Vehicle registration plates of Ukraine

Ukraine vehicle license plates

Ukrainian implementation of a format similar to the EU format. Both the EU format and the Ukrainian format satisfy the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic.

Since the restoration of Ukraine's independence in 1991, the country has used four main systems of vehicle registration plates.

The first system was introduced in 1992 and was based on the last Soviet license plate conception, regulated by the 1977 standard, but with the addition of a new regional suffix corresponding to a Ukrainian province.

In 1993, the left-hand side of the plate was modified with the addition of the national flag over the country code "UA".

1995 saw the introduction of a completely new system consisting of five digits, with a dash between the third and fourth digit, combined with a two letter suffix. It also included a two-digit region code, situated under the National Flag on the left-hand side of the plate.

In order to enable drivers using their vehicle abroad, and in order to adhere to the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic, Ukrainian regular license plates use only those Cyrillic characters where the glyph resembles a letter from the Roman alphabet; a total of 12 characters: А, В, Е, І, К, М, Н, О, Р, С, Т, Х). Before 1995, the "Я" character was also used. For some types of black-background plates can be used completely Cyrillic characters.

Some vehicles, like trolleybuses, are not required to have license plates, because they cannot leave the network they operate on and can be identified by a number painted on the vehicle and assigned to it by the local public transport authority.

## Previous series

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1991–1993 series (AI denotes Luhansk Oblast) 1993–1995 series (МЯ denotes Autonomous Republic of Crimea) 1995–2004 series (27 denotes Sevastopol) 2004–2015 series (AK denotes Autonomous Republic of Crimea)

An old photo chronicle conveys the presence of license plates on vehicles from Kyiv during the Ukrainian People's Republic. The license plates had a letter prefix, a dash and three numbers (i.e. "A-123"). They had a light background and dark letters.

Between 1977 and 1993, Ukrainian registration plates were manufactured in accordance with the Soviet GOST 3207-77 standard. The alphanumeric sequence took the form of: `x #### XX`, where x is a lowercase Cyrillic serial/counter letter; # is any digit in the range 0–9; and XX are two uppercase Cyrillic letters indicating where the vehicle was first registered.

OK, OH, OC and OX used on registered vehicles driven in foreign countries.

### Old region identifiers

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Suffix | Region

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BГ  |  Luhansk
BИ  |  Vinnytsia
BH  |  Volyn
ДH, ДП  |  Dnipropetrovsk
ДO, ДЦ  |  Donetsk
ЖБ, ЖЖ, ЖИ  |  Zhytomyr
ЗA, ЗH  |  Zakarpattia
ЗП  |  Zaporizhzhia
ИФ  |  Ivano-Frankivsk
ЛB  |  Lviv
КД  |  Kirovohrad
КИ, XT  |  Kyiv city
КP  |  Crimea
КX  |  Kyiv
HИ  |  Mykolaiv
ОД  |  Odesa
ПO  |  Poltava
PB  |  Rivne
CУ  |  Sumy
TE  |  Ternopil
XA, XK  |  Kharkiv
XM  |  Khmelnytskyi
XO  |  Kherson
ЧB  |  Chernihiv
ЧK  |  Cherkasy
ЧH  |  Chernivtsi

## Current 2015 plates

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* 2015 Regular plate

* 2015 Public transport plate

* 2015 Two-line optimized plate

* 2015 Three-line motorcycle plate

* 2004 Regular plate

* 2004 Public transport plate

* 2004 Two-line optimized plate

* 2004 Three-line motorcycle plate

Current plates include a two-letter regional prefix followed by 4 digits then a two-letter serial suffix.

The international vehicle registration code UA is situated in the national-flag-colored band, which also includes the coat of arms, all on the left-hand side of the plate.

The size for the single line license plate is 520 mm by 112 mm.

Two-line optimized by size license plate must be shaped to fit to montage place and could have length 220–400 mm and height 110–320 mm.

The size for three-line motorcycle license plates are 220 mm by 174 mm.

The size for the two-line scooter license plate is 140 mm by 114 mm.

Issuing of regular plates is done in Latin alphabet order (AA, AB, AC, AE, AH, AI, AK, AM, AO, AP, AT, AX, BA, BB...).

License plates for trailers look like a regular plate but with a suffix with leading "X" and these are issued in reverse order (XX, XT, XP, XO...).

