Andorra license plate: Diplomatic CMD

Issued today Documented since 2011. Diplomatic plates for car and van, issued by Govern d'Andorra, Registre de Vehicles. One of 16 Andorra license plates.

Andorra license plate, Diplomatic CMD (documented since 2011), sample CMD7B

Format, years and the law

Format
CMD9L, for example CMD7B (L is any letter, 9 any digit)

CMD is the head of a diplomatic mission, with a single digit for a serial; the final letter names the sending state, assigned by the foreign ministry. Rank descends by digit count: CMD gets one, CD two, CC three.

CMD
Cap de la missió diplomàtica (head of diplomatic mission)

The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.

Years issued
Documented since 2011; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Diplomatic: diplomatic corps (embassy) issuance, usually its own decode. Issued for car and van.
Colours
Characters #FFFFFF Background #1F3A93
Size
340 × 120 mm · every country's size
About this plate
CAPS DE MISSIÓ DIPLOMÀTICA, heads of diplomatic mission. White on Pantone 2945 dark blue.
Format notes
art. 9: CMD, then ONE digit, then a letter identifying the STATE. Heads of diplomatic mission only, which is why a single digit suffices.

Legal basis and sources

  1. Decret 456/2022 art. 9 https://bopadocuments.blob.core.windows.net/bopa-documents/034135/html/GR20221110_09_12_43.html

This plate in your app

The series id is ad-diplomatic-cmd. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Andorra's series:

curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/ad \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \
  | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "ad-diplomatic-cmd")'