Vehicle registration plates of Serbia

Vehicle registration plates of Serbia display black alphanumeric characters on a white background with blue field placed along the left side edge.

Serbian vehicle registration plate,
as issued since 2011
Country Serbia
Country codeSRB
Current series
Size520 mm × 110 mm
20.5 in × 4.3 in
MaterialAluminum
Serial formatAB 123-CD
AB 1234-CD
Colour (front)Black on white
Colour (rear)Black on white
Introduced2011

Issuance of current registration plates started on 1 January 2011 and they were used alongside the old ones during the transitional period until the end of 2011.

Standard plates

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The two-letter regional code is followed by three or four-digit numeric code separated by the Serbian cross shield and a Cyrillic letter combination for the region below, and then followed by a two-letter alpha code, separated by a hyphen.

A blue field is placed along the left side edge, as in European Union countries, bearing SRB (the ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for Serbia).

Numeric code contains combination of three or four digits (0-9), while two letter alpha code is made of combination of letters using Serbian Latin alphabet, with addition of letter X (e.g., BG 123-AA or BG 1234-AA). Since 2017 plates with the special "hooked" letters of the Serbian latin alphabet (Ć, Č, Š, Ž, Đ) as well as letters Y and W are no longer issued.[1] [2] [3]

The standard dimensions of a Serbian license plates are 520.5 × 112.9 mm.

Special plates

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Serbia has numerous special license plates.

 
Agriculture vehicle plate
 
Moped plate
 
Motorcycle plate
 
Trailer plate

Agriculture vehicle plates

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Agriculture plates consist of regional code, Serbian cross shield, three serial letters and two numbers on lower side; agriculture trailers have two numbers and three letters on lower side; both on green background.

Moped plates

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Moped plates have two-letter regional code, Serbian cross shield, and then numbers; on a yellow background.

Motorcycle plates

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Motorcycle plates have two-letter regional code, Serbian cross shield, and then numbers.

Trailer plates

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Trailer plates have a reversed format of the civilian license plates with serial letter first, Serbian cross shield and then numbers and regional code at the end.

Taxi plates

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Taxi plate

Taxi plates have almost identical format of the civilian license plates with regional code first, Serbian cross shield and numbers and TX as serial letters.

Police plates

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Police plate

Serbian Police plates have letter П (P in Cyrillic), Serbian cross shield, and then six numbers; on a blue background.

Military plates

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Military plate

Military plates have one letter, an emblem of Serbian Armed Forces (identical to Serbian cross shield), and then four numbers.

Diplomatic plates

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Diplomatic plate

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 (e.g., 12(3)-L-456). Vehicle owned by a diplomat or by accredited 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.

Additionally, plates have vertically orientated two-letter initials in small letters on the left side (after blue stripe) 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., 12 for 2012).

Code Explanation
A
vehicle owned by a diplomat - Ambassade
M
vehicle owned by accredited non-diplomatic staff - Mission
P
vehicle owned by a foreign press agency or a foreign cultural representative - Presse
CMD
additional oval plate for vehicles used by the chief of a diplomatic mission - Chef de Mission Diplomatique
CD
additional oval plate for vehicles used by a person with diplomatic status - Corps Diplomatique
Country code Country code Country code
  Russia 10   Holy See 42   Japan 86
  Ukraine 11    Switzerland 43   China 88
  Poland 12   Austria 44   Indonesia 89
  Hungary 14   Greece 47   Syria 90
  Romania 15   Turkey 48   Lebanon 91
  Bulgaria 16   Slovenia 50   Tunisia 92
  Albania 17   Guinea 51   Morocco 93
  Czech Republic 18   Pakistan 53   Ghana 94
  North Macedonia 19   Sri Lanka 54   Iraq 98
  Israel 20   Belarus 55   DR Congo 99
  Angola 21   Nigeria 62   EU 101
  Slovakia 22   Canada 63   UNWFP 102
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 23   Argentina 64 ECPD 104
  Croatia 24   Brazil 65 EAR 105
  Palestine 25   Mexico 66 SEED 105
  Portugal 26   UNDP 70   OSCE 111
  Cyprus 29   UNICEF 70 ICRC 118
  United Kingdom 30   Ecuador 71 IOM 119
  South Korea 31   Cuba 72 IFRC 120
  Finland 32   Peru 76   United Nations 121
  Sweden 33   UNHCR 77   UNHCR 123
  Norway 34   Australia 78 EBRD 125
  Denmark 35   Libya 79 Council of Europe 127
  Netherlands 36   Algeria 80 IFC 128
  Belgium 37   Egypt 81 World Bank 129
  Spain 38   Zimbabwe 82   Malaysia 137
  France 39   Iran 83 ICMP 138
  Germany 40   India 84   Montenegro 141
  Italy 41   Myanmar 85   USA 144

Regional codes

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Following are the registration plate regional codes in Serbian Cyrillic alphabetical order:[4][5]

