Republique Togolaise

List of international vehicle registration codes

On the international level, the designation of origin for a motor vehicle is distinguished by a supplementary international licence plate country code. This country designator is displayed in bold block uppercase on a small white oval plate or sticker near the number plate on the rear of a vehicle when driving outside the country in which the vehicle registration plate is issued.

The allocation of codes is maintained by the United Nations as the Distinguishing Signs of Vehicles in International Traffic, being authorized by the UN's Geneva Convention on Road Traffic of 1949 and the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic of 1968. Many vehicle codes created since the adoption of ISO 3166 coincide with either the ISO two-letter or three-letter codes.

In the European Union, vehicles from one member state do not need to display the oval while within another provided the number plate is in the common EU standard format, which includes the IVR code on the plate itself.

Note: an asterisk (*) indicates that this code is unofficial.

Code	Country	From	Before	Notes
A
A		1910
AFG		1971
AG
AL		1934
AND		1957
ANG		1975	PAN: 1932-1957, P: 1957-1975	Formerly a territory of Portugal
ARK*	Antarctica
ARM		1992	SU	Formerly part of the Soviet Union
ARU*			NA	Formerly part of the Netherlands Antilles
AUS		1954
AX*		2002	SF	Territory of Finland
AXA
AZ		1992	SU	Formerly part of the Soviet Union
B
Code	Country	From	Before	Notes
B		1910
BD		1978	PAK	Formerly East Pakistan
BDS		1956
BF		1984	RHV / HV	until August 2003, 1984: (République (de)) Haute Volta (Upper Volta)
BG		1910
BHT
BIH		1992	YU	Bosna i Hercegovina (Bosnian)
BOL		1967
BR		1930
BRN		1954
BRU		1956
BS		1950
BU		1962	RU	until 1962: part of Belgian territory of Ruanda-Urundi
BY		1992	SU	Byelorussia; formerly part of the Soviet Union
BZ		1938-1980s	BH	until 1973: British Honduras
C
Code	Country	From	Before	Notes
C		1930
CAM		1952	F & WAN	Formerly a territory of France
CDN		1956	CA	Canadian Dominion
CGO		1997	CB,RCL,CGO,ZR,ZRE	Congo Belge (French), République de Congo Léopoldville (French), Congo (Kinshasa), Zaïre
CH		1911		Confœderatio Helvetica (Latin)
CI	(Ivory Coast)	1961	F	Formerly a territory of France
CL		1961		Formerly Ceylon
CN
CO		1952
COM			F	Formerly a territory of France
CR		1956
CV		1975	P	Formerly a territory of Portugal
CY		1932
CYM*				Part of the United Kingdom
CZ		1993	CS	Formerly Československo (Czechoslovakia)
D
Code	Country	From	Before	Notes
D		1910		Deutschland (German); also used until 1974 by , which then used DDR until German reunification in 1990
DJI			F	Formerly a territory of France
DK		1914
DOM		1952
DY		1910	Part of AOF (Afrique occidentale française) -1960	Dahomey (name until 1975)
DZ		1962	F -1911	Dzayer (Algerian Arabic); Formerly a territory of France
E
Code	Country	From	Before	Notes
E		1910		España (Spanish)
EAK		1938		East Africa Kenya
EAT		1938	EAT & EAZ	East Africa Tanzania; formerly East Africa Tanganyika & East Africa Zanzibar
EAU		1938		East Africa Uganda
EC		1962
ENG*
ER		1993	AOI -1941, ETH 1964-1993	Africa Orientale Italiana (Italian), Ethiopia
ES		1978
EST		1993	EW 1919-1940 & 1991-1993; SU 1940-1991	Formerly part of the Soviet Union
ET		1927
ETH		1964	AOI -1941	Africa Orientale Italiana (Italian)
F
Code	Country	From	Before	Notes
F		1910
FIN		1993	SF	Suomi Finland (Finnish/Swedish)
FJI		1971
FL		1923		Fürstentum Liechtenstein (German)
FO		1996	FR	Sometimes FØ or Fø
FSM
G
Code	Country	From	Before	Notes
G		1974	ALEF -1960	Afrique Équatoriale Française
GB	(of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)	1910		Before 1922 it was used for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
GBA		1924		Great Britain - Alderney
GBG		1924		Great Britain - Guernsey
GBJ		1924		Great Britain - Jersey
GBM		1932		Great Britain - Man
GBZ		1924		Great Britain - Gibraltar [Z was assigned because G was already used for Guernsey]
GCA		1956		Guatemala Central America
GE		1992	SU	Formerly part of the Soviet Union
GH		1959	WAC -1957	West Africa Gold Coast -1957
GW, RGB		1974	P	Portuguese Guinea - 1974. República da Guiné-Bissau
GQ*			E	Formerly a territory of Spain - Spanish Guinea -1968
GR		1913
GUY		1972	BRG	Formerly British Guiana -1966
H
Code	Country	From	Before	Notes
H		1910
HK		1932
HKJ			JOR	Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
HN
HR		1992	SHS 1919-29, Y 1929-53, YU 1953-92	Hrvatska (Croatian). Formerly part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca - Serbo-Croatian), then part of Yugoslavia.
I
Code	Country	From	Before	Notes
I		1910
IL		1952
IND		1947
IR		1936
IRL		1962	GB -1910, SE -1924, EIR -1938	Great Britain, Saorstát Éireann, Éire
IRQ		1930
IS		1936		Ísland (Icelandic)
J
Code	Country	From	Before	Notes
J		1964
JA		1932
K
Code	Country	From	Before	Notes
K		1956	F -1949	Known as Kampuchea 1976-89. Formerly a territory of France
KAN*
KN*			GRO	Kalaallit Nunaat
KOS		2008	SRB 2006-2008	Serbia 2006-2008 (Serbia claims Kosovo as part of its territory)
KS		1992	SU -1991	Formerly part of the Soviet Union
KIR
KP
