Special-use Licence Plates
| Letters | Description |
|---|---|
| AA | Used for vehicles registered to the Dutch royal family. (AA-??) |
| B, V | The B in the first letter position used to refer to a "Bedrijfswagen" (commercial vehicle): a special status for cars that are exclusively used for commercial purposes. Commercial licence registrations have a separate taxation class, though some 10% of the cars are registered as commercial. A commercial licence is often called "grijs kenteken" (gray registration), referring to the colour of the car's registration papers. |
| BE | Classic commercial vehicles (BE-??-??) |
| DE, DH, DL, DM, DR, AE, AH, AL, AM, AR | Imported classic cars. |
| KL to KZ & LM, LO, LU | Military Vehicles: (KL, KN to KZ: Royal Army, KM: Koninklijke Marine's(Royal Navy), LM: Luchtmacht (Air Force), KP: Regular car from the Koninklijke landmacht (Royal Army), KV: Koninklijke Marechaussee (Royal Constabulary). |
| CD | "Corps Diplomatique" and is used for diplomats (CD-??-??) or (??-CD-??) |
| CDJ | Lawyers or Diplomats working for the International Court of Justice |
| M | Motorcycles (ML-??-??) |
| BN or GN | For vehicles whose owner is not liable to taxation such as staff from embassies without diplomatic status, consulates or international organisations such as ESA ('B'uitenlander in 'N'ederland or 'G'een 'N'ederlander meaning Foreigner in Netherlands or Not Dutch respectively) |
| GV | For agricultural vehicles that may cross national borders (grensverkeer) (GV-??-??) or (??-??-GV) |
| HA, HF, FH | For car merchants, e.g. for test-drives with unregistered cars (Green plate). |
| HH | Dutch Scooters overseas |
| ZZ | For vehicles with a special exemption to enter public roads, such as cranes. (ZZ-??-??) |
| O | Heavy trailers ('O'pleggers). (OX-??-?? or ??-OX-?? or ??-??-OX) |
| W | Medium-light trailers and caravans having own registration. (WX-??-?? or ??-WX-?? or ??-??-WX) |
This list is not exhaustive. The Dutch Wikipedia article nl:Nederlands kenteken contains more exceptions.
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