[1] The current vehicle registration plates, which have been used since 2008, are rectangular in shape and made of aluminum.

The top part has the word "Egypt" in English (all uppercase) and Arabic in black font on backgrounds of different colors depending on the type of license the vehicle is given.

Note : These plate codes do not apply for army, police and diplomatic vehicles.

They and the Latin letters the Egyptian government uses to correspond to them are: Standard license plates are of 17x35 cm.

Before the introduction of the new alphanumeric plate system in August 2008, Egyptian vehicle registration numbers were purely numeric, and registered by governorate and registration type.