Vehicle Registration Plates of Cyprus - Special Plates

Special Plates

• Car dealer plates -

Red font ΔΟΚΙΜΗ (test) on white plate followed by two sets of numerals, first being the number of the dealer and the second the number of the plate. The only officially made plates in Cyprus.

• Taxi -

Composed of four letters and three numbers (e.g. TABC123). The first letter would be a 'T' to indicate it's a taxi. The rest is from the normal series and on normal colors

• Rental cars -

Coloured black font on a dark red background, composed of four letters and three numbers (e.g. ZABC123). The first letter would be a 'Z' to indicate it's a hired car. The rest is from the normal series

• Lorry/Truck trailers -

composed of to five numbers and CT

• Visitor -

Up to four numbers followed by the letter V followed by two numbers indicating the year of registration(e.g. 1234V03). After 2004 you can not register a car as visitor but visitor cars register before 2004 can still get road tax.

• Trucks and Buses -

Public service trucks and buses have beside the registration plate a secondary plate (like the Spanish SP plate). ΦΔΧ - Φορτηγό Δημοσίας Χρήσης (public service truck) for trucks and ΛΔΧ - Λεωφορείο Δημοσίας Χρήσης (public service bus) for busses

• Diplomatic plates -