# Luxembourg license plate: Dealer red

> The Luxembourg dealer red license plate: format 9999 99, for example 5432 94, documented since 2003. What each character means, its sizes and sources.

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Part of [Luxembourg license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/luxembourg) (15 registration series).

![Luxembourg license plate, Dealer red (documented since 2003)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/lu/lu-dealer-red-2003/luxembourg-license-plate-dealer-red.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `9999 99` (9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2003 → today (documented from 2003; the format is likely older) |
| Class | dealer |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, tricycle, quadricycle, moped, trailer |
| Plate size | 340 × 110 mm |
| Colours | background #CE1126; characters #FFFFFF; band #003399 on the left |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `lu-dealer-red-2003` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/luxembourg/dealer-red-2003) |

Sources:

- [RGD 17-06-2003 art. 4 (who may hold red plates, the five permitted uses, the front/rear pairing rule, the Benelux equivalence, the surrender duties), art. 7 g) (the number), art. 11 (340x110, red non-retroreflective ground, white digits, the EU field), art. 14 (supplied by the SNCT against a fee, 70% refundable within three months of expiry), art. 16 §5 (pre-2003 red plates to be exchanged by 31-12-2003).](https://data.legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/rgd/2003/06/17/n2/jo/fr/pdf)
- [RGD 18-10-2006: the fee for a pair of special or red plates set at 150 EUR.](https://data.legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/rgd/2006/10/18/n1/jo/fr/pdf)

## About this plate

PLAQUES ROUGES, Luxembourg's trade plate, held by roadworthiness-test bodies and by businesses authorised to trade in or repair road vehicles. Validity is fixed by statute and generous: "le dernier jour de la deuxieme annee suivant l'annee de leur delivrance", so a plate issued at any point in 2025 runs to 31 December 2027. A cross-border validation rule, in a plate regulation, sourced.

## How numbers are issued

the four-digit block is a serial; the trailing year advances with each issue cycle

## About the format

Art. 7 g): "un numero a quatre chiffres, compris entre 1000 et 9999, suivi des deux derniers chiffres du millesime de l'annee a la fin de laquelle expire la validite des plaques". The trailing pair is an EXPIRY YEAR, not part of the serial, a red plate reading "4821 27" expires at the end of 2027. It is the only Luxembourg plate that dates itself, and the date it carries is a deadline, not a birthday.

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/lu/lu-dealer-red-2003.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/luxembourg?series=lu-dealer-red-2003
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/lu` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "lu-dealer-red-2003"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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