# Switzerland license plate: Standard trailer

> The Switzerland standard trailer license plate: format LL 999999, documented since 1977, trailer and semitrailer.

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

![Switzerland license plate, Standard trailer (documented since 1977)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ch/ch-standard-trailer/switzerland-license-plate-standard-trailer.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 | trailer |
| Issued for | trailer, semitrailer |
| Plate size | 300 × 160 mm |
| Other sizes | 500 × 110 mm: Transportanhänger, Langformat; 300 × 80 mm: ARBEITSANHÄNGER take the front-plate format and the front-plate layout: letters, point, number, no arms (Art. 83 Abs. 3 lit. a + Art. 85 Abs. 1) |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #000000 |
| Rear plate differs from the front | no |
| 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-standard-trailer` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/switzerland/standard-trailer) |

Canton letters and a number drawn from the same pool as the cars — no parser can tell a Swiss trailer from a Swiss car by the string, and even a 750 kg trailer needs its own plate. Only the plate's design differs, never the number.

Sources:

- [VZV Art. 82 Abs. 1 lit. a (Anhänger take the white plate); Art. 83 Abs. 3 lit. a-b (Arbeitsanhänger 30x8, Transportanhänger 30x16 or 50x11); Art. 84 Abs. 2 (trailers share the motorcar number space); Art. 85 Abs. 1-2 (the two different layouts)](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/1976/2423_2423_2423/de)
- [VVV Art. 13 Abs. 2 (Wechselschilder for trailers are not capped at two vehicles); Art. 22 Abs. 2bis (a towing vehicle's rear dealer plate may serve as the trailer's plate)](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/1959/1271_1321_1317/de)

## About this plate

SWISS TRAILER PLATES. Trailers up to and including 750 kg still need their own plate in Switzerland, the Dutch "repeat the tractor's number on a white plate" rule has no Swiss equivalent, except that VZV Art. 72 Abs. 1 lit. c exempts certain agricultural and works trailers from registration altogether.

## Use it

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

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