European vehicle registration plate

The vast majority of European countries issue registration plates that are: This is one of the basic standard sizes worldwide.

The others are: Some European countries use registration plates in other formats: The common EU format of having a blue section on the extreme left with EU circle of stars and the country code was introduced by Council Regulation (EC) No 2411/98 of 3 November 1998[2] and entered into force on 11 November 1998.

Vehicles with registration plates in the EU format do not need to display the white oval international vehicle registration code while within the European Economic Area,[6] or in countries party to the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic (except if the plate is issued in Cyprus, Ireland, Malta and Spain).

Vehicles with such registration plates, issued in countries party to the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic, do not need to display the white oval international vehicle registration code while within countries signatory to the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic.

Individual European countries use differing numbering schemes and text fonts: The plate must be at +/-5° to the longitudinal plane of the vehicle.

The following requirements must be met when driving outside the country of registration: The common EU format of having a blue section on the extreme left with EU circle of stars and the country code was introduced by Council Regulation (EC) No 2411/98 of 3 November 1998 and entered into force on 11 November 1998.

According to Article 3 of the regulation shall member states that require vehicles registered in another member state to display a distinguishing registration sign also recognise distinguishing signs issued in accordance with the regulation (the common EU format).