# Germany license plate: Export

> The Germany export license plate: format LL-9999L, for example PW-9792R, 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, Export (documented since 2007)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/de/de-export/germany-license-plate-export.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LL-9999L` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2007 → today (documented from 2007; the format is likely older) |
| Class | export |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, trailer |
| Plate size | 520 × 110 mm |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #000000 |
| 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-export` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/germany/export) |

The red-striped export plate for cars leaving Germany: the right band prints the insurance expiry date, and there is no district seal — the car is checking out, not in.

The district code reads as usual; then comes Germany's only serial with digits before the letter. The red stripe at the right edge is a date — the day the registration, and the insurance behind it, expires at the border.

Sources:

- [§ 45: Fahrten zur dauerhaften Verbringung eines Fahrzeuges in das Ausland; Abs. 1 the insurance/HU conditions and the one-year cap; Abs. 2 'einer ein- bis vierstelligen Zahl und einem nachfolgenden Buchstaben' plus the expiry-date field](https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/fzv_2023/__45.html)
- [Anlage 4 Abschnitt 8: no Euro-Feld, the non-retroreflective red date field, the RAL 2002 seal](https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/fzv_2023/anlage_4.html)
- [FZV vom 25.4.2006, BGBl. I S. 988 — the export Erkennungsnummer 'aus einer ein- bis vierstelligen Zahl und einem nachfolgenden Buchstaben' verbatim, in force 1.3.2007. PERIOD UPPER BOUND for the format as modeled.](https://media.offenegesetze.de/bgbl1/2006/bgbl1_2006_21.pdf)
- [27. ÄndVstVR vom 9.3.1998, BGBl. I S. 441, Art. 4 — amends § 7 Abs. 2 Nr. 5 IntKfzV: the export plate's Dienstsiegel becomes 'mit einem Durchmesser von 35 mm' beside the pre-existing '(RAL 2002)' — the RAL-2002 red seal the FZV 2023 still prescribes was already law in 1998, under the Verordnung über internationalen Kraftfahrzeugverkehr, not the FZV. LINEAGE PIN, not a start.](https://media.offenegesetze.de/bgbl1/1998/bgbl1_1998_14.pdf)

## About this plate

AUSFUHRKENNZEICHEN. PERIOD, honestly: 2007 is an UPPER BOUND for the series AS MODELED (digits-then-letter Erkennungsnummer): that rule's earliest secured statement is the FZV 2006 (verbatim, in force 1.3.2007). Neither the origin of the digits-then-letter serial nor the 1988(?) design change was primary-sourced; both are the recorded gaps here. Three things make it unique in Germany: the digits-then-letter Erkennungsnummer, the absence of the Euro-band, and a field the law requires NOT to be retroreflective. § 45 Abs. 1 also carries a nice period-logic constraint for a claims model: the plate may only be issued if the next roadworthiness inspection date falls AFTER the registration's expiry date, otherwise the inspection must be done first.

## How long it is valid

max months: 12. note: § 45 Abs. 1 Nr. 2: the registration is limited to the duration of the proven third-party insurance, 'längstens auf ein Jahr'

## Use it

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

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