# Switzerland license plate: Work vehicle blue

> The Switzerland work vehicle blue license plate: format LL 999999, documented since 1977, machine and truck. What each character means, its sizes and sources.

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

![Switzerland license plate, Work vehicle blue (documented since 1977)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/ch/ch-workvehicle-blue/switzerland-license-plate-work-vehicle-blue.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 | machine, truck |
| Plate size | 300 × 80 mm |
| Other sizes | 300 × 160 mm; 500 × 110 mm |
| Colours | background #ADD8E6; 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-workvehicle-blue` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/switzerland/workvehicle-blue) |

Canton code and keeper's number, exactly as on a white plate but from a separate number space. The light-blue ground is the real message: a self-propelled work machine — crane, concrete pump, digger — rather than a transport vehicle.

Sources:

- [VZV Art. 82 Abs. 1 lit. b (light-blue ground, black script, for Arbeitsfahrzeuge — original 1976 text, no amending footnote); Art. 82 Abs. 3 (a plate change is required when the vehicle's classification changes, except for classification changes lasting at most six months on vehicles up to 3500 kg or three months on others); Art. 84 Abs. 2 (own number space per background colour)](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/1976/2423_2423_2423/de)

## About this plate

THE LIGHT-BLUE WORK-VEHICLE PLATE. Art. 82 Abs. 3 is worth a claims model's attention: the plate follows the vehicle's CLASSIFICATION, so a vehicle that changes class must change plates, with an explicit six-month (up to 3500 kg) or three-month (heavier) tolerance. This is a Swiss series in the fullest sense: distinct colour, distinct number space, same string grammar.

## Other standard plates here

- [Exceptional brown](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/switzerland/exceptional-brown) (documented since 1977)
- [Standard](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/switzerland/standard) (documented since 1977)

## Use it

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

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