# Monaco license plate: Standard letter suffix

> The Monaco standard letter suffix license plate: format 999L, for example 699N, documented since 2013, car, van, truck, and bus.

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Part of [Monaco license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/monaco) (17 registration series).

![Monaco license plate, Standard letter suffix (documented since 2013)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/mc/mc-standard-letter-suffix/monaco-license-plate-standard-letter-suffix.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `999L` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2013 → today (documented from 2013; the format is likely older) |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #5B9BD5 |
| Rear plate differs from the front | yes |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `mc-standard-letter-suffix` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/monaco/standard-letter-suffix) |

Sources:

- [AM 2013-44 du 23 janvier 2013, amending AM 78-5 art. 6](https://legimonaco.mc/tnc/arrete-ministeriel/2013/01-23-2013-44/)
- [AM 78-5 art. 6, current consolidated text: 'un groupe de trois chiffres au plus suivi d'une lettre prise, par ordre alphabétique, dans la liste ci-après'](https://legimonaco.mc/tnc/arrete-ministeriel/1978/01-09-78-5/)

## About this plate

THREE DIGITS THEN A LETTER, the newest car grammar, from 2013, created to expand capacity. A plate of this shape cannot predate 2013, which makes it the only Monegasque serial shape that carries era information. That is a genuinely useful parse-API signal and it rests on a dated instrument.

## About its years

2013, AND THE INSTRUMENT SAYS WHY. This grammar is NOT in the 1978 text, that was checked against the original gazette printing. It was introduced by Arrêté Ministériel n° 2013-44 du 23 janvier 2013, JdM du 1er février 2013, whose title is itself dispositive on motive: "modifiant l'arrêté ministériel n° 78-5 […] en vue de l'augmentation du nombre de numéros d'immatriculation". A capacity expansion, dated by its own instrument.

## How numbers are issued

art. 6: the letter is taken 'par ordre alphabétique' from the enumerated list

## Other standard plates here

- [Resident Z](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/monaco/resident-z) (documented since 1978)
- [Standard letter prefix](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/monaco/standard-letter-prefix) (documented since 1978)
- [Standard numeric](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/monaco/standard-numeric) (documented since 1978)

## Use it

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

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