# Finland license plate: Diplomatic CD

> The Finland diplomatic CD license plate: format CD-9999, for example CD-9009, documented since 1996, car, van, and motorcycle.

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Part of [Finland license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/finland) (18 registration series).

![Finland license plate, Diplomatic CD (documented since 1996)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/fi/fi-diplomatic-cd/finland-license-plate-diplomatic-cd.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `CD-9999` (9 any digit) |
| Years | ~1996 → today (documented from 1996; the format is likely older) |
| Class | diplomatic |
| Issued for | car, van, motorcycle |
| Plate size | 397 × 118 mm |
| Other sizes | 300 × 112 mm: 56 mm characters, 8 mm stroke; cannot be made with mounting holes; 165 × 200 mm: motorcycle; 70 mm characters, 9 mm stroke, no hyphen |
| Colours | background #225296; characters #FFFFFF; border #FFFFFF |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `fi-diplomatic-cd` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/finland/diplomatic-cd) |

Sources:

- [A 162/2021 § 16(1)(4), first limb: 'ulkovallan diplomaattisen edustuston ja lähetetyn konsulin viraston sekä muun vastaavassa asemassa olevan edustuston virka-auton sekä diplomaattisen edustajan, lähetetyn konsulin ja heihin rinnastettavan henkilön ajoneuvon rekisterikilvessä on kirjaimet CD ja ulkoministeriön määräämä enintään nelinumeroinen valkoinen luku sinisellä, heijastavalla pohjalla'](https://www.finlex.fi/api/media/statute/694140/mainPdf/main.pdf)
- [A 1598/1995 § 36(1)(c) carries the same CD rule (then 'ulkoasiainministeriön'), in force 1.1.1996](https://www.finlex.fi/fi/lainsaadanto/1995/1598)
- [määräys § 3.7: 118 x 397 or 112 x 300 for a car, 200 x 165 for a motorcycle, and 'Diplomaattikilpiä voidaan antaa myös muihin ajoneuvoihin kuin autoon ja moottoripyörään'](https://www.finlex.fi/api/media/authority-regulation/536142/mainPdf/main.pdf)
- [diplomatic registration is granted only on a Ministry for Foreign Affairs 'kilpisuositus'; Traficom posts the plates to a Finnish address](https://www.traficom.fi/fi/autoilijat/ajoneuvon-rekisterointi/hae-ajoneuvolle-diplomaattirekisterointia)
- ['Diplomaattikilpi (118x397 mm)', illustrated with CD-1124](https://www.traficom.fi/fi/autoilijat/ajoneuvon-rekisterointi/suomessa-kaytettavat-rekisterikilvet)

## About this plate

THE CD PLATE. Blue ground, white raised characters, no Euro-band, and a serial the Ministry for Foreign Affairs allocates, the one Finnish mark outside § 17's random pool.

## How numbers are issued

allocated by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, not by Traficom's random pool; Traficom issues the plates only on the Ministry's 'kilpisuositus' (plate recommendation).

## Other diplomatic plates here

- [Diplomatic C](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/finland/diplomatic-c) (documented since 1996)

## Use it

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

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