Vehicle Registration Plates of Switzerland - Deprecated Features Types

Deprecated Features Types

Civilian vehicles of the Federal wore earlier the Swiss coat followed by "A" (short for "Administration") and the number of black characters on a white ground. They wore no cantonal shield. The first digit of the five digit number was for the department to which the vehicle belonged. These codes are no longer used. The official agencies now receive regular Canton flag. The sole exception being the Defence and armasuisse within the VBS, which use the army numbers with Swiss coat and white "M" on a black background.

• A = 1XXXX EDA Federal Department of Foreign Affairs

• A = 2XXXX EDI Federal Department of Home Affairs

• A = 3XXXX FDJP Federal Department of Justice and Police

• A = 4XXXX VBS Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport

• A = 5XXXX EFD Federal Department of Finance

• A = 6XXXX EVD Federal Department of Economy

• A = 7xxxx DETEC Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications

Postal, Telegraph and Telephone (PTT) and the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) were to 1997/98 part of the federal government, their vehicles, the Swiss coat wore followed by a "P" (short for "Post") and the number of black characters on a white, yellow or blue backgrounds. The Post and SBB remained completely after the independence of the federal authorities and the P-plates were initially continue to use, however, had the vehicles of the telecom sector, the first from January 1998 were partially privatized Swisscom, immediately switch on cantonal license plates.

P • P • 1XXXX to 7xxxx Swiss Post

P • P • 8xxxx to 9xxxx Swiss Federal Railways

All vehicles of Postal and Federal Railways have been to 31 December 2003 converted to normal cantonal signs. Responsible for the issue is the Road Traffic Office in the canton in which the respective agency has its headquarters.