Vehicle registration plates of Spain

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Spanish plates with format, 1234 ABC
CountryFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Country codeE
Current series
Size520 mm × 110 mm
20.5 in × 4.3 in
Serial format1234 ABC
Colour (front)Black on white
Colour (rear)Black on white
Introduced2000
Availability
Issued by Directorate General of Traffic
History
First issued1900

Vehicle registration plates are the mandatory number plates used to display the registration mark of a vehicle, and have existed in Spain since 1900. Most motor vehicles which are used on public roads are required by law to display them. The government agency responsible for the registration and numbering of vehicles is the Directorate General of Traffic.

Contents

Current system

Spain has finished using the L-series, the format of which was nnnn LLL where:

This format, introduced on 18 September 2000, [1] is used nationwide, so there is no way of knowing where the vehicle was registered. The "counter" gives a rough idea of when the vehicle was registered, but is less reliable for determining its age, as imported second-hand vehicles are registered in the same way as new models.

In August 2022 the three-letter counter reached the end of the L-series, and began the M-series, starting MBB. At the current rate of approximately five series per decade, the system will be exhausted around 2040.

The plates themselves are white with black characters, front and back, with a blue strip on the left containing the 12 stars of the flag of Europe and the country identifier E (for España). This strip is compulsory. The plates are usually rectangular and wide in shape, but there are also square-like plates for motorcycles, while some cars have a narrow plate inset (such as at the back of the SEAT 600).

History

Two previous systems have been used, both of which were province-based.

1900 to 1970

Provincial numeric registration plate from Orense. Matricula automobilistica da provincia de Ourense 1971 OR 29495.jpg
Provincial numeric registration plate from Orense.

The first system, introduced in 1900, [2] consisted of a letter code denoting the province the vehicle was registered in (see below for the full list of codes), followed by a sequence number of up to six digits (XXX-NNNNNN). The codes were normally made up of the first one or two letters of the province name or the name of the provincial capital (many provinces are named after their capitals), under the provisions of a 1926 regulation. In the earliest days, some provinces used three-letter codes, but these were abolished after 1926.

This system came to an end in October 1971, by which time both Madrid and Barcelona were approaching the number 999999. Older vehicles with such registrations, usually with five- or six-digit numbers, can still be seen on Spanish roads.

In the later years of this system, many plates were white with black characters. Today, there are a few rare cases where the blue EU country identifier strip is also carried, as plates are reissued in new format but with the same number sequence when deteriorated or lost.

1970 to 2000

Provincial alphanumeric registration plate from Pontevedra. Matricula automovilistica Espana 1971 PO-9385-BH.jpg
Provincial alphanumeric registration plate from Pontevedra.

The second system used the format XXX-NNNN-YY, where XXX was the province code or a one- two- or three-letter special code (such as ET for army cars and DGP for police cars), NNNN was a sequence number from 0000 to 9999 (always four-digit numbers, padded with leading zeroes if necessary), and YY was a "counter" series consisting of one and then two letters, which incremented after the sequence number reached 9999.

No "counter" series used the consonants Q and R (and Q has never been allowed in any way, the apparent reason for this being its resemblance to the vowel O and the digit 0), while two-letter combinations ending in the vowels A, E, I and O were also forbidden, apparently to avoid the forming of potentially offensive Spanish words when combined with some province codes (such as MA-LA, meaning "bad one", or CU-LO, meaning "arse"). This meant that, for instance, Z was followed by AB, while AN was followed by AP and then AS, and PZ was followed by SB.

Other potentially offensive combinations, however, were allowed, such as KK (resembling caca, meaning "shit") and PN (resembling pene, meaning "penis"). Also allowed were combinations with potential political connotations, such as HB (cf. Herri Batasuna) and PP (cf. Partido Popular). The only combination that was actually skipped was WC in Madrid and Barcelona. Finally, some otherwise "forbidden" combinations (particularly those containing R or ending in one of the skipped vowels) were exceptionally used in a few particular cases, such as on some special types of cars (e.g. RA, RB... for some police cars, and EA for Spanish Air Force land vehicles).

