# Austria license plate: Black plate

> The Austria black plate license plate: format W-99999, for example W-26057, documented 1968 to 1990, car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer.

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Part of [Austria license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/austria) (18 registration series).

![Austria license plate, Black plate (documented 1968 to 1990)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/at/at-blackplate/austria-license-plate-black-plate.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `W-99999` (9 any digit) |
| Years | ~1968–1990 (documented from 1968; the format is likely older) |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, trailer |
| Colours | background #000000; characters #FFFFFF |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `at-blackplate` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/austria/blackplate) |

Even in the black era the leading letters were geography — the code of the registering authority, W for Wien. The digits are a plain running number, and the dot enthusiasts draw between them ("W 123.456") appears in photos but never in the statute.

Sources:

- [KFG 1967 as enacted, BGBl. Nr. 267/1967. § 48 Abs. 4 (Bundesland letter + authority digits + Vormerkzeichen); § 49 Abs. 4, verbatim: 'Auf den Kennzeichentafeln muß das Kennzeichen in weißer Schrift eingepreßt sein. ... Der Grund der Kennzeichentafeln muß schwarz sein, jedoch bei Motorfahrrädern und bei Kennzeichentafeln gemäß Abs. 3 rot, bei Probefahrtkennzeichen und bei vorübergehend zugelassenen Fahrzeugen blau und bei Überstellungskennzeichen grün.'; § 135 Abs. 1 (in force 1 January 1968).](https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/Dokumente/BgblPdf/1967_267_0/1967_267_0.pdf)
- [KDV 1967 as enacted, BGBl. Nr. 399/1967, 97. Stück, ausgegeben am 29. Dezember 1967. § 26 Abs. 1 (the nine Bundesland letters), Abs. 2 (G Graz, L Linz), Abs. 5 (Vormerkzeichen = Zahlen).](https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/Dokumente/BgblPdf/1967_399_0/1967_399_0.pdf)
- [BGBl. Nr. 375/1988 Art. V Abs. 6: non-conforming plate stock usable 'bis längstens 31. Jänner 1990' — the last date a black plate could lawfully be assigned.](https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/Dokumente/BgblPdf/1988_375_0/1988_375_0.pdf)

## About this plate

Jänner 1990", which is the last lawful ASSIGNMENT of a black plate; Art. VII Abs. 1 had already limited interim re-assignment of "das bisherige Kennzeichen" to six months.

## Region code notes

This series encodes the BUNDESLAND in a letter and the authority in DIGITS; the modern table maps 1-2 LETTER codes to authorities and does not apply. A parse API must not route a black-plate string through it.

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Replaced by | [Standard pre-EU](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/austria/standard-preeu) | 1989 to 2002 |

## Other standard plates here

- [Standard](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/austria/standard) (2002 to today)
- [Standard pre-EU](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/austria/standard-preeu) (1989 to 2002)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/at/at-blackplate.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/austria?series=at-blackplate
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/at` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "at-blackplate"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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