 93 ‑ 20Feb67 A AL CW FT JR MT RX WF 94 ‑ 01Oct65 A AW CY FJ JF MG QD TQ 95 ‑ 03May65 LN QA RC TH XT
* ADX BKJ CTN † D DA DA DA DA DB DB DE
31Dec91 ‡ D DA DA DB DE DF DG DJ
31Dec91 Notes NA letters being issued on 1st January each
quinquennium (except QA point
at which 4 numeric serial numbers started 2000) TA highest issue from more than one issuing office 31Dec75 date of first or last issue * for dates of first three letter issues, see paragraph (u) above. † Central
Administration: serials 10001-29999 ‡ Other
Administrations: serials 30001-99999 (DC reserved for Government vehicles DD not issued) |