Belgium license plate: Export X

Issued today Documented since 2021. Export plates for car, van, truck, bus, trailer, and motorcycle, issued by SPF Mobilite et Transports. One of 33 Belgium license plates.

Belgium license plate, Export X (documented since 2021), sample XV-14-ZLU

Format, years and the law

Format
XL-99-LLL, for example XV-14-ZLU (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 since 2021; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Export: plates for vehicles leaving the jurisdiction permanently. Issued for car, van, truck, bus, trailer, and motorcycle.
Colours
Characters #FFFFFF Background #CC0605
Size
520 × 110 mm · every country's size
  • Belgium license plate, Export X 340×210 mm (documented since 2021)

    Export X 340×210 mm

    export · 340 × 210 mm

  • Belgium license plate, Export X 210×140 mm (documented since 2021)

    Export X 210×140 mm

    export · 210 × 140 mm

About this plate
THE "X" PLATE, the Belgian EXPORT plate, red on white, thirty days. Unlike the German Ausfuhrkennzeichen, the Belgian export plate KEEPS the euroband.
How long it is valid
days: 30. note: DIV: thirty calendar days, longer only in the VAT-exempt cases; a Belgian resident exporting a personal vehicle may hold one X plate per year

Legal basis and sources

  1. art. 5 § 4, 3°-4° (export auto and export trailer) and art. 13 § 4, 2° (export motorcycle) https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/article.pl?language=fr&lg_txt=f&numac_search=2001014154&caller=SUM&view_num...
  2. arrete royal art. 20 § 1, 3°/1, inserted by the arrete royal of 19 February 2016 in force 01-05-2016, the export category's own creation date; art. 5 § 1, 10°-13° names the holders https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/article.pl?language=fr&lg_txt=f&numac_search=2001014153&caller=SUM&view_num...
  3. mobilit.belgium.be https://mobilit.belgium.be/fr/route/immatriculer/exporter-un-vehicule-plaque-x

This plate in your app

The series id is be-export-x-2021. 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-export-x-2021")'