# Greece license plate: Standard 1982

> The Greece standard 1982 license plate: format LLL-9999, for example OPK-7936, 1982 to 2004, car, van, truck, and bus.

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Part of [Greece license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/greece) (7 registration series).

![Greece license plate, Standard 1982 (1982 to 2004)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/gr/gr-standard-1982/greece-license-plate-standard-1982.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLL-9999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 1982–2004 |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus |
| Plate size | 520 × 110 mm |
| Other sizes | 223 × 160 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 | `gr-standard-1982` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/greece/standard-1982) |

Sources:

- [ΥΑ 19800/1982 «Πινακίδες αριθμού κυκλοφορίας αυτοκινήτων οχημάτων και ρυμουλκουμένων», ΦΕΚ Β' 455/1-7-1982 — the instrument's IDENTITY, title and gazette reference. Its TEXT is paywalled and was NOT read; every claim in this entry that depends on the text is marked.](https://www.e-nomothesia.gr/index.php/pinakides-kuklophorias/ya-19800-1982.html)
- [ΥΑ οικ. 4700/330/2004 art. 9: repeals paragraphs Α, Β, ΙΑ, ΙΓ, ΙΕ and ΙΣΤ of Chapter Ι of the 1982 decision as regards state plates for cars, trailers and motorcycles, commences 1-5-2004, and expressly continues issuance of 1982-specification plates until stocks are exhausted — i.e. this series' END, dated, from the instrument that ended it](https://www.dsanet.gr/Epikairothta/Nomothesia/yaoik4700-330_04.htm)
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Greece)

## About this plate

THE PRE-EUROBAND THREE-LETTER SERIES. START: ΥΑ 19800/1982 was published in ΦΕΚ Β' 455 on 1-7-1982 and is the instrument that frames this system, but ITS TEXT WAS NOT OBTAINED, so its own commencement clause is unknown and it may contain a delayed or progressive rollout provision. Secondary sources put the first three-letter plates in 1983-1984. This is the file's weakest period claim and the most likely correction. END: 1-5-2004 for the specification, by the commencement of ΥΑ οικ. 4700/330/2004, but SOFT, because that instrument's own final paragraph continues issuance of 1982-specification plates "μέχρι εξαντλήσεως των αποθεμάτων", until stocks are exhausted, on no stated date.

## Region code notes

The decode table describes the CURRENT allocation. Directorate boundaries and prefecture names changed materially over this series' life, most sweepingly with the 2010 Καλλικράτης reform, which abolished the prefectures (νομοί) as self-governing units altogether while the plate codes kept their prefecture names. Decoding a 1980s or 1990s Greek plate through the current table will therefore be right often and wrong silently.

## Separators

the hyphen is assumed to be statutory in this era as well, on the strength of the 2004 text's continuity, but the 1982 wording was not read, recorded as an inference, not a citation

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Replaced by | [Standard 2004](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/greece/standard-2004) | 2004 to today |

## Other standard plates here

- [Standard 2004](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/greece/standard-2004) (2004 to today)
- [Provincial](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/greece/provincial-1972) (1972 to 1984)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/gr/gr-standard-1982.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/greece?series=gr-standard-1982
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/gr` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "gr-standard-1982"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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