

Had it been maintained, it would have been completely exhausted by 2025 for Paris, the most populous French département. The SIV was also implemented to replace the 1950 format, which was running out of character combinations. The SIV database can easily be combined with other computer files.
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The SIV system was adopted to ease vehicle registration and law enforcement on roads because it is fully monitored by computer and administered nationwide. Under the SIV scheme, car plates are permanent and do not need to be changed if the car owner sells it or moves to a different region. It was inspired by the "AA-111-AA" format that was successfully adopted in Italy in 1994.
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The international code for French plates is "F" (France).Ī two-line registration plate with the code for Oise (60) and the logo of Picardy region.Ĭalled système d'immatriculation des véhicules ("vehicle registration system"), shortened to SIV, the current scheme was adopted in France in 2009 (15 April for new vehicles 15 October for second-hand ones). The 1950 format uses a N X NN format, composed of a series of one to four numbers, one to three letters and a two-digit code corresponding to the département where the car is registered. Until 2009, car plates had to be changed whenever the owner moved to another département or bought a car from a person living in a different département. Unlike the new one, the 1950 format is geographical. As such, car plates do not need to be changed if the car is sold or if the owner moves to another region within France.Ĭars bought before 2009 can still bear the old format, dating from 1950, if the owner has not moved to a different département since then. This format is monitored nationwide and car plates are permanent and attached to a single vehicle from its first registration to its disposal. The registration plates issued since 2009 use a XX-NNN-ZZ format, composed of a series of 7 alphanumeric characters: 2 letters, 3 numbers, and then 2 letters (e.g. Since 1901, various systems have been successively introduced, the most recent dating from 2009. A pre-2009 car plate with the two-digit code for Paris (75).
