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Netherlands license plate: GV sidecode 2

Issued today 1951 to today. Agricultural plates for tractor and machine, issued by RDW (Dienst Wegverkeer). One of 33 Netherlands license plates.

Netherlands license plate, GV sidecode 2 (1951 to today), sample 27-16-GV
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Format, years and the law

Format
99-99-GV, for example 27-16-GV (9 any digit)

The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.

Years issued
1951 to today. Still issued.
Vehicle class
Agricultural: farm vehicles/equipment where separately serialized. Issued for tractor and machine.
Colours
Characters #000000 Background #F9B700
Size
520 × 110 mm · every country's size
About this plate
GV series on SIDECODE 2 (99-99-XX), from 1951. One of the three alternating 1951 shapes; separate entry because a series is one PATTERN, and the parse API must be able to score each shape independently.

Legal basis and sources

  1. Grensverkeer: serie 2 = 99-99-XX, from 1951 https://www.rdw.nl/de-kentekenplaat/overzicht-van-kentekenseries
  2. GV always with 4 digits https://www.rdw.nl/de-kentekenplaat/cijfers-en-letters-op-de-kentekenplaat

This plate in your app

The series id is nl-gv-sidecode2. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Netherlands's series:

curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/nl \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \
  | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "nl-gv-sidecode2")'
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