VehiclesDB

Belgium license plate: Diplomatic

Retired Documented 2001 to 2010. Diplomatic plates for car and van, issued by SPF Mobilite et Transports. One of 33 Belgium license plates.

Belgium license plate, Diplomatic (documented 2001 to 2010), sample CD-F-412
Make this plate with your text Download the blank template (SVG) Every Belgium license plate

Format, years and the law

Format
CD-L-999, for example CD-F-412 (L is any letter, 9 any digit)

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

Years issued
Documented 2001 to 2010; the format is likely older than the first year documented. No longer issued.
Vehicle class
Diplomatic: diplomatic corps (embassy) issuance, usually its own decode. Issued for car and van.
Colours
Characters #9B111E Background #FFFFFF
Size
340 × 110 mm · every country's size
About this plate
THE TWO-COLOUR CD PLATE, 01-10-2001 to 14-11-2010. Green "CD", then one red letter and three red digits, a design the 2010 European-format instrument abolished in favour of a single ruby red. Note also the single letter where the modern plate has two, which makes the pre-2010 CD number four characters shorter. THE ONE SOURCED PRE-2001 SHAPE IN THIS FILE sits behind it: arrete royal art. 40 § 1 grandfathered every plate issued under the abrogated 1953 decree except a CD plate reading "CD" plus FOUR DIGITS, which tells us both what the old diplomatic plate looked like and that it alone was forcibly replaced.

Legal basis and sources

  1. art. 7 as published 08-08-2001: white ground, red border, green 'CD', red letter and three red digits, hyphens set low https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi/article_body.pl?language=fr&caller=summary&pub_date=01-08-08&numac=2001014154
  2. art. 6, which made the whole inscription ruby red RAL 3003 from 15-11-2010 https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/change_lg.pl?language=fr&la=F&cn=2010110801&table_name=loi
  3. arrete royal art. 40 § 1: plates issued under the abrogated 1953 decree stay valid EXCEPT 'CD' plates whose number is 'CD' followed by four digits, the sourced shape of the pre-2001 Belgian diplomatic plate, and the... https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/article.pl?language=fr&lg_txt=f&numac_search=2001014153&caller=SUM&view_num...

Before and after

Belgium license plate, Diplomatic CD (2010 to today) Replaced by Diplomatic CD 2010 to today

This plate in your app

The series id is be-diplomatic-2001. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Belgium's series:

curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/be \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \
  | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "be-diplomatic-2001")'
Check plate formats in your app

More license plates

Nearest to Belgium