Austria license plate: Temporary ueberstellung

Format, years and the law

Format

LL-999L, for example CQ-272M (L is any letter, 9 any digit)

The letters are the district that granted the transfer permission; the green ground is the actual message. This plate is issued to a person for a journey, Austria's export plate in everything but name.

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

Years issued

1989 to today. Still issued.

Vehicle class

Temporary: short-validity plates (transit, awaiting registration). Issued for car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, moped, and trailer.

Colours

Characters #FFFFFF Background #007A3D

Size

520 × 120 mm · every country's size

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  Temporary ueberstellung 270×200 mm

  temporary · 270 × 200 mm

How long it is valid

max weeks: 3. note: § 46 Abs. 2 KFG: "Die Bewilligung ist für die beantragte Dauer, höchstens jedoch für drei Wochen zu erteilen." The plate is issued only against a cost-covering usage fee AND a security deposit, refundable if the plate is returned within a year of issue (§ 49 Abs. 1), the only Austrian plate with a deposit, and the compensating control for an untethered plate.

Legal basis and sources

1. § 46 Abs. 1 (unregistered vehicles, vehicles whose plates are lost, and Wechselkennzeichen vehicles), Abs. 1a (domestic transfers and transfers 'aus dem Bundesgebiet in das Ausland', with the § 57a evidence... https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/NormDokument.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=10011384&Paragraf=46
2. § 49 Abs. 1 (usage fee + security deposit, refundable within a year), Abs. 4 Z 4 (grün/weiß), Abs. 7 (behelfsmäßig attachment). https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/NormDokument.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=10011384&Paragraf=49
3. Anlage 5e: Überstellung (ÜKT) row, EU emblem -, grün/weiß, Wappen +, 5 Vormerkzeichen, Muster IV/V; A.2 field F 'Bei ÜKT Ablaufplakette'; A.2.3 Ablaufvignette. https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/Dokumente/Bundesnormen/NOR40267389/NOR40267389.html