# France license plate: SIV motorcycle

> The France SIV motorcycle license plate: format LL-999-LL, for example JK-320-MY, 2009 to today, 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, SIV motorcycle (2009 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/fr/fr-siv-motorcycle/france-license-plate-siv-motorcycle.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LL-999-LL` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2009 → today |
| Class | motorcycle |
| Issued for | motorcycle |
| Plate size | 210 × 130 mm |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #000000; band #003399 on the left |
| Rear plate differs from the front | yes |
| 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-siv-motorcycle` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/france/siv-motorcycle) |

Deliberately undecodable: a motorcycle draws its AA-123-AA from the same national counter as every car, so nothing in the string betrays two wheels — the opposite of the Dutch system, where the first letter announces the category. Only the plate's size gives it away.

Sources:

- [annexe VII A — motorcycles take the ordinary definitive number](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/article_lc/LEGIARTI000030801732)
- [art. R. 317-8 I: single rear plate for motocyclettes, tricycles, quadricycles non carrossés, cyclomoteurs](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/codes/article_lc/LEGIARTI000042266062)
- [art. 7 (two-line layout per annexes 3 à 4 bis) and art. 11 bis (the 1 July 2015 / 1 July 2017 replacement rule)](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/id/JORFTEXT000020237128)

## About this plate

MOTORCYCLES. The NUMBER is identical to a car's, so a French motorcycle registration is not distinguishable from a car's by string alone, the exact opposite of the Netherlands, where the first letter encodes the category.

## Use it

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

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