# France license plate: W garage 2009

> The France W garage 2009 license plate: format W-999-LL, for example W-280-NS, 2009 to 2025, 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, W garage 2009 (2009 to 2025)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/fr/fr-wgarage-2009/france-license-plate-w-garage-2009.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `W-999-LL` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2009–2025 |
| Class | dealer |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, moped, trailer, tractor, machine |
| Plate size | 520 × 110 mm |
| 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-wgarage-2009` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/france/wgarage-2009) |

W is the trade letter: the number belongs to a garage, not a vehicle, and hops between the cars a professional is road-testing, delivering or demonstrating. When a W plate goes on, the vehicle's own number must come off — the swap is total.

Sources:

- [annexe VII B: W + 3 chiffres + 2 lettres, hyphen-separated](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/article_lc/LEGIARTI000030801732)
- [art. 9: who may hold a W garage certificate (professionnels du commerce de l'automobile, réparateurs, importateurs, transporteurs, coopératives agricoles, établissements de formation), the permitted uses (essais techniques, transport pour carrossage, présentation à la presse, présentation à l'acheteur, remorquage), the calendar-year validity, and the rule that where the W number is used on an already-registered vehicle 'ce numéro doit seul être utilisé'](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/article_lc/LEGIARTI000047977247)
- [art. R. 317-8 I: removable plates for W garage vehicles](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/codes/article_lc/LEGIARTI000042266062)

## About this plate

Art. 9's rule that where a W number is used on an already-registered vehicle "ce numéro doit seul être utilisé" is the tell: the vehicle's own plates come off.

## How long it is valid

period: civil year. note: the W garage certificate runs for the calendar year and carries the end date of validity; renewal is applied for between 1 November and 31 December

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Replaced by | [W garage 2026](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/france/wgarage-2026) | 2026 to today |

## Other dealer plates here

- [W garage 2026](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/france/wgarage-2026) (2026 to today)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/fr/fr-wgarage-2009.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/france?series=fr-wgarage-2009
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/fr` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "fr-wgarage-2009"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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