# Belgium license plate: Historic O

> The Belgium historic O license plate: format O-LLL-999, for example O-ELZ-826, documented since 2021, car, van, truck, and bus.

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

![Belgium license plate, Historic O (documented since 2021)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/be/be-historic-o-2021/belgium-license-plate-historic-o.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `O-LLL-999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2021 → today (documented from 2021; the format is likely older) |
| Class | historic |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus |
| Plate size | 520 × 110 mm |
| Other sizes | 340 × 210 mm |
| 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-historic-o-2021` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/belgium/historic-o-2021) |

Sources:

- [art. 4 § 2 (the O index, the thirty-year rule, the twenty-five-year retention, the Oldtimer vignette)](https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/article.pl?language=fr&lg_txt=f&numac_search=2001014154&caller=SUM&view_numac=2001014154f)
- [the arrete ministeriel of 21 October 2022 that restated the criterion in AGE terms; in force 01-01-2023](https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/change_lg.pl?language=fr&la=F&cn=2022102106&table_name=loi)
- [the 2019 instrument that moved 'O' from the letter group to the index, in force 01-01-2021](https://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/cgi_loi/change_lg.pl?language=fr&la=F&cn=2019121519&table_name=loi)

## How long it is valid

min age years: 30. retention age years: 25. note: Art. 4 § 2, verbatim: the "O" plates "peuvent etre delivrees lors de l'immatriculation ou de la reimmatriculation des vehicules automobiles mis en circulation depuis PLUS DE TRENTE ANS. Toutefois, les vehicules automobiles qui sont mis en circulation depuis plus de vingt-cinq ans mais moins de trente ans et qui ont deja ete immatricules sous la marque d'immatriculation avec la lettre (index) 'O' ... peuvent rester immatricules ou etre reimmatricules sous cette marque d'immatriculation ... a condition que ces vehicules restent immatricules ou soient reimmatricules AU NOM DU MEME TITULAIRE." The twenty-five-year grandfather clause is the residue of the pre-2023 regime, which admitted vehicles over twenty-five.

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| It replaced | [Historic 2010](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/belgium/historic-2010) | 2014 to 2020 |

## Other historic plates here

- [Historic O moto](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/belgium/historic-o-moto-2021) (documented since 2021)
- [Historic 2010](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/belgium/historic-2010) (2014 to 2020)
- [Historic 2001](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/belgium/historic-2001) (documented 2001 to 2010)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/be/be-historic-o-2021.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/belgium?series=be-historic-o-2021
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/be` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "be-historic-o-2021"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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