# Brazil license plate: PNU diplomatic

> The Brazil PNU diplomatic license plate: format LLL-9999, for example QWM-4821, 2008 to 2020, car and van. What each character means, its sizes and sources.

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

![Brazil license plate, PNU diplomatic (2008 to 2020)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/br/br-pnu-diplomatic-2008/brazil-license-plate-pnu-diplomatic.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLL-9999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2008–2020 |
| Class | diplomatic |
| Issued for | car, van |
| Plate size | 400 × 130 mm |
| Colours | background #1D5B8C; characters #FFFFFF |
| 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-pnu-diplomatic-2008` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/brazil/pnu-diplomatic-2008) |

Blue ground, and the corps spelled out on the tarjeta: CMD for a head of mission, CD diplomatic, CC consular, OI international organisations, ADM administrative staff, CI cooperation experts. The Mercosur plate abolished the tarjeta — and with it, this entire read.

| Code | Stands for | English |
|---|---|---|
| `CMD` | Chefe de Missão Diplomática | head of diplomatic mission |
| `CD` | Corpo Diplomático | diplomatic corps |
| `CC` | Corpo Consular | consular corps |
| `OI` | Organismo Internacional | international organisation |
| `ADM` | Administrativo | administrative and technical staff |
| `CI` | Cooperação Internacional | foreign experts on cooperation agreements |

Sources:

- [art. 1 § 2 IV a)-f): the CMD/CD/CC/OI/ADM/CI codes verbatim; Anexo 5.1 rows 'Missão Diplomática', 'Corpo Consular', 'Organismo Internacional', 'Corpo Diplomático', 'Organismo Consular/Internacional', 'Acordo Cooperação Internacional' — all blue ground, white characters; art. 11 (in force 01-01-2008)](https://web.archive.org/web/20140815083608/http://www.denatran.gov.br/download/Consolidadas/cons231.pdf)
- [gov.br](https://www.gov.br/transportes/pt-br/assuntos/transito/conteudo-contran/resolucoes/cons286.pdf)
- [gov.br](https://www.gov.br/transportes/pt-br/assuntos/transito/conteudo-contran/resolucoes/resolucao045_98.zip)

## About this plate

An earlier draft carried this series from 1990 on the assumption that diplomatic vehicles entered the three-letter system with everyone else. They did not: Res. 45/98's colour table (Anexo item 5) has five rows and no diplomatic row at all, and the six blue rows plus the CMD/CD/CC/OI/ADM/CI tarjeta codes appear for the first time in Res. 231/2007 art. 1 § 2 IV, in force 1 January 2008, with Res. 286/2008 giving foreign missions their own procedural instrument six months later. The blue diplomatic plate of the PNU era: six colour-table rows in Res. 231/2007 (Missão Diplomática, Corpo Consular, Organismo Internacional, Corpo Diplomático, Organismo Consular/Internacional, Acordo Cooperação Internacional) share one design, blue ground, white characters, and are distinguished by the tarjeta code, which is why they are one series here and not six.

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/br/br-pnu-diplomatic-2008.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/brazil?series=br-pnu-diplomatic-2008
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/br` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "br-pnu-diplomatic-2008"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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