# Austria license plate: Standard pre-EU

> The Austria standard pre-EU license plate: format LL-999L, for example EI-233K, 1989 to 2002, car, van, truck, bus, and trailer.

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

![Austria license plate, Standard pre-EU (1989 to 2002)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/at/at-standard-preeu/austria-license-plate-standard-pre-eu.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LL-999L` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 1989–2002 |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, trailer |
| Plate size | 520 × 120 mm |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #000000 |
| 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-standard-preeu` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/austria/standard-preeu) |

District letters first — one for a state capital (W Wien, G Graz), two for a rural district (IL Innsbruck-Land) — then a meaningless serial that must end in a letter. Today's decode exactly, minus the blue EU corner.

Sources:

- [BGBl. Nr. 375/1988 (11. KFG-Novelle), 138. Stück, ausgegeben am 15. Juli 1988. Art. I Z 31 rewrites § 48 Abs. 4 ('Kennzeichen muß mit einem oder zwei Buchstaben als Bezeichnung der Behörde, die den Zulassungsschein ausgestellt hat, beginnen'); Art. I Z 35 rewrites § 49 Abs. 4 (weiß/schwarz, rot-weiß-rot gerandet, Landeswappen); Art. V Abs. 4 lit. b commences both on 1 January 1989; Art. V Abs. 5 lets the Landeshauptmann stagger commencement per authority; Art. V Abs. 6 allows non-conforming stock 'bis längstens 31. Jänner 1990'.](https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/Dokumente/BgblPdf/1988_375_0/1988_375_0.pdf)
- [the earliest § 49 Fassung RIS holds (BGBl. Nr. 458/1990) — already white/black with the red-white-red edging and the Land arms, and with NO EU field.](https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/NormDokument.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=10011384&Paragraf=49&FassungVom=1990-07-28)
- [§ 49 Abs. 4a: the voluntary swap that keeps this series on the road.](https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/NormDokument.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=10011384&Paragraf=49)

## About this plate

ROLLOUT, stated because the instrument states it: Art. V Abs. 5 empowered each Landeshauptmann to set DIFFERENT commencement dates for the individual authorities in his area (with the Wunschkennzeichen plate issue capped at 1 January 1990), so the 1989 date is a legal start, not a nationwide switchover.

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| It replaced | [Black plate](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/austria/blackplate) | documented 1968 to 1990 |
| Replaced by | [Standard](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/austria/standard) | 2002 to today |

## Other standard plates here

- [Standard](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/austria/standard) (2002 to today)
- [Black plate](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/austria/blackplate) (documented 1968 to 1990)

## Use it

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

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