# France license plate: Consular C

> The France consular C license plate: format 999 C 999 99, for example 137 C 586 88, 2009 to today, car, van, and motorcycle, cited to Ministère de l'intérieur.

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

![France license plate, Consular C (2009 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/fr/fr-consular-c/france-license-plate-consular-c.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `999 C 999 99` (9 any digit) |
| Years | 2009 → today |
| Class | consular |
| Issued for | car, van, motorcycle |
| Colours | background #0B5D3B; 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-consular-c` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/france/consular-c) |

C is the career consular corps, and this is the modern French registration that still contains real geography: the trailing two digits are the département of the consular post — one in Marseille closes with 13 — while the first group names the sending country.

| Code | Stands for | English |
|---|---|---|
| `C` | Corps consulaire | consular corps |

Sources:

- [annexe VII D.2: the C series composition, the point rule and the département group; D.4 for the Z and X suffixes](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/article_lc/LEGIARTI000030801732)
- [annexe 7 item 2: white on jasper green for C and K](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/article_lc/LEGIARTI000052974050)

## About this plate

C, CAREER CONSULAR CORPS, for holders of the carte spéciale CC and for service vehicles of consular posts headed by career consular officers. A parse API should treat a match here as a genuine region claim, in flat contradiction to the SIV band.

## Region code notes

THE ONE MODERN FRENCH SERIES THAT REALLY DOES ENCODE GEOGRAPHY. The final group is the département of the consular post, written into the number itself by annexe VII D.2, not a chosen band.

## Separators

THE ARRÊTÉ PRESCRIBES A FULL STOP HERE, NOT A SPACE, "les deux derniers groupes de chiffres seront séparés par un point", example "105 C 1.75".

## Other consular plates here

- [Consular K](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/france/consular-k) (2009 to today)

## Use it

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

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