# France license plate: Consular K

> The France consular K license plate: format 999 K 999 99, 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 K (2009 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/fr/fr-consular-k/france-license-plate-consular-k.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `999 K 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-k` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/france/consular-k) |

K on a consulate's plate marks its administrative and technical staff — the workers, not the consuls. Four groups instead of the embassy's three, and the final pair of digits genuinely names the consulate's département, something no ordinary French plate can claim.

Sources:

- [annexe VII D.3, consulats: composition, the point rule, and the 'tel qu'il est utilisé dans les séries normales' cross-reference](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/article_lc/LEGIARTI000030801732)
- [annexe 7 item 2](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/article_lc/LEGIARTI000052974050)

## About this plate

K AT A CONSULAR POST, the administrative-and-technical staff counterpart of the C series, and the second of the two French numbers containing a département.

## Region code notes

the trailing group is the consular post's département, written into the number, decodable, unlike the SIV band

## Other consular plates here

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

## Use it

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

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