# Belgium license plate: Diplomatic CD

> The Belgium diplomatic CD license plate: format CD-LL-999, for example CD-NO-210, 2010 to today, car, van, and motorcycle, cited to SPF Mobilite et Transports.

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Part of [Belgium license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/belgium) (33 registration series).

![Belgium license plate, Diplomatic CD (2010 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/be/be-diplomatic-cd-2010/belgium-license-plate-diplomatic-cd.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `CD-LL-999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2010 → today |
| Class | diplomatic |
| Issued for | car, van, motorcycle |
| Plate size | 520 × 110 mm |
| Other sizes | 340 × 210 mm: 'CD' and a hyphen, then two letters above three digits; 210 × 140 mm: motorcycle CD plate, art. 15; letter group begins 'M' |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #9B111E; band #003399 on the left; border RAL 3003 #9B111E |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `be-diplomatic-cd-2010` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/belgium/diplomatic-cd-2010) |

Sources:

- [art. 7 (car CD plate: white ground, ruby red RAL 3003, CD-LL-999) and art. 15 (motorcycle CD plate, letter group begins 'M')](https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/article.pl?language=fr&lg_txt=f&numac_search=2001014154&caller=SUM&view_numac=2001014154f)
- [art. 6 of the 2010 instrument: the CD plate becomes ruby red on white with a single hyphen, in force 15-11-2010](https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/change_lg.pl?language=fr&la=F&cn=2010110801&table_name=loi)
- [art. 4 of the 2014 instrument: the second hyphen, in force 31-03-2014](https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/change_lg.pl?language=fr&la=F&cn=2014032807&table_name=loi)
- [arrete royal art. 20 § 4: the CD plate is assigned on the proposal of the Protocol service of the FPS Foreign Affairs, to members of the diplomatic or consular corps, to persons with comparable immunities, and to missions and permanent establishments of public international organisations for their service vehicles](https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/article.pl?language=fr&lg_txt=f&numac_search=2001014153&caller=SUM&view_numac=2001014153f)

## About this plate

THE CD PLATE, from 15 November 2010. Belgium keeps the ordinary ruby-red design and signals diplomatic status through the literal letters "CD", the German approach (status in the prefix, ordinary colours) rather than the Spanish one (a colour per corps). The two-letter group is a mission code allocated by the Protocol service and is NOT published in either instrument, a decode table would be an L4 deliverable and is deliberately not guessed here.

## Separators

THE SECOND HYPHEN IS YOUNGER THAN THE PLATE. The arrete ministeriel of 8 November 2010 prescribed only ONE hyphen, "Les lettres 'CD' sont separees des autres caracteres par un tiret", so a CD plate issued between 15-11-2010 and 30-03-2014 prints "CD-AB123". The second hyphen was inserted by the arrete ministeriel of 28 March 2014, in force 31-03-2014.

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| It replaced | [Diplomatic](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/belgium/diplomatic-2001) | documented 2001 to 2010 |

## Other diplomatic plates here

- [Diplomatic](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/belgium/diplomatic-2001) (documented 2001 to 2010)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/be/be-diplomatic-cd-2010.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/belgium?series=be-diplomatic-cd-2010
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/be` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "be-diplomatic-cd-2010"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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