Vehicle registration plates of Lithuania

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Vehicle registration plates of Lithuania are composed of three letters and three numbers (e.g. ABC 123), The registration plates are coloured black letters on a white background, and are the same size and length as other European plates. All modern Lithuanian plates are issued with the blue EU identification label.

Contents 1 History 2 Car designations 3 Special types 3.1 Not Registred Cars 3.1.1 Types 3.2 Diplomatic Corps 3.3 Taxicabs 3.4 Military transport 4 The technical check sticker 5 External links

[edit] History

The first Lithuanian registration plates (1991) would have been composed of three letters and three numbers. After Lithuania joined the EU, a small Lithuanian national flag was changed to European flag

[edit] Car designations

Currently car designations is not used, but used until 2004.

Code	County	Example
A	Alytus County	AAA 123
J	Tauragė County (but code from first letter of Jurbarkas)	AJA 123
K	Kaunas County	AKA 123
L	Klaipėda County	ALA 123
M	Marijampolė County	AMA 123
P	Panevėžys County	APA 123
S	Šiauliai County	ASA 123
T	Telšiai County	ATA 123
U	Utena County	AUA 123
V	Vilnius County	AVA 123

[edit] Special types

[edit] Not Registred Cars

Not registered cars in Lithuanian are noted by red alphanumeric characters on white background.

[edit] Types

• Vehicles imported to Lithuania or vehicles exported from Lithuania (For 60 days):

LT

24214AA

• vehicles sold by vehicle selling companies or organizations (professional or trade number plates):

LT

P3044 55

[edit] Diplomatic Corps

Reserved and used by diplomatic corps. Have green background and white letters. The letters grouped 01 3 123 and not have blue sidebar in the left. First two numbers denote embassy code.

: 01 3 444

[edit] Taxicabs

Taxicabs, have special plate, with yellow background, with black text. The first letter are "T" (the first letter of taxi) and five numbers

LT

T45654

[edit] Military transport

Military transportation has black background and white text registration plates. They do not have side-field, only flag instead.

FFF321

[edit] The technical check sticker

Registration plate has a special spot in the middle to attach a sticker certifying the compulsory biannual technical inspection to check for compliance with safety/emissions standards.

[edit] External links

1. State Enterprise "Regitra", the administrative branch of the government in charge of vehicle registrations, vehicle operator licensing and technical inspections (in English and Lithuanian)

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