KSA				Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
KWT		1954
KZ		1992	SU -1991	Formerly part of the Soviet Union
L
Code	Country	From	Before	Notes
L		1911
LAO		1959	F - 1949	Formerly a territory of France (French Indochina)
LAR*		1972	I -1949, LT	Libyan Arab Republic; Formerly a territory of Italy
LB*		1967
LS		1967	BL	Basutoland -1966
LT		1992	SU 1940-1991	Formerly part of the Soviet Union
LV		1992	LR 1927-1940,SU 1940-1991	Latvijas Republika (Latvian); Formerly part of the Soviet Union
M
Code	Country	From	Before	Notes
M		1966	GBY 1924-66
MA		1924		Maroc (French)
MAL		1967	FM - 1957, PTM 1957-67	formerly Federated Malay States, then Perseketuan Tanah Malayu (Malay)
MC		1910
MD		1992	SU -1991	Formerly part of the Soviet Union
MEX		1952
MGL
MH
MK		1992	YU -1992	Formerly part of Yugoslavia
MNE		2006	MN - 1913-1919, SHS 1919-29, Y 1929-53, YU 1953-2003, SCG 2003-2006	Formerly part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca - Serbo-Croatian), then part of Yugoslavia and then Serbia and Montenegro (Srbija i Crna Gora - Serbian)
MO		1930s?		former Portuguese overseas province
MOC		1975	MOC: 1932-56, P: 1957-75	Moçambique (Portuguese)
MS		1938
MV*
MW		1965	EA 1932-38, NP - 1938-70, RNY option 1960-65	Formerly the Nyasaland Protectorate
MYA		1989	BUR -1989	Also known as Burma
N
Code	Country	From	Before	Notes
N		1922
NA		1957
NAM		1990	SWA	Formerly South West Africa
NAU		1968
NC
NEP*		1970
NIC		1952
NI*	Northern Ireland			Part of the United Kingdom
NL		1910
NZ		1958
O
Code	Country	From	Before	Notes
OM
P
Code	Country	From	Before	Notes
P		1910
PA		1952
PAK		1947
PAL
PE		1937
PL		1921
PMR*		1990	SU -1991, MD 1991	Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic - officially part of . Formerly part of the Soviet Union.
PNG*		1978
PR
PS
PY		1952
Q
Code	Country	From	Before	Notes
Q		1972
R
Code	Country	From	Before	Notes
RA		1927		República Argentina (Spanish)
RB		1967		Republic of Botswana
RC		1932
RCA		1962		République Centrafricaine (French)
RCB		1962		République du Congo Brazzaville (French)
RCH		1930		República de Chile (Spanish)
RG		1972		République de Guinée (French)
RH		1952		République d'Haïti (French)
RI		1955		Republik Indonesia (Indonesian)
RIM		1964		République islamique de Mauritanie (French)
RL		1952		République Libanaise (French)
RM		1962		République de Madagascar (French)
RMM		1962	AOF -1960	République du Mali (French). Formerly part of French West Africa (Afrique Occidentale Française)
RN		1977	AOF -1960	République du Niger (French). Formerly part of French West Africa (Afrique Occidentale Française)
RO		1981	R
ROK		1971
ROU		1979		República Oriental del Uruguay (Spanish)
RP		1975		Republic of the Philippines
RSM		1932		Repubblica di San Marino (Italian)
RT		1960	TT, TG	Republique Togolaise (French). Formerly French Togoland -1960
RUS		1992	SU	Formerly part of the Soviet Union
RWA		1964	RU -1962	Formerly part of Ruanda-Urundi -1962
S
Code	Country	From	Before	Notes
S		1911
SA		1973
SCO*				Part of the United Kingdom
SD		1935
SGP		1952
SK		1993	CS	Formerly Československo (Czechoslovakia)
SLE*		2002		officially WAL; SLE is only used on local licence plates, written below the national flag
SLO		1992	SHS 1919-29, Y 1929-53, YU 1953-92	Formerly part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca - Serbo-Croatian), then part of Yugoslavia.
SME		1936
SMOM
SN		1962
SO		1974
SOL
SRB		2006	SB - 1919, SHS 1919-29, Y 1929-53, YU 1953-2003, SCG 2003-2006	Formerly part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca - Serbo-Croatian), then part of Yugoslavia and then Serbia and Montenegro (Srbija i Crna Gora - Serbian)
STP		1975	P	Formerly a territory of Portugal
SUD*		1963
SY		1938
SYR		1952
T
Code	Country	From	Before	Notes
T		1955
TCH*		1973		Tchad (French)
TG*		1973		See RT
TJ		1992	SU -1991	Formerly part of the Soviet Union
TL			P, RI	Formerly a territory of Portugal, then part of Indonesia
TM		1992	SU -1991	Formerly part of the Soviet Union
TN		1957	F -1956	Formerly a territory of France
TO
TR		1935
TT		1964
TUV
U
Code	Country	From	Before	Notes
UA		1992	SU	Formerly part of the Soviet Union
UAE
USA		1952		Correctly used by U.S.-registered vehicles abroad. Today, U.S.-owned vehicles registered in Europe use the licence plate code of the country in which they are located.
UZ		1992	SU	Formerly part of the Soviet Union
V
Code	Country	From	Before	Notes
V		1931
VN		1953
VU
W
Code	Country	From	Before	Notes
WAG		1932		West Africa Gambia
WAL		1937		West Africa Sierra Leone; on local licence plates SLE is used
WAN		1937		West Africa Nigeria
WD		1954		Windward Islands Dominica
WG		1932		Windward Islands Grenada
WL		1932		Windward Islands Saint Lucia
WS		1962		formerly Western Samoa
WSA*	Western Sahara	1932	SE -1976	formerly Sahara Español (Spanish); now mostly occupied by Morocco, with some territory administered by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
WV		1932		Windward Islands Saint Vincent
Y
Code	Country	From	Before	Notes
YEM			YAR	North Yemen formerly known as the Yemen Arab Republic
YV
Z
Code	Country	From	Before	Notes
Z		1966
ZA		1936		Zuid Afrika (Afrikaans)
ZW		1977

