# Luxembourg license plate: Standard

> The Luxembourg standard license plate: format LL 9999, for example NF 8144, 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, Standard (documented since 2003)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/lu/lu-standard-2003/luxembourg-license-plate-standard.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LL 9999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2003 → today (documented from 2003; the format is likely older) |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, motorcycle, tricycle, quadricycle, trailer |
| Plate size | 520 × 110 mm |
| Other sizes | 340 × 200 mm: the square alternative, at the holder's choice of mounting; 270 × 80 mm: motocycles; 200 × 140 mm: motocycles, tall alternative |
| Colours | background #F9B700; characters #000000; band #003399 on the left |
| Rear plate differs from the front | no |
| 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-standard-2003` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/luxembourg/standard-2003) |

Sources:

- [RGD 17-06-2003 (Memorial A n. 87, 25-06-2003): art. 6 (first available number in the current series), art. 11 (dimensions, yellow retroreflective ground, non-retroreflective black characters, the blue EU field with 12 yellow stars and the white L), art. 20 (in force 01-07-2003), Annexe paras. 1-3 (composition, exclusions, order grid).](https://data.legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/rgd/2003/06/17/n2/jo/fr/pdf)
- [RGD 18-10-2006 (Memorial A n. 190, 06-11-2006): art. 17 (the motorcycle-dimension fallback), art. 19 (the 0001-0099 / 0100-3999 / 4000-9999 split), art. 37 (in force 18-12-2006).](https://data.legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/rgd/2006/10/18/n1/jo/fr/pdf)

## About this plate

THE CURRENT LUXEMBOURG SERIES, two letters, four digits, yellow. Started by the instrument's own commencement clause on 1 July 2003, which is a genuine series boundary here rather than a mere publication date (see the file header). Old numbers were not recalled: art. 16 §1 lets pre-2003 numbers stay in use and only forces conformity on a change of owner or on re-registration after the registration card lapses, with a carve-out for historic vehicles holding a four- or five-character number, which the 2006 amendment widened again so that a re-registration after card expiry never forces a historic vehicle to renumber. That is why four-digit and five-digit Luxembourg plates are still legally on the road in 2026 and why lu-legacy-* below are not dead entries.

## Region code notes

NOT geography. Luxembourg encodes none, anywhere, in any series, a sourced negative, since arts. 6-8 compose every number from reserved ranges and a sequential table with no locational element. The referenced table decodes ISSUE ORDER.

## How numbers are issued

THE PREFIX IS THE ONLY DECODABLE DIMENSION OF A LUXEMBOURG PLATE, and it decodes time, not place. So each prefix takes one thousand-block per pass, the table is walked again at the next thousand, and 566 x 6000 = 3,396,000 numbers exist in the current series. Ordering two plates by issue is therefore sound; DATING one is not, because the instrument publishes the order and never the calendar.

## Separators

The instrument prescribes six alphanumeric POSITIONS and never a separator glyph, art. 11 and the Annexe are silent, and art. 13 delegates "la disposition des caracteres alphanumeriques sur les plaques d'immatriculation ainsi que leur forme, leur taille et leur emboutissage" to a cahier des charges approved by the minister, which is NOT published in the Memorial and was not reached.

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| It replaced | [Legacy euro](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/luxembourg/legacy-euro-1988) | 1988 to 2003 |

## Other standard plates here

- [Legacy euro](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/luxembourg/legacy-euro-1988) (1988 to 2003)
- [Legacy yellow](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/luxembourg/legacy-yellow-1974) (1974 to 1988)
- [Legacy black](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/luxembourg/legacy-black) (documented 1955 to 1974)

## Use it

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

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