This system lasted until January 2000, by which time Madrid was running out of registrations again, its "counter" reaching series ZX. Barcelona reached series XG, while the next province by registration volume, Valencia, was far behind at series HJ. Therefore, the allowed combinations ZY and ZZ were never issued in any province.

Under this system, plates usually consisted solely of black characters on white, though the blue EU country identifier strip became an option in the 1990s.

Both systems were susceptible to problems with rivalries between regions, that caused trouble for drivers travelling out of their provinces or trying to sell their vehicles second-hand. The second system was also affected when the major languages of Spain were co-officialized, with the renaming of some provinces resulting in mismatches between the name and the code. For instance, the GE code for Gerona became mismatched when that province was renamed Girona after Catalan became official, so it was replaced with the GI code. Similarly, the OR code for Orense was replaced with the OU code for Ourense (official Galician name for the province). There were also unsuccessful movements to have other province codes changed, such as replacing the Asturias code O (from its former name after its capital Oviedo) with AS, this movement being prompted by the rivalry between Oviedo and the province's largest city, Gijón, some of whose residents chose to register their vehicles in Girona, the GI code also being the first two letters of "Gijón". La Rioja code LO (from its former name after its capital Logroño) was finally slated for replacement with LR on the same day that the current system entered use.

Provincial codes

Provincial alphanumeric registration plate from Alicante with the EU strip. Matricula automovilistica Espana 1971 A 0849 CS banda UE.jpg
Provincial alphanumeric registration plate from Alicante with the EU strip.
Provincial alphanumeric registration plate from Girona with the EU strip. Spanish vehicle registration plate.jpg
Provincial alphanumeric registration plate from Girona with the EU strip.
Provincial alphanumeric registration plate of the last series ("ZX") from Madrid with the EU strip. Matricula automovilistica Espana 1971 M 4775 ZX.jpg
Provincial alphanumeric registration plate of the last series ("ZX") from Madrid with the EU strip.
 Former provinces
CodeProvinceNotes
A Alicante
ALB Albacete Used until 1926, replaced by AB.
ABUsed since 1926.
AL Almería
AOE Africa Occidental EspañolaUsed until 1951, replaced by I and SHA.
AV Ávila
B Barcelona
BA Badajoz
BI Biscay BI stands for its capital Bilbao.
BU Burgos
C La Coruña
CA Cádiz
CAC Cáceres Used until 1926, replaced by CC.
CCUsed since 1926.
CAS Castellón/Castelló Used until 1926, replaced by CS.
CSUsed since 1926.
CE Ceuta Used since 1922.
CO Córdoba
CR Ciudad Real
CU Cuenca
FP Fernando PooUsed from 1961 until 1969.
GC Las Palmas GC stands for Gran Canaria.
Used since 1926.
GE Gerona/Girona Used until 1992, replaced by GI.
GIUsed since 1992.
GR Granada
GU Guadalajara
H Huelva
HU Huesca
I IfniUsed from 1951 until 1961, replaced by IF.
IFUsed from 1961 until 1969.
PM Islas Baleares PM stands for its capital Palma de Mallorca.
Used until 1997, replaced by IB.
IBUsed since 1997.
J Jaén
L Lérida/Lleida
LE León
LO La Rioja LO stands for Logroño, its former name after its capital.
LRReplaced LO, but was not used.
LU Lugo
M Madrid
MA Málaga
ME Marruecos EspañolUsed for Ceuta and Melilla, replaced by CE and ML in 1922.
ML Melilla
MU Murcia
O Asturias O stands for Oviedo, its former name after its capital.
OR Orense/Ourense Used until 1998, replaced by OU.
OUUsed since 1998.
P Palencia
PA Navarre PA stands for its capital Pamplona.
Used until 1918, replaced by NA.
NAUsed since 1918.
PO Pontevedra
RM Río MuniUsed from 1961 until 1969.
S Cantabria S stands for Santander, its former name after its capital.
SA Salamanca
SE Sevilla
SEG Segovia Used until 1926, replaced by SG.
SGUsed since 1926.
SHA SáharaUsed from 1951 until 1961, replaced by SH.
SHUsed since 1961 until 1976.
SO Soria
SS Gipuzkoa SS stands for its capital Donostia/San Sebastián.
T Tarragona
TE CanariasTE stands for Tenerife.
Used until 1926, replaced by GC and TF.
TER Teruel Used until 1926, replaced by TE.
TEUsed since 1926.
TEG Territorio Español de GuineaUsed until 1926, replaced by TG.
TGUsed since 1926, replaced by FP and RM in 1961.
TF Santa Cruz de Tenerife TF stands for Tenerife.
Used since 1926.
TO Toledo
V Valencia
VA Valladolid
VI Álava VI stands for its capital Vitoria-Gasteiz.
Z Zaragoza
ZA Zamora

