# Portugal license plate: Machinery

> The Portugal machinery license plate: format 99-LL-99 L, for example 68-BM-24 R, 2006 to today, machine and trailer.

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Part of [Portugal license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/portugal) (13 registration series).

![Portugal license plate, Machinery (2006 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/pt/pt-machinery-2006/portugal-license-plate-machinery.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `99-LL-99 L` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2006 → today |
| Class | agricultural |
| Issued for | machine, trailer |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #000000 |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `pt-machinery-2006` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/portugal/machinery-2006) |

The trailing letter is the decode, and it sits where the date normally would: on a machinery plate the yellow bar swaps the registration date for a single letter stating the machine's circulation class — what it may do on a road, written on the plate.

Sources:

- [DL 106/2006: art. 3.º n.º 3 (the class letter), art. 5.º n.º 11 (the red-ground sentence), ANEXO IV Modelos VIII-IX (the drawings that label the ground white), art. 2.º n.º 2 (conditional commencement: 'entram em vigor conjuntamente com a sua regulamentação').](https://files.diariodarepublica.pt/1s/2006/06/111a00/40524060.pdf)
- [DL 2/2020 art. 5.º n.º 11 as amended: the same red-ground wording, models moved to Anexo V VII-VIII.](https://files.diariodarepublica.pt/1s/2020/01/00900/0000400012.pdf)

## About this plate

MÁQUINAS INDUSTRIAIS E MÁQUINAS INDUSTRIAIS REBOCÁVEIS.

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/pt/pt-machinery-2006.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/portugal?series=pt-machinery-2006
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/pt` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "pt-machinery-2006"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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