# Croatia license plate: Diplomatic

> The Croatia diplomatic license plate: format 999-A-999, for example 885-A-483, 1993 to today, car and van. What each character means, its sizes and sources.

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

![Croatia license plate, Diplomatic (1993 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/hr/hr-diplomatic-1993/croatia-license-plate-diplomatic.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `999-A-999` (9 any digit) |
| Years | 1993 → today |
| Class | diplomatic |
| Issued for | car, van |
| Colours | background #003399; characters #FFD100 |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `hr-diplomatic-1993` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/croatia/diplomatic-1993) |

Sources:

- [NN 12/1993 čl. 19 — the blue/yellow plate with country number, activity letter and vehicle number, from the founding instrument](https://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/1993_02_12_185.html)
- [NN 151/2008 čl. 16 — the A/C/M letter set stated in the modern wording, plus the CMD/CD/CC ellipse](https://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2008_12_151_4118.html)
- [NN 130/2017 čl. 24 st. 1-3 (current), čl. 22 st. 9 (no by-choice mark on these plates)](https://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2017_12_130_2993.html)

## About this plate

ONE SERIES ACROSS THIRTY-THREE YEARS, deliberately. The 1993, 2008 and 2017 texts prescribe the same plate, blue ground, yellow characters, country number then activity letter then serial, and the 2016 band amendment did not touch čl. 16/24, so this series has no EU band and no 2016 break. What DID change is invisible in the format: the 1993 text lists the activity letters in a different place from the 2008 text.

## About the format

The pattern prints the "A" (diplomatic) form as its canonical example because the activity letter is a CLOSED set of three literals, A, C, M, not a free letter position. 24 st. 2 makes.

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/hr/hr-diplomatic-1993.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/croatia?series=hr-diplomatic-1993
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/hr` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "hr-diplomatic-1993"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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