# Switzerland license plate: Exceptional brown

> The Switzerland exceptional brown license plate: format LL 999999, documented since 1977, truck, machine, and trailer.

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

![Switzerland license plate, Exceptional brown (documented since 1977)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ch/ch-exceptional-brown/switzerland-license-plate-exceptional-brown.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LL 999999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~1977 → today (documented from 1977; the format is likely older) |
| Class | standard |
| Issued for | truck, machine, trailer |
| Plate size | 300 × 80 mm |
| Other sizes | 300 × 160 mm; 500 × 110 mm |
| Colours | background #D2B48C; 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-exceptional-brown` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/switzerland/exceptional-brown) |

Canton letters and a plain number from the brown series' own range. The light-brown ground flags an Ausnahmefahrzeug — too big or too heavy for the general limits, moving on special authorisation. The colour is the entire code.

Sources:

- [VZV Art. 82 Abs. 1 lit. c (light-brown ground, black script, for Ausnahmefahrzeuge — original 1976 text); Art. 85 Abs. 2 (Ausnahmeanhänger among the two-line plates); Art. 84 Abs. 2](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/1976/2423_2423_2423/de)
- [VVV Art. 22 Abs. 3 (a special authorisation is still required for Ausnahmefahrzeuge even when running on dealer plates)](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/1959/1271_1321_1317/de)

## About this plate

THE LIGHT-BROWN EXCEPTIONAL-VEHICLE PLATE. An "Ausnahmefahrzeug" is a vehicle that exceeds the general dimension or weight limits and runs on a special authorisation. The colour is the whole identification, the string is the ordinary canton-plus-number, from its own per-colour number space.

## Other standard plates here

- [Standard](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/switzerland/standard) (documented since 1977)
- [Work vehicle blue](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/switzerland/workvehicle-blue) (documented since 1977)

## Use it

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

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