 
Geographical distribution of regional codes
 
Old registration plate, issued until 2011
Code Region Municipalities covered by the region
Lat. Cyr.
AL АЛ ALeksinac Aleksinac
AR АР ARanđelovac Aranđelovac
AC АЦ AleksandrovaC Aleksandrovac
BB ББ Bajina Bašta Bajina Bašta
BG БГ BelGrade Barajevo, Voždovac, Vračar, Grocka, Zvezdara, Zemun, Lazarevac, Mladenovac, Novi Beograd, Obrenovac, Palilula, Rakovica, Savski Venac, Sopot, Stari Grad, Surčin, Čukarica
BO БО BOr Majdanpek, Bor
BP БП Bačka Palanka Bačka Palanka
BT БТ Bačka Topola Bačka Topola
БЋ BogatiĆ Bogatić
BU БУ BUjanovac Bujanovac
БЧ BeČej Bečej
VA ВА VAljevo Lajkovac, Ljig, Mionica, Osečina, Valjevo
VB ВБ Vrnjačka Banja Vrnjačka Banja
VL ВЛ VLasotince Vlasotince
VP ВП Velika Plana Velika Plana
VR ВР VRanje Bosilegrad, Vladičin Han, Preševo, Trgovište, Vranje
VS ВС VrbaS Vrbas
ВШ VrŠac Bela Crkva, Plandište, Vršac
GM ГМ Gornji Milanovac Gornji Milanovac
DE ДЕ DEspotovac Despotovac
ZA ЗА ZAječar Boljevac, Sokobanja, Zaječar
ZR ЗР ZRenjanin Žitište, Novi Bečej, Nova Crnja, Sečanj, Zrenjanin
IN ИН INđija Inđija
IC ИЦ IvanjiCa Ivanjica
JA ЈА JAgodina Rekovac, Jagodina
KA КА KAnjiža Kanjiža
KC КЦ KoCeljeva Koceljeva
KV КВ KraljeVo Kraljevo
KG КГ KraGujevac Batočina, Knić, Lapovo, Rača, City of Kragujevac
КЖ KnjaŽevac Knjaževac
KI КИ KIkinda Čoka, Novi Kneževac, Kikinda
KL КЛ KLadovo Kladovo
KO КО KOvin Kovin
КШ KruŠevac Brus, Varvarin, Ćićevac, Kruševac
LB ЛБ LeBane Lebane
LE ЛЕ LEskovac Bojnik, Medveđa, Crna Trava, Leskovac
LO ЛО LOznica Krupanj, Ljubovija, Mali Zvornik, Loznica
LU ЛУ LUčani Lučani
NV НВ Nova Varoš Nova Varoš
NG НГ NeGotin Negotin
NI НИ NIš Doljevac, Gadžin Han, Merošina, Ražanj, Svrljig, City of Niš
NP НП Novi Pazar Novi Pazar
NS НС Novi Sad Bač, Bački Petrovac, Beočin, Žabalj, Srbobran, Sremski Karlovci, Temerin, Titel, City of Novi Sad
PA ПА PAnčevo Alibunar, Kovačica, Opovo, Pančevo
PB ПБ PriBoj Priboj
PZ ПЗ PriZren Prizren
ПЖ PoŽega Požega
PI ПИ PIrot Babušnica, Bela Palanka, Dimitrovgrad, Pirot
PK ПК ProKuplje Blace, Žitorađa, Kuršumlija, Prokuplje
PN ПН ParaćiN Paraćin
PO ПО POžarevac Veliko Gradište, Golubac, Žabari, Žagubica, Kučevo, Malo Crniće, Požarevac
PP ПП PrijePolje Prijepolje
PT ПТ PeTrovac Petrovac
RA РА RAška Raška
RU РУ RUma Irig, Pećinci, Ruma
SA СА SentA Ada, Senta
SM СM Sremska Mitrovica Sremska Mitrovica
SV СВ SVilajnac Svilajnac
SD СД SmeDerevo Smederevo
SJ СЈ SJenica Sjenica
SO СО SOmbor Apatin, Kula, Odžaci, Sombor
SP СП Smederevska Palanka Smederevska Palanka
ST СТ STara Pazova Stara Pazova
SU СУ SUbotica Mali Iđoš, Subotica
SC СЦ SurduliCa Surdulica
TO ТО TOpola Topola
TS ТС TrStenik Trstenik
TT ТТ TuTin Tutin
ĆU ЋУ ĆUprija Ćuprija
UB УБ UB Ub
UE УЕ UžicE Arilje, Kosjerić, Čajetina, Zlatibor, Užice
ČA ЧА ČAčak Čačak
ŠA ША ŠAbac Vladimirci, Šabac
ŠI ШИ ŠId Šid

See also

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References

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  1. ^ olavsplates.com. "Number Plates Of Serbia". Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  2. ^ blic.rs (14 August 2023). "Registarske tablice: Šta svaka predstavlja". Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  3. ^ telegraf.rs (25 July 2017). "Promena u registarskim tablicama". Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  4. ^ Pravilnik o utvrđivanju registarskih područja za motorna i priključna vozila, „Službeni glasnik RS”, no. 34, 30. September 1998.
  5. ^ b92.net (30 September 2010). "Nove tablice od 2011, cena 40 evra". Retrieved 30 September 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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