## License plate codes

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Map of registration codes 2004 prefix | 2013 prefix | Region

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AA | KA |  Kyiv city
AB | KB |  Vinnytsia
AC | KC |  Volyn
AE | KE |  Dnipropetrovsk
AH | KH |  Donetsk
AI | KI |  Kyiv
AK | KK |  Crimea
AM | KM |  Zhytomyr
AO | KO |  Zakarpattia
AP | KP |  Zaporizhzhia
AT | KT |  Ivano-Frankivsk
AX | KX |  Kharkiv
BA | HA |  Kirovohrad
BB | HB |  Luhansk
BC | HC |  Lviv
BE | HE |  Mykolaiv
BH | HH |  Odesa
BI | HI |  Poltava
BK | HK |  Rivne
BM | HM |  Sumy
BO | HO |  Ternopil
BP | HP | omitted because BP can be read as Verkhovna Rada (Верховна Рада), Ukraine's parliament.
BT | HT |  Kherson
BX | HX |  Khmelnytskyi
CA | IA |  Cherkasy
CB | IB |  Chernihiv
CC | IC | omitted because Cyrillic "CC" can be read as SS (Schutzstaffel)
CE | IE |  Chernivtsi
CH | IH |  Sevastopol city
II |  | nationwide

## Vanity plates

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According to a 2007 decree, 2004 standard regular plates for private automobiles with triple leading zero combinations or combinations with all identical digits (except prohibited quadruple zero) are recognized as cherished and officially cost from ₴7,500 to ₴20,000 (approx. 240 to 640 €). Plate owner can choose any yet not assigned suffix within a region of vehicle registration.[1] All other combinations are officially recognized as an ordinary, but virtually known that some of so-called "pretty" combinations were purchased.

Combination | Price, UAH

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0001–0005; 0007–0009; 5555; 7777 | 20,000
1111; 2222; 3333; 4444; 8888; 9999 | 10,000
0006; 6666 | 7,500

## Recognition / collisions

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Sofia/Cadiz/Cherkasy

By the order of characters current plates completely repeat current Bulgarian and former, but still valid, Spanish systems. Because of this some plates may not be quickly recognized by nationality. This applies to the four regions of Spain with prefixes BA, BI, CA, IB; and mostly to the five regions of Bulgaria with prefixes BT, BH, CA, CB (Sofia again), CH, KH.

Former Albania registration system had BC, BC-9999-XX.

## Individualized (vanity) license plates

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Former individualized plate

Individualized license plates are an additional type of plate, available for personal vehicles and motorcycles. State automobile inspection requires a previous vehicle registration with issuing of regular plates before issuing individualized plates. Using both plate-sets at the same time is prohibited, as well as driving abroad with the individualized license plates.

Individualized plates were first introduced in 1997 and included the numeric code of region. From 2004 have been issued plates with no region coding. Current (2007) individualized plates visually replicate the 1997 plates.

Plate-owners can choose Cyrillic or Roman letters for creation of individualized plates followed by some digits. In addition to the characters, plate owners can choose any image to print on the right-hand side of the plate. As far as it is known, this option is only available in Ukraine, so Ukrainian individualized plates are unique in this sense.

Plate owners are prohibited from using any discriminatory or offensive phrases or graphics, any national, language, religious or gender self-identification, using the names and logos of official state's authorities, or using the names and logos of foreign states and official foreign states' authorities.[2]

## Pre-2004 regional codes

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Former 1995 regular plate (still valid)

After introducing the current system, regions' numeric codes were used in some non-regular plates (white-on-red temporary, white-on-blue police plates and black-on white personalized plates).[3]

Numeric codes | Letter suffixes | Region

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01 | КО, КР, PK  | Crimea
02 | ВI, BT, BX  | Vinnytsia Oblast
03 | ВК, ВМ, ВО  | Volyn Oblast
04 | АА, АВ, АЕ, АК, АН, AI, CM  | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
05 | ЕА, ЕВ, ЕК, ЕН, ЕО, ЕС  | Donetsk Oblast
06 | ВА, ВВ, ВЕ  | Zhytomyr Oblast
07 | РТ, РЕ, РА  | Zakarpattia Oblast
08 | НА, НЕ, НО, НР, НС  | Zaporizhzhia Oblast
09 | ІВ, ІС  | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
10 | КК, КМ, КХ  | Kyiv Oblast
11 | КА, КВ, КЕ, КН, КІ, КТ, OO, II  | Kyiv city
12 | ОМ, ОН, ОС  | Kirovohrad Oblast
13 | АМ, АО, АР, АТ, АХ, IA  | Luhansk Oblast
14 | ТА, ТВ, ТН, ТС, TO, TT  | Lviv Oblast
15 | HI, НК, НТ  | Mykolaiv Oblast
16 | ОА, ОВ, ОЕ, ОК  | Odesa Oblast
17 | СК, СН, СС  | Poltava Oblast
18 | РА, РВ, РО  | Rivne Oblast
19 | СА, СВ, СЕ  | Sumy Oblast
20 | ТЕ, ТК, ТІ  | Ternopil Oblast
21 | AX, ХА, ХВ, ХК  | Kharkiv Oblast
22 | ХН, ХО  | Kherson Oblast
23 | ХМ, ХІ  | Khmelnytskyi Oblast
24 | МА, МВ, МЕ  | Cherkasy Oblast
25 | МК, ММ, МН  | Chernihiv Oblast
26 | МО, МР, МС  | Chernivtsi Oblast
27 | КС  | Sevastopol city
28 | HH, II  | nationwide

