# France license plate: Collection

> The France collection license plate: format LL-999-LL, for example OP-586-KM, 2009 to today, car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, trailer, tractor, and machine.

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Part of [France license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/france) (17 registration series).

![France license plate, Collection (2009 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/fr/fr-collection/france-license-plate-collection.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LL-999-LL` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2009 → today |
| Class | historic |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, trailer, tractor, machine |
| Plate size | 520 × 110 mm |
| Colours | background #000000; characters #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 | `fr-collection` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/france/collection) |

For vehicles over 30 years old with collector status: black like the pre-1993 plates, and the only French series bare of both blue bands.

No special series hides here: a collection car keeps an ordinary AA-123-AA drawn from the same national counter — the black plate changes the costume, never the number.

Sources:

- [annexe 7 item 3: 'Véhicules de collection — Le numéro d'immatriculation peut être reproduit sur chaque plaque d'immatriculation en caractères blancs sur fond noir.'](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/article_lc/LEGIARTI000052974050)
- [art. 8 last paragraph (no European symbol) and art. 9 last paragraph (no identifiant territorial) for collection plates](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/id/JORFTEXT000020237128)
- [art. 4: the 'véhicule de collection' usage and its conditions, referring to art. R. 311-1 6.3](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/article_lc/LEGIARTI000049860467)

## About this plate

VÉHICULE DE COLLECTION, white on black, optional, and stripped of both blue bands. Worth stating plainly for the encyclopedia: France did not revive a historic FORMAT (contrast the Dutch dark-blue regime, which is tied to sidecode 1/2/3 registrations); a French collection vehicle carries an ordinary modern AA-123-AA number, merely printed white on black. The black plate is also the only French design whose absence of an EU band is itself sourced rather than inferred.

## Use it

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

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