Poland license plate: Diplomatic

Format, years and the law

Format

L 999999, for example O 208810 (L is any letter, 9 any digit)

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

Years issued

2000 to today. Still issued.

Vehicle class

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

Colours

Characters #FFFFFF Background #003399

Size

520 × 114 mm · every country's size

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  Diplomatic 305×214 mm

  diplomatic · 305 × 214 mm

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  Diplomatic 190×150 mm

  diplomatic · 190 × 150 mm

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  Diplomatic 140×114 mm

  diplomatic · 140 × 114 mm

About this plate

U. 1998 nr 57 poz. 365 § 20 ust. 2 pkt 5 was TWO letters and five digits (four on motorcycles) and used the Warsaw voivodeship code, so 1 May 2000 changed the diplomatic grammar as well as the ordinary one.

Region code notes

voivodeship letter only, column 4 of the annex, the same letters ordinary plates use; there is no powiat component.

How numbers are issued

§ 30 ust. 2 pkt 7, verbatim and complete: "na tablicach rejestracyjnych dyplomatycznych, pierwsza litera stanowi wyróżnik województwa, zaś sześć cyfr w przedziale od 000001 do 999999 stanowi wyróżnik pojazdu." One letter and six digits, and NOTHING ELSE, the instrument publishes no country-code or entitlement-class structure inside those six digits.

Legal basis and sources

1. § 25 pkt 5, § 27 ust. 10, § 28 ust. 1, § 30 ust. 2 pkt 7; załącznik nr 12 pkt 2.5, pkt 2.14 lit. e, Rysunki 25-26. https://api.sejm.gov.pl/eli/acts/DU/2024/1709/text/O/D20241709.pdf
2. Dz. U. 1999 nr 59 poz. 632 § 21 ust. 2 pkt 8, the same one-letter + six-digit frame, commenced 1 May 2000 by § 49. Its predecessor Dz. U. 1998 nr 57 poz. 365 § 20 ust. 2 pkt 5 used TWO letters and five digits, so the... https://api.sejm.gov.pl/eli/acts/DU/1999/632/text/O/D19990632.pdf