Norway license plate: Diplomatic

Format, years and the law

Format

CD 99999, for example CD 80652 (9 any digit)

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

Years issued

Documented since 1990; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.

Vehicle class

Diplomatic: diplomatic corps (embassy) issuance, usually its own decode. Issued for car, van, and trailer.

Colours

Characters #FFD700 Background #1A85FF

Size

520 × 110 mm · every country's size

About this plate

CORPS DIPLOMATIQUE, yellow on blue. Worth recording that the plate is not compulsory for missions and several of the largest have abandoned it: the US embassy from 2001, the British and Israeli embassies from 2002, all now on ordinary white plates.

How numbers are issued

THE FIRST TWO DIGITS AFTER CD IDENTIFY THE MISSION, the rest is a sequence within it, the only decodable dimension of a Norwegian diplomatic plate. Recorded so one can be hung off this series later without an id change.

Legal basis and sources

1. § 2-11 tredje ledd d: yellow characters on a blue retroreflective ground for diplomatic vehicles. https://lovdata.no/dokument/SF/forskrift/1990-01-25-92/KAPITTEL_2
2. 'Ambassadekjøretøy (Corps Diplomatique): CD' among the nationwide combinations. https://www.vegvesen.no/kjoretoy/eie-og-vedlikeholde/skilt/skiltserier/
3. 2026-07-16): CD plus five digits, trailers four; the first two digits give the mission; the British, Israeli and US embassies stopped using them (2002, 2002 and 2001) and now use ordinary plates; from 1922 diplomatic... https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kjennemerke_for_motorkj%C3%B8ret%C3%B8y_i_Norge