# Poland license plate: Standard pre-2000

> The Poland standard pre-2000 license plate: format LLL 9999, for example KBS 7387, 1993 to 2000, car, van, truck, bus, and trailer.

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

![Poland license plate, Standard pre-2000 (1993 to 2000)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/pl/pl-standard-pre2000/poland-license-plate-standard-pre-2000.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LLL 9999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 1993–2000 |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, trailer |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #000000; band #003399 on the left |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `pl-standard-pre2000` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/poland/standard-pre2000) |

Sources:

- [Dz. U. 1993 nr 37 poz. 164 (rozporządzenie MTiGM z 14 kwietnia 1993 r. w sprawie rejestracji, ewidencji i oznaczania pojazdów): § 13 (the four plate types), § 16 ust. 1 (dimensions delegated to the norm), § 18 ust. 1 (the two-letter voivodeship grammar), § 19 (the 25-letter alphabet), § 20 (the voivodeship code table).](https://api.sejm.gov.pl/eli/acts/DU/1993/164/text/O/D19930164.pdf)
- [Dz. U. 1998 nr 57 poz. 365: § 17 (colours for all five plate types), § 18 (the Polish-flag band), § 20 ust. 2 (the grammar), § 21 (the 49-voivodeship code table).](https://api.sejm.gov.pl/eli/acts/DU/1998/365/text/O/D19980365.pdf)
- [Dz. U. 1999 nr 59 poz. 632 § 39 ust. 2, the transitional stock rule that ENDS this series: plates bearing the pre-reform voivodeship codes could be issued from stock 'aż do wyczerpania się tych zapasów, jednak nie dłużej niż do dnia 30 kwietnia 2000 r.'; § 41 says the same from the other side; § 42 keeps them valid on the road indefinitely.](https://api.sejm.gov.pl/eli/acts/DU/1999/632/text/O/D19990632.pdf)

## About this plate

U. 1999 nr 59 poz. 632 § 41 and § 39 ust. 2 allow issue of the old codes only "do dnia 30 kwietnia 2000 r.", so 30 April 2000 is the last lawful ASSIGNMENT. HOW LONG THEY REMAIN VALID ON THE ROAD IS NOT A GAP, § 42 answers it in terms ("Tablice (tablica) rejestracyjne wydane na podstawie dotychczasowych przepisów ... zachowują swoją ważność") and art. 73 ust.

## Region code notes

This series encodes the OLD 49-voivodeship system in the first TWO letters, a scheme with no relationship to the one-letter voivodeship codes of załącznik nr 13. U. 1993 nr 37 poz. 164 § 20, and the two transitional tables in Dz. U. 1999 nr 59 poz. 632 § 39 ust. 1 and ust. A dedicated pass with page images is the fix, and this is a recorded L4 target.

## How numbers are issued

Dz. U. 1998 nr 57 poz. 365 § 20 ust. 2 pkt 1, verbatim: "na tablicach zwyczajnych dwie pierwsze litery stanowią wyróżnik województwa, trzecia litera i cztery cyfry w przedziale od 0001 do 9999 lub trzecia litera i trzy cyfry w przedziale od 001 do 999 oraz litera stanowią wyróżnik pojazdu." The 1993 instrument says the same in § 18 ust. 1. So the pre-reform plate is TWO letters of voivodeship and a THREE-character prefix in total, structurally the inverse of the post-2000 plate, where one letter is the voivodeship and the prefix is two or three characters.

## Before and after

| Relation | Series | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Replaced by | [Standard pre-EU](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/poland/standard-preeu) | 2000 to 2006 |

## Other standard plates here

- [Standard reduced](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/poland/standard-reduced) (2018 to today)
- [Standard](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/poland/standard) (2006 to today)
- [Standard pre-EU](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/poland/standard-preeu) (2000 to 2006)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/pl/pl-standard-pre2000.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/poland?series=pl-standard-pre2000
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/pl` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "pl-standard-pre2000"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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