Vehicle registration plates of Malta

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Maltese registration plates are the number plates used within Malta to uniquely identify motor vehicles. Since 1995, the 3 letter 3 number system (ZZZ 999) has been in use in Malta for vehicle registration. The characters are always printed in black on a white background, and to the left one can find a blue box with the European Union flag and the letter M (for Malta) underneath it in white.

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[edit] Special number plate series

  • Rental cars: all end with a K (e.g. XXK 001)
  • Taxis/Buses/Minibuses/Coaches: all end with a Y (e.g. XXY 001)
  • Tax free cars: all begin with a TF (e.g. TFX 001)
  • Government owned cars: all begin with a GV (e.g. GVX 001)
  • Police cars are registered using GVP as their letters (e.g. GVP 001)
  • Vehicles of the Armed Forces of Malta are registered using GVA as their letters (e.g. GVA 001)
  • Vehicles belonging to the department of health use GVH letters on their plates (e.g. GVH 001)
  • Diplomatic/Embassy vehicles use CD as their first 2 letters(e.g.CDX 001)
  • Chaffeur vehicles used by Members of Parliament use the format GM 99 (the letters GM followed by two numbers) e.g. GM 01

[edit] Privately owned vehicles

All privately owned vehicles are allocated randomly chosen marks, except that the first letter shows in which month the vehicle's annual tax disc is due for renewal.

  • January's letters are A, M, and Y
  • February's are B, N, and Z
  • March's are C and O
  • April's are D and P
  • May's are E and Q
  • June's are F and R
  • July's are G and S
  • August's are H and T
  • September's are I and U
  • October's are J and V
  • November's are K and W
  • December's are L and X.

These plates may be also personalized in 2 ways:

Either in the XXX999 format (Lm20 extra)

Or any combination from 1-8 characters (Lm500)

[edit] Pre-1995 Number-Plates

Prior to 1995, all number-plates in Malta used the format Z-9999 (a letter and 4 numbers, with a hyphen between the letter and the first number). Towards the right there was the letter M (for Malta) in a circle. Although all characters were printed in black, the background colour varied according to the vehicle's use:

  • Rental cars: all started with a K (e.g. K-0001) and had a yellow background
  • Taxis/Buses/Minibuses/Coaches: all started with a Y (e.g. Y-0001) and had a red background
  • Privately-owned cars: characters were randomly chosen, had a white background.

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