Special plates

Commercial Vehicles

To comply with Third-party insurance risks, vehicles carrying goods or persons not otherwise insured require a small white plate (150mm×75mm) with the letters SP (for servicio publico) in black. this is fixed near the rear numberplate [3]

Taxis and private hire (VTT) that have authorisation to operate display the rear plate with a blue background and an SP plate mentioned above [4] Vehicles without these markings are not legal for hire.

State codes

These keep the old system of letter code plus numbers. [5]

Mossos d'Esquadra police plate Spain Mossos d'Esquadra police license plate - 2015.jpg
Mossos d'Esquadra police plate
Ertzaintza police plate Matricula automovilistica Espana 1971 -1660 Ertzaintza.png
Ertzaintza police plate
CodeOrganizationMeaningsNotes
CMECos dels Mossos d'Esquadra Autonomous police force of Catalonia
DGP Dirección General de la Policía Spanish National Police
CNP Cuerpo Nacional de Policía Spanish National PoliceSince 2008
E Ertzaintza Autonomous police force of the Basque CountryThe E on the plate is in a special Basque font.
EA Ejército del Aire Spanish Air Force
ET Ejército de Tierra Spanish Army
FAEFuerzas Aliadas en EspañaAllied NATO Forces in Spain
FN Fuerzas Navales / Armada Spanish Navy
PGCParque de la Guardia Civil Fleet of the Spanish civil guardThese are a militarized police force similar to French Gendarmerie nationale or Italian Corpo dei Carabinieri .
MF Ministerio de Fomento Ministry of Public WorksNo correlation with MOP.
MMA Ministerio de Medio Ambiente Ministry of Environment
MOPMinisterio de Obras PúblicasMinistry of Public WorksNow replaced by MF.
PMEParque Móvil del EstadoState owned vehicles
PMMParque Móvil del MinisterioState owned vehicles, on a MinistryNow replaced by PME.
CrownVehículo de la Corona Crown's CarThe car carrying the King in an official capacity has a crimson plate with the royal crown in gold. The car carrying the Princess of Asturias in an official capacity has a blue plate with the royal crown in gold.

Diplomatic plates

Diplomatic registration plates from Spain
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Diplomatic cars
Matricula automovilistica Espana 1971 CC 10 014 Cuerpo consular.jpg
Consular cars
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Cars belonging to international organizations

Diplomatic plates are either red, green, yellow or blue and start with the letters "CD" (red) for diplomatic cars, "CC" (green) for consular cars, "TA" (yellow) for ancillary workers' cars or "OI" (blue) for cars belonging to international organisations. The first set of numbers stands for the embassy or organisation and the second for the specific car from an organisation.

U.S. military

Up until 1972 U.S. Military personnel were required to have special plates.

