# Brazil license plate: Mercosur converted

> The Brazil mercosur converted license plate: format LLL9L99, for example BRA2C19, 2018 to today, car, van, truck, bus, trailer, and semitrailer.

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Part of [Brazil license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/brazil) (11 registration series).

![Brazil license plate, Mercosur converted (2018 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/br/br-mercosul-converted-2018/brazil-license-plate-mercosur-converted.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLL9L99` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2018 → today |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, trailer, semitrailer |
| Plate size | 400 × 130 mm |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #000000; band #0033A0 on the top |
| Rear plate differs from the front | no |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `br-mercosul-converted-2018` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/brazil/mercosul-converted-2018) |

Not a new allocation but an old one in disguise: every converted plate carries a letter A–J at the fifth position, the direct encoding of the digit it replaced on the vehicle's original grey plate.

The fifth character is the old plate's second digit in disguise — 0 became A, 1 B, through 9 J — so ABC-1234 returned as ABC1C34, its original number still readable underneath. The reverse doesn't hold: newly issued plates may carry A–J too.

Sources:

- [Anexo II items 1 and 2: the 0→A…9→J table, the ABC1234→ABC1C34 example, and the reservation of A-J to conversion](https://www.gov.br/transportes/pt-br/assuntos/transito/conteudo-contran/resolucoes/resolucao9692022anexos.pdf)
- [art. 2 § 4 (automatic substitution of the second numeral) and art. 57 § 1 (old combination kept in the record as 'placa anterior', both queryable)](https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/resolucao-contran-n-969-de-20-de-junho-de-2022-410033795)
- [gov.br](https://www.gov.br/transportes/pt-br/assuntos/transito/conteudo-contran/resolucoes/resolucao7412018.pdf)
- [Res. 780/2019 art. 2 § 3 and Anexo II, which re-enact the same table](https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/resolucao-n-780-de-26-de-junho-de-2019-179414765)

## About this plate

Mercosul plates that REPLACED a PNU registration rather than being newly allocated. PASS-2 CORRECTION: an earlier draft dated this series 2019 on the belief that the conversion table first appeared in Res. 780/2019. It first appears in Res. Conversion is compulsory only on a category change, on plate theft/loss/damage, on a change of municipality or state, or when a second rear plate must be fitted (Res. 969/2022 art. 56 § 1); otherwise it is the owner's option, at any time, for the life of the vehicle, so this series will keep receiving new members for as long as pre-2018 vehicles survive.

## How numbers are issued

not an allocation at all, the combination is DERIVED from the vehicle's existing PNU by a fixed one-character substitution

## Other standard plates here

- [Mercosur standard](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/brazil/mercosul-standard-2018) (2018 to today)
- [Mercosur state arms](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/brazil/mercosul-uf-brasao-2018) (2018 to 2018)
- [PNU standard](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/brazil/pnu-standard-1990) (1990 to 2020)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/br/br-mercosul-converted-2018.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/brazil?series=br-mercosul-converted-2018
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/br` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "br-mercosul-converted-2018"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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