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Luxembourg

Lëtzebuerg · Luxembourg

Luxembourg uses black characters on yellow at both front and rear. The usual format is two letters and four digits, although selected all-numeric combinations remain available.

CURRENT STANDARD
AB 4821
AA 0000Introduced 2003 EU design
THE SYSTEM

How the numbering works

01

The ordinary example follows AA 0000.

02

The registration is national and follows the keeper rather than encoding a canton.

03

The integrated or adjacent international identifier is L.

04

Motorcycles, trailers and restricted mounting spaces may use a dedicated stacked or compact physical format.

05

Diplomatic, temporary, trade, historic or public-service vehicles use protected combinations that sit outside the ordinary sequence.

BEYOND THE STANDARD

Special & distinctive series

Colour and suffixes can completely change a plate's meaning.

AB 4821

Standard private

The current ordinary AA 0000 registration.

48219

Numeric selection

Four- and five-digit registrations may be requested.

CD 0482

Diplomatic

Diplomatic vehicles use protected CD allocations.

WW 4821

Temporary

Temporary registrations use dedicated series and validity marks.

CURRENT REFERENCE

Luxembourg's current plate system

A reconstructed current plate and concise system timeline, separated from the more extensively documented country archives.

2003 EU design
LAB 4821

Present registration system

Luxembourg uses black characters on yellow at both front and rear. The usual format is two letters and four digits, although selected all-numeric combinations remain available.

2003 EU design

Current grammar introduced

The AA 0000 system establishes the ordinary plate described above.

Today

National sequential

The registration is national and follows the keeper rather than encoding a canton.

BEYOND THE EVERYDAY

More plates worth knowing

Special status, vehicle class or use can change the colour, prefix, suffix or even the entire registration logic.

Numeric selection
48219

Four- and five-digit registrations may be requested.

Diplomatic
CD 0482

Diplomatic vehicles use protected CD allocations.

Temporary
WW 4821

Temporary registrations use dedicated series and validity marks.

CURRENT GRAMMAR

How to read Luxembourg's ordinary plate

Luxembourg uses black characters on yellow at both front and rear. The usual format is two letters and four digits, although selected all-numeric combinations remain available.

FormatAA 0000

The ordinary example follows AA 0000.

Geographic clueNational sequential

The registration is national and follows the keeper rather than encoding a canton.

International markL

The integrated or adjacent international identifier is L.

Physical variantsEuropean long format

Motorcycles, trailers and restricted mounting spaces may use a dedicated stacked or compact physical format.

Protected seriesSpecial use

Diplomatic, temporary, trade, historic or public-service vehicles use protected combinations that sit outside the ordinary sequence.

VISIBLE CATEGORIES

Ordinary and special plates use separate visual rules

Colour, prefix, dimensions or a control field can signal a different legal registration class.

Standard privateAB 4821

The current ordinary AA 0000 registration.

Numeric selection48219

Four- and five-digit registrations may be requested.

DiplomaticCD 0482

Diplomatic vehicles use protected CD allocations.

TemporaryWW 4821

Temporary registrations use dedicated series and validity marks.

PLATE REFERENCE

Formats and protected families

Search the ordinary AA 0000 grammar and the principal special registrations represented in this guide.

6 of 6 entriesNational sequentialCountry mark L
AA
Opening registration blockOrdinary format · 1
0000
Registration block 2Ordinary format · 2
AB
Standard privatePlate family · 1
48219
Numeric selectionPlate family · 2
CD
DiplomaticPlate family · 3
WW
TemporaryPlate family · 4
GOOD TO KNOW

Three road-side clues

The registration is national and follows the keeper rather than encoding a canton.

The L identifier distinguishes the country in international traffic.

Special-series colours and codes are legal status markers rather than decorative alternatives.

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