# Portugal license plate: Temporary import

> The Portugal temporary import license plate: format 99-99-LL, for example 99-66-FL, documented since 2005, car, van, truck, bus, and trailer.

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

![Portugal license plate, Temporary import (documented since 2005)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/pt/pt-temporary-import/portugal-license-plate-temporary-import.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `99-99-LL` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~2005 → today (documented from 2005; the format is likely older) |
| Class | temporary |
| Issued for | car, van, truck, bus, trailer |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #003399 |
| Checking a registration | The format above is broad: a registration that fits it has the right shape, which does not show that this series issued it. |
| Series id | `pt-temporary-import` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/portugal/temporary-import) |

Sources:

- [DL 54/2005 art. 2.º n.º 1 a) v): the temporarily-imported vehicle's provisional plate must carry BLUE characters, dashes and peripheral border.](https://files.diariodarepublica.pt/1s/2005/03/044a00/18921897.pdf)

## About this plate

MATRÍCULA PROVISÓRIA for temporarily imported vehicles, blue characters. The entry earns its place because the blue-character rule is otherwise unrecorded anywhere machine-readable, and because a parse API that meets a blue Portuguese plate should be able to name it.

## About the format

DL 54/2005 establishes this plate only by penalising its absence: art. 2.º n.º 1 a) v) fines "Circulação de automóvel ou de reboque importado temporariamente com chapa de matrícula provisória não possuindo caracteres, traço e rebordo periférico de cor azul".

## Use it

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

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