Codes no longer in use

Code	Country	Until	After	Notes
ADN	Aden	1967	Y
BP	Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana	1966	RB
BUR	Burma	1989	MYA
CS	Czechoslovakia	1992	CZ / SK
DA	Free City of Danzig	1939	1939-1945:D, since 1945: PL
DDR	German Democratic Republic	1990	D	Deutsche Demokratische Republik
EW	Estonia	1993	EST	Eesti Vabariik (Estn.)
FR	Faroes	1996	FO
GRO	Greenland		KN
HV	Haute Volta, now Burkina Faso	1984	BF	Upper Volta
LR	Latvia	1927-1940	SU, LV	Latvijas Republika (Latv.)
R	Romania	1981	RO
RSR	Southern Rhodesia	1960-1979	ZW	Now Zimbabwe
RNR	Northern Rhodesia		Z	Now Zambia
RNY	Rhodesia-Nyasaland Fed.		MW	Now Malawi
SA	Saarland	1956	D	also D between 1935 and 1945
SB	Serbia	1919	SHS	Serbia became part of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
SCG	Serbia and Montenegro	2006	MNE, SRB	Presumably from Serbian name "Srbija i Crna Gora". Now Montenegro, Serbia
SF	Finland	1993	FIN	SF from "Suomi – Finland" (the names of the country in both of its official languages, Finnish and Swedish)
SHS	Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes	1929	Y	Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca - Serbo-Croatian. Kingdom changed its name to Yugoslavia
SU	Soviet Union	1991	EST, LT, LV, BY, MD, UA, TJ, TUR, GE, KZ, UZ, KS, AZ, ARM, RUS
SWA	South West Africa	1990	NAM	Namibia
TS	Free Territory of Trieste	1947 - 1954	YU, SLO
Y	Yugoslavia	1953	YU	Yemen started using Y afterwards
YU	Yugoslavia	2003	BIH, HR, MK, MNE, SRB, SLO	Now Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia
ZRE	Zaire	1997	CB

Note1 : There are other, unofficial codes in common use, such as "BZH" for Brittany, "VL" for Flanders, "V" for Vojvodina/Vajdaság and "CD" for "Corps Diplomatique". These often signify places which are not internationally recognised as independent states. See http://www.kingkong.demon.co.uk/where/unoff.htm for a list of some of these. Note2 : Some license plates even tell us from which part of the country they are originating. See http://www.kingkong.demon.co.uk/where/where.htm for these origins.