# Finland license plate: Tractor

> The Finland tractor license plate: format 999-LLL, for example 462-HPU, documented since 1996, tractor and machine.

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

![Finland license plate, Tractor (documented since 1996)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/fi/fi-tractor/finland-license-plate-tractor.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `999-LLL` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~1996 → today (documented from 1996; the format is likely older) |
| Class | agricultural |
| Issued for | tractor, machine |
| Plate size | 338 × 118 mm |
| Other sizes | 397 × 118 mm: 6 characters; 220 × 152 mm: the traktorimönkijä (tractor-ATV) plate ADDED by the 2024 määräys: at most 6 characters, two rows, no hyphen, 56 mm characters at 8 mm stroke; cannot be made with mounting holes. Introduced because the existing tractor plate could not be fitted to all tractor-ATVs in the way Reg. (EU) 2015/208 Annex XIX requires |
| Colours | background #F3A513; characters #000000; border #000000 |
| 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-tractor` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/finland/tractor) |

Sources:

- [A 162/2021 § 16(1)(3)](https://www.finlex.fi/api/media/statute/694140/mainPdf/main.pdf)
- [A 1598/1995 § 36(1)(e), same rule, in force 1.1.1996](https://www.finlex.fi/fi/lainsaadanto/1995/1598)
- [määräys § 3.6: 118 x 338 (<6 characters), 118 x 397 (6 characters), 152 x 220 (two rows, <=6 characters); § 4.3 character sizes](https://www.finlex.fi/api/media/authority-regulation/536142/mainPdf/main.pdf)
- [16.12.2024: the 220 x 152 mm tractor-ATV plate and its EU-regulation rationale, plus the Y-glyph change](https://www.traficom.fi/fi/uutiset/rekisterikilpiin-uudistuksia-traktorimonkijoille-uusi-kilpityyppi-ja-parannuksia-luettavuuteen)
- ['Traktorin kilpi (220 mm x 152 mm)' and the two low tractor plates](https://www.traficom.fi/fi/autoilijat/ajoneuvon-rekisterointi/suomessa-kaytettavat-rekisterikilvet)

## About this plate

THE YELLOW TRACTOR AND WORK-MACHINE PLATE. Same § 16(1)(3) mark as the snowmobile, three geometries instead of one, and the only Finnish rule that makes plate SIZE depend on the mark's character count.

## Separators

Hyphen REQUIRED on the two single-row sizes (määräys § 3.6) and FORBIDDEN on the 152 x 220 two-row plate. § 3.6 also makes the size a function of the mark's LENGTH: 118 x 338 "silloin, kun rekisteritunnuksessa on alle 6 merkkiä", 118 x 397 for six characters, the only place in Finnish plate law where the mark's length picks the plate.

## Other agricultural plates here

- [Snowmobile](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/finland/snowmobile) (documented since 1996)

## Use it

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

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