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The Republic of Cyprus uses three letters and three digits on white plates, with an EU CY band. Front and rear are now the same colour, replacing the former British-style yellow rear.
The ordinary example follows AAA 000.
Modern ordinary marks carry no district code.
The integrated or adjacent international identifier is CY.
Motorcycles, trailers and restricted mounting spaces may use a dedicated stacked or compact physical format.
Diplomatic, temporary, trade, historic or public-service vehicles use protected combinations that sit outside the ordinary sequence.
Colour and suffixes can completely change a plate's meaning.
The current ordinary AAA 000 registration.
Taxis use yellow plates and protected series.
Rental vehicles use red plates.
Diplomatic registrations use dedicated status codes.
A reconstructed current plate and concise system timeline, separated from the more extensively documented country archives.
The Republic of Cyprus uses three letters and three digits on white plates, with an EU CY band. Front and rear are now the same colour, replacing the former British-style yellow rear.
The AAA 000 system establishes the ordinary plate described above.
Modern ordinary marks carry no district code.
Special status, vehicle class or use can change the colour, prefix, suffix or even the entire registration logic.
Taxis use yellow plates and protected series.
Rental vehicles use red plates.
Diplomatic registrations use dedicated status codes.
The Republic of Cyprus uses three letters and three digits on white plates, with an EU CY band. Front and rear are now the same colour, replacing the former British-style yellow rear.
The ordinary example follows AAA 000.
Modern ordinary marks carry no district code.
The integrated or adjacent international identifier is CY.
Motorcycles, trailers and restricted mounting spaces may use a dedicated stacked or compact physical format.
Diplomatic, temporary, trade, historic or public-service vehicles use protected combinations that sit outside the ordinary sequence.
Colour, prefix, dimensions or a control field can signal a different legal registration class.
The current ordinary AAA 000 registration.
Taxis use yellow plates and protected series.
Rental vehicles use red plates.
Diplomatic registrations use dedicated status codes.
Search the ordinary AAA 000 grammar and the principal special registrations represented in this guide.
Modern ordinary marks carry no district code.
The CY identifier distinguishes the country in international traffic.
Special-series colours and codes are legal status markers rather than decorative alternatives.