# Germany license plate: Dealer red

> The Germany dealer red license plate: format LL-06999, for example HO-06178, documented since 2007, car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, and trailer.

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Part of [Germany license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/germany) (13 registration series).

![Germany license plate, Dealer red (documented since 2007)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/de/de-dealer-red/germany-license-plate-dealer-red.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LL-06999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2007 → today (documented from 2007; the format is likely older) |
| Class | dealer |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, trailer |
| Plate size | 520 × 110 mm |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #FF0000; band #003399 on the left; border #FF0000 |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `de-dealer-red` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/germany/dealer-red) |

After the district code, the first two digits do the talking: every red dealer plate's number opens with 06. Block neighbours: 05 belongs to the technical inspectorates, 07 to the classics. The plate follows the business and hops between its cars.

| Code | Stands for | English |
|---|---|---|
| `06` | rote Kennzeichen für Probe- und Überführungsfahrten | dealer test- and transfer-run block |

Sources:

- [§ 41: Prüfungs-, Probe- und Überführungsfahrten; Abs. 1 the red-on-white colour rule; Abs. 2 assignment to trustworthy manufacturers, parts makers, workshops, dealers and trailer makers (plus THW, Bundespolizei, BKA, Länder police, Bundeswehr, customs) for REPEATED use on DIFFERENT vehicles, and 'einer nur aus Ziffern bestehenden und mit "06" beginnenden Erkennungsnummer'; Abs. 3 the per-trip Fahrzeugscheinheft log, kept one year](https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/fzv_2023/__41.html)
- [Anlage 4 Abschnitt 7: red script and red border; Anlage 13 is the Fahrzeugscheinheft](https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/fzv_2023/anlage_4.html)
- [FZV vom 25.4.2006, BGBl. I S. 988 — the '06' rule verbatim ('... nur aus Ziffern und beginnt mit "06"'), in force 1.3.2007 (Art. 12 Abs. 2). PERIOD UPPER BOUND.](https://media.offenegesetze.de/bgbl1/2006/bgbl1_2006_21.pdf)
- [27. ÄndVstVR vom 9.3.1998, BGBl. I S. 441 — Art. 1 amends the § 28 StVZO rote-Kennzeichen machinery ('Für die mit roten Kennzeichen versehenen ...') and, per its other articles in force 1.5.1998, ends red-plate transfer use by private persons; evidences the red-plate regime pre-FZV without stating the 06 numbering.](https://media.offenegesetze.de/bgbl1/1998/bgbl1_1998_14.pdf)

## About this plate

Also worth recording: FZV 2023 § 41 Abs. 4 gives technical inspection bodies the "05" block, an unmodelled sibling series (05 = Prüfstellen) sharing this format.

## Other dealer plates here

- [Oldtimer red](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/germany/oldtimer-red) (documented since 2007)

## Use it

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

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