Serbian vehicle license plate codes consist of a two-letter region code, followed by 3-digit numeric and a 2-letter alpha license code, separated by a hyphen (e.g. BG 123-AA).
The region code and the license code are separated by the shield of Serbia and a Cyrillic letter combination for the region below. A blue field is placed along the left side edge, as in European Union countries, bearing the international country code for Serbia-SRB.
License numeric code contains combination of three digits (0-9), while two letter alpha code is made of combination of letters using Serbian Latin Alphabet order, with addition of letters X, Y and W.
The standard license plate dimensions are 520.5 × 112.9 mm.
Issuance of current license plates started from January 1, 2011 and they will be used alongside the old ones during the transitional period until the end of 2011.
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These are the Serbian vehicle license plate codes by region in Serbian Cyrillic alphabetical order:[1][2]
According to the new Road Safety Law and bylaw regulations adopted in 2008, 33 additional cities have been introduced as new regions and got their own regional codes. The issuance of new license plates with new regional codes started from January 1, 2011.[4]
The following vehicle license plates were used in Kosovo up to 1999. They were succeeded by the plates issued by UNMIK, in format 3-digit number-KS-3 digit number. However, license plates with old format and codes are still valid in the rest of the territory of Serbia and all over the world, and are used on cars belonging to Serbian citizens from Kosovo. As of 1 November 2011, old Serbian plates in Northern Kosovo will be replaced with UNMIK plates as part of the Pristina-Belgrade talks arrangements.
| Code | Region | Municipalities covered by the region |
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| ĐA | Đakovica | Dečani, Đakovica |
| GL | Gnjilane | Vitina, Kosovska Kamenica, Novo Brdo, Gnjilane |
| KM | Kosovska Mitrovica | Vučitrn, Zvečan, Zubin Potok, Leposavić, Srbica, Kosovska Mitrovica |
| PE | Peć | Istok, Klina, Peć |
| PZ | Prizren | Gora, Orahovac, Suva Reka, Prizren |
| PR | Priština | Glogovac, Kosovo Polje, Lipljan, Obilić, Podujevo, Priština |
| UR | Uroševac | Kačanik, Štimlje, Štrpce, Uroševac |
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. 12(3)-L-456. Vehicle owned by a diplomat or by acredited 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 |
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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 - Press |
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vehicle is owned by an office of a foreign company and/or its staff - Economy |
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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:
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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