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Finland license plate: Diplomatic C

Issued today Documented since 1996. Diplomatic plates for car, van, and motorcycle, issued by Liikenne- ja viestintävirasto Traficom (Finnish Transport and Communications Agency). One of 18 Finland license plates.

Finland license plate, Diplomatic C (documented since 1996), sample C-62857
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Format, years and the law

Format
C-99999, for example C-62857 (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 1996; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Diplomatic: diplomatic corps (embassy) issuance, usually its own decode. Issued for car, van, and motorcycle.
Colours
Characters #FFFFFF Background #225296
Size
397 × 118 mm · every country's size
  • Finland license plate, Diplomatic C 300×112 mm (documented since 1996)

    Diplomatic C 300×112 mm

    diplomatic · 300 × 112 mm

  • Finland license plate, Diplomatic C 165×200 mm (documented since 1996)

    Diplomatic C 165×200 mm

    diplomatic · 165 × 200 mm

About this plate
THE C PLATE, the wider tax- and duty-free category: OTHER vehicles of missions and of their staff, as against the CD plate's official cars and accredited diplomats.

Legal basis and sources

  1. A 162/2021 § 16(1)(4), second limb: 'edustustojen ja niiden henkilökuntaan kuuluvien henkilöiden muun tulli- ja verovapaan ajoneuvon rekisterikilvessä on kirjain C ja ulkoministeriön määräämä enintään viisinumeroinen... https://www.finlex.fi/api/media/statute/694140/mainPdf/main.pdf
  2. A 1598/1995 § 36(1)(c), second limb, same rule since 1.1.1996 https://www.finlex.fi/fi/lainsaadanto/1995/1598
  3. 'Diplomaattikilpi (118x397 mm)', illustrated with C-11012 https://www.traficom.fi/fi/autoilijat/ajoneuvon-rekisterointi/suomessa-kaytettavat-rekisterikilvet

This plate in your app

The series id is fi-diplomatic-c. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Finland's series:

curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/fi \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \
  | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "fi-diplomatic-c")'
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