# Switzerland license plate: Consular CC

> The Switzerland consular CC license plate: format CC LL 999-999, documented since 1977, car, van, and motorcycle.

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

![Switzerland license plate, Consular CC (documented since 1977)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ch/ch-consular-cc/switzerland-license-plate-consular-cc.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `CC LL 999-999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~1977 → today (documented from 1977; the format is likely older) |
| Class | consular |
| Issued for | car, van, motorcycle |
| Plate size | 300 × 80 mm |
| Other sizes | 500 × 110 mm; 300 × 160 mm |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #000000 |
| Rear plate differs from the front | yes |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `ch-consular-cc` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/switzerland/consular-cc) |

CC is the corps consulaire, then the canton and two number groups: the vehicle's number inside the post, and the federal code for the sending country. Beware lookalikes of a legal kind: an honorary consul may wear a loose CC badge on an ordinary plate.

| Code | Stands for | English |
|---|---|---|
| `CC` | Corps consulaire | consular corps |

Sources:

- [VZV Art. 86 Abs. 2 ('Das Zeichen «CC» ist für Dienstwagen der von einem Berufsbeamten geleiteten konsularischen Posten und für Motorfahrzeuge von Berufskonsularbeamten bestimmt'); Art. 86 Abs. 4 (separate CC signs allowed for at most one car of each honorary head of post holding the Federal Council's exequatur, with 'CC-Zeichen bewilligt' entered in the Fahrzeugausweis); Art. 82 Abs. 2 lit. d; Art. 84 Abs. 4; Art. 85 Abs. 4](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/1976/2423_2423_2423/de)

## About this plate

THE CC SERIES, career consular posts and career consular officers. Its own series rather than a variant of CD because the printed sign is part of the string. The one asymmetry worth recording: Art. 86 Abs. 4 bans separate (loose) "CD" and "AT" signs absolutely, but permits a separate "CC" sign for at most one car of each HONORARY head of post who has been granted the exequatur, with the permission noted in the Fahrzeugausweis. So a Swiss "CC" badge on a car is not necessarily a CC PLATE, which is a distinction an image pipeline will meet before a string parser does.

## Use it

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

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