Diplomatic License Plates
Vehicles operated by foreign embassies, consulates, consular and diplomatic staff and various international organizations have been given plates with a distinguishing format of two (or three) numbers, one letter, three numbers, e.g., 12(3)-L-456. Vehicle owned by a diplomat or by accredited non-diplomatic staff carry a plate with characters printed in yellow on a black background while the vehicle owned by a foreign press agency, a foreign cultural representative or by an office of a foreign company and/or its staff, has plates with characters printed in black on a yellow background
The first group of three numbers (123) identifies the country or organization to which the plate has been issued, the second group of three numbers (456) is a serial number. The letter in the middle (L) is denoting the status of the owner.
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vehicle is owned by a diplomat - Ambassade |
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vehicle is owned by accredited non-diplomatic staff - Mission |
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vehicle is owned by a foreign press agency or a foreign cultural representative - Presse |
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vehicle is owned by an office of a foreign company and/or its staff - Economie |
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additional oval plate for vehicles used by the chief of a diplomatic mission - Chef de Mission Diplomatique |
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additional oval plate for vehicles used by a person with diplomatic status - Corps Diplomatique |
List of country codes on Serbian diplomatic vehicle registration codes:
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Additionally, plates have vertically orientated two-letter initials in small letters on the left side indicating the city in which they were issued (BG for Belgrade) and two numbers on the right side indicating the year for which they are valid (e.g., 08 for 2008).
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