Switzerland license plate: Agricultural green
Issued today Documented since 1977. Agricultural plates for tractor, machine, and trailer, issued by Bundesamt für Strassen (ASTRA) / kantonale Strassenverkehrsämter. One of 17 Switzerland license plates.
Format, years and the law
- Format
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LL 999999, for exampleSZ 155498(L is any letter, 9 any digit)Canton code, plain number, light-green ground: agriculture and forestry, and unlike Germany's green plate, which is a tax marker, the Swiss one really is about farming. One 300 × 80 mm plate, and no coats of arms at all.
The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued.
- Years issued
- Documented since 1977; the format is likely older than the first year documented. Still issued.
- Vehicle class
- Agricultural: farm vehicles/equipment where separately serialized. Issued for tractor, machine, and trailer.
- Colours
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Characters
#000000Background#90EE90 - Size
- 300 × 80 mm · every country's size
- About this plate
- Note the sharp contrast with Germany's green plate, which is a TAX-EXEMPTION marker with an agricultural majority, the Swiss green plate really is about agriculture and forestry, and the VZV says so in those words.
Legal basis and sources
- VZV Art. 82 Abs. 1 lit. d (light-green ground, black script, for land- und forstwirtschaftliche Fahrzeuge, 'Fassung gemäss Anhang 1 Ziff. II 10 der V vom 19. Juni 1995 ..., in Kraft seit 1. Okt. 1995 (AS 1995 4425)');... https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/1976/2423_2423_2423/de
- VTS Art. 162 Abs. 1 (one plate, front or rear; two for agricultural exceptional vehicles) https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/1995/4425_4425_4425/de
This plate in your app
The series id is ch-agricultural-green. The API returns its format, validation, colours and designs with the rest of Switzerland's series:
curl -s https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/ch \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $VEHICLESDB_API_KEY" \ | jq '.series[] | select(.id == "ch-agricultural-green")'
- Plate image (SVG, sample serial): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ch/ch-agricultural-green.svg
- Blank template, filled on your side: https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ch/ch-agricultural-green/template.svg
