Finland license plate: Export

Issued today 2001 to today. Export plates for car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer, issued by Liikenne- ja viestintävirasto Traficom (Finnish Transport and Communications Agency). One of 18 Finland license plates.

Finland license plate, Export (2001 to today), sample Q-2407

Format, years and the law

Format
L-9999, for example Q-2407 (L is any letter, 9 any digit)

The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.

Years issued
2001 to today. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Export: plates for vehicles leaving the jurisdiction permanently. Issued for car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer.
Colours
Characters #000000 Background #FFFFFF
Size
442 × 118 mm · every country's size
  • Finland license plate, Export 256×200 mm (2001 to today)

    Export 256×200 mm

    export · 256 × 200 mm

  • Finland license plate, Export 165×200 mm (2001 to today)

    Export 165×200 mm

    export · 165 × 200 mm

How long it is valid
max months: 12. note: Ajoneuvolaki § 111(1): "Vientirekisteröinti on voimassa vuoden rekisteröintikuukauden lopusta. Hakijan pyynnöstä voimassaoloaika voidaan määrätä lyhyemmäksi. … Vientirekisteröinnin voimassaoloaikaa ei voida pidentää." One year from the END of the registration month, shortenable on request, never extendable. § 111(4) limits use in Finland before export to the delivery-to-export-point run or an emigrating owner's trip.

Legal basis and sources

  1. A 162/2021 § 16(1)(6): 'vientirekisteröidyn ajoneuvon rekisterikilvessä on kansallisuustunnus, yksi musta kirjain ja enintään nelinumeroinen musta luku valkoisella, heijastavalla pohjalla ja oikeassa reunassa... https://www.finlex.fi/api/media/statute/694140/mainPdf/main.pdf
  2. ajoneuvolaki §§ 109-111: vientirekisteröinti, its application and its one-year, non-extendable validity https://www.finlex.fi/fi/lainsaadanto/2021/82
  3. A 764/2000 § 37(1) named 'vientirekisteröitävän ajoneuvon rekisterikilpi' among those that carry the FIN sign, in force 1.5.2001 https://www.finlex.fi/fi/lainsaadanto/saadoskokoelma/2000/764
  4. määräys § 3.8: 118 x 442 and 200 x 256 for a car, 200 x 165 for a motorcycle; the 53 mm red date field with the month on the upper row and the year on the lower; § 4.2 second paragraph: the date numerals follow Liite 6 https://www.finlex.fi/api/media/authority-regulation/536142/mainPdf/main.pdf
  5. who may apply, the 12-month validity from the end of the registration month, and the warning that the destination country may allow a shorter period https://www.traficom.fi/fi/autoilijat/ajoneuvon-rekisterointi/hae-ajoneuvolle-vientirekisterointia
  6. 'Auton vientikilpi (118x442 mm)' illustrated with A-5544, and 'Moottoripyörän vientikilpi (200x165 mm)' whose red field reads 11 over 15 https://www.traficom.fi/fi/autoilijat/ajoneuvon-rekisterointi/suomessa-kaytettavat-rekisterikilvet

This plate in your app

The series id is fi-export. 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-export")'