Colour plates

Historical plate Matricula automovilistica Espana 2000 H 7010BBD historicos.jpg
Historical plate
Provisional plate Spanish provisional plate.jpg
Provisional plate
Temporary plate License plate of Spain (Dealer) temporary.jpg
Temporary plate
Trailer plate Matricula automovilistica Espana 1971 R 7286 BBW remolque.jpg
Trailer plate
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Taxicab plate

There are other plates with different background colours for trailers and the so-called "tourist plates", provisory plates that allow foreigners to use a vehicle bought in Spain before registering it in their country. The trailer plates begin with the prefix R signifying remolque, the Spanish word for trailer, caravan or literally "on tow". The tourist plates begin with the prefix P signifying provisional, usually issued to vehicles for export or until the registration process has been completed. They are sometimes seen on manufacturer's prototypes. An additional series exists for historic vehicles with the prefix H followed by four numbers and four letters, making a nine digit plate which can be difficult to fit onto some historic vehicles. Mopeds and microcars with cylinders under 50 cc were not required to have a national plate and town and city administration tax them and issued their own yellow plates.

CodeSignified asColor
CMopeds and microcarsBlack on yellow
ESpecial (agricultural, heavy machinery...)Red on white
HHistoricalBlack on white
PProvisionalWhite on green
RTrailersBlack on red
STemporary platesWhite on red
TTourist platesBlack on white
VVehicle dealersWhite on red
TaxicabsWhite on blue

Diplomatic codes [6] [7]

This is a table of country codes on Spanish diplomatic and consular car number plates, i.e. the first group of two or three numbers and mainly sorted by Spanish alphabetical order.

CodeCountry or OrganizationCodeCountry or OrganizationCodeCountry or OrganizationCodeCountry or Organization
1Flag of the Vatican City (2023-present).svg  Vatican City (Holy See)35Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 69Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 144Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 36Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 70Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 145Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia
3Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 37Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 71Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 148Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
4Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 38Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 72Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 150 International Olive Council
5Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 39Flag of India.svg  India 73Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 151 ?
6Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 40Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 74Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 152 Flag of the United Nations.svg World Tourism Organization
7Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 41Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 75Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 153 Flag of Europe.svg European Commission/European Parliament
8Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 42Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 76Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 154 ?
9Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia 43Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 77Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 155Flag of the Arab League.svg Arab League
10Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 44Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 78Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo 156 ?
11Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 45Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 80Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 157 Ibero-American General Secretariat
12Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 46Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 81Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 159 Flag of the United Nations.svg International Labour Organization
13Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 47Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 82Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 160 International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
14Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 48Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 83Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 163 Flag of the United Nations.svg United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
15Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 49Flag of Libya.svg  Libya 84Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia 164 Ibero-American Youth Organization
16Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 50Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 85Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 165 ?
17Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 51Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 86Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 200Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine
18Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 52Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 88Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 303 Flag of Europe.svg European Union Satellite Centre (EU SatCen)
19Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 53Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 93Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia 304 Flag of Europe.svg NATO
20Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 54Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 96Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 310Fusion for Energy (ITER)
21Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 55Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 101Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 311 Conference of Ministers of Justice of Ibero-American Countries?
22Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 56 Sovereign Military Order of Malta 104Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 314 Flag of the United Nations.svg United Nations Information and Communications Technology Facility (UNICTF)
23Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 57Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 107Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 400Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
24Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 58Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 118Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen 405Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
25Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 59Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 122Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 406Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan
26Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 60Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 124Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 410Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova
27Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 61Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 128Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 411Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
28Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 62Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 131Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 414Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
29Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 63Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 132Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 415Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
30Flag of France.svg  France 64Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 133Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 419Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
31Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 65Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 135Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
32Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 66Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 140Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra
33Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 67Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 142Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
34Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 68Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 143Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana

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References

  1. "Sitio de las Matrículas Españolas - Sistema Actual - Introducción".
  2. "Sitio de las Matrículas Españolas - Sistema Provincial - Histórico".
  3. supplier information
  4. Rental agency image
  5. "➤ Matriculas de España | Todo lo que necesitas saber 【2021】↓".
  6. European License Plate Collectors' Association (members only)
  7. Spanish diplomatic codes

Bibliography

Castrillo, Carlos (2022). Matrículas de coches en España y en Europa (in Spanish). Grupo Editorial Círculo Rojo SL. p. 262. ISBN   9788411282055.