## Special plates

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### Diplomatic plates

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Current diplomatic plates is black-on-white, all combinations starts with "D"-prefix followed by six digits. Three-digit group following "D"-prefix is the code that indicates: in interval 001-199 - embassies by countries, 200-299 - international organizations, 300-399 - consular authority by countries. Last three digits is the serial number. Unofficially issues two-line optimize shaped diplomatic license plates.[4]

Former diplomatic plates is still valid. White-on-red plates consists|smaller font three-digit code (001-100), prefix (CDP for ambassadors, DP for embassy personnel, CC for consular corps, S for staff) and four or five serial digits. Earliest white-on-red diplomatic plates (1995) scheme included the same letter prefixes and four-six digits (depending from number|letters), where the first three was a country code.

There were the same scheme black-on-yellow plates for non-diplomatic purposes (F or IT prefix for foreign companies). Earliest black-on-yellow (1995) scheme included prefix followed by six digits (F for foreign companies, C for foreigners, B for permanent export). In F-plates first three digits was a country code, in B and C-plates - a region code (from 649 to 673).

After 2004 non-diplomatic plates isn't necessary, but still valid.

* Current diplomatic plate

* Former diplomatic plate (still valid)

* Former companies and media

### Military and police plates

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Sized military plate

Military plates were white-on-black, while police plates were white-on-blue. Volunteer military organization plates were colored white-on-dark green.

* Military template plate

* Volunteer military organisations plate

* 2004 Police plate

* 2015 Police plate

### Temporary series

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Currently three main temporary plate types exists:

1) Dealers issues trade plate with non-regional prefix in interval T0-T9. There three shapes of this plates: a) for cars, trucks, buses, trailers; b) for motorcycles; c) for mopeds.

2) Inter-district registration and examination departments (MREV) issues temporary plates with regional coded prefix (01-27) if the vehicle needs re-registration in another region or country. There three shapes of this plates: a) for cars, trucks, buses, trailers; b) for motorcycles; c) for mopeds.

3) Special authorities issues temporary plates for an agricultural and self-propelled construction equipment with TP-prefix in "moped" shape.

All of these plates were white-on-red.

* 2004 Temporary series

* 2004 Temporary series

* 2015 Temporary series

* 2015 Temporary series

## Diplomatic codes

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Code | Country or organization | Code | Country or organization | Code | Country on organization

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001 | Not used (formerly Russia, diplomatic relationships
terminated since 24 February 2022) | 035 |  Turkey | 069 |  Iraq
002 |  United States | 036 |  Norway | 070 |  Kyrgyzstan
003 |  China | 037 |  Algeria | 071 |  Tajikistan
004 |  United Kingdom | 038 |  Switzerland | 072 |  Uzbekistan
005 |  France | 039 |  Niger | 073 |  Turkmenistan
006 |  Germany | 040 |  Vatican City | 074 |  Thailand
007 |  Hungary | 041 |  Azerbaijan | 075 |  Tunisia
008 |  Lithuania | 042 |  South Korea | 076 |  Ghana
009 |  Bulgaria | 043 |  Brazil | 077 |  Serbia
010 |  Armenia | 044 |  Denmark | 078 |  Liechtenstein
011 |  Australia | 045 |  Latvia | 079 |  Indonesia
012 |  Israel | 046 |  Croatia | 080 |  Morocco
013 |  Belarus | 047 |  Cyprus | 081 |  Jordan
014 |  Poland | 048 |  Czech Republic | 082 |  Kuwait
015 |  Estonia | 049 |  Finland | 083 |  Luxembourg
016 | Not used (formerly North Korea,
diplomatic relationships
terminated since 13 July 2022) | 050 |  Seychelles | 084 | OSCE
017 |  Sweden | 051 |  United Nations | 085 |  Uruguay
018 |  Mexico | 052 |  Central African Republic | 086 |  Peru
019 |  Greece | 053 |  Slovenia | 087 |  Red Cross
020 |  India | 054 |  Belgium | 088 |  Afghanistan
021 |  Iran | 055 |  Moldova | 089 | SCTU
022 |  Mongolia | 056 |  Cuba | 090 |  Serbia (formerly Bangladesh)
023 |  Vietnam | 057 |  Philippines | 091 |  Albania
024 |  Austria | 058 |  South Africa | 092 |  North Macedonia
025 |  Egypt | 059 |  Pakistan | 093 |  NATO
026 |  Argentina | 060 |  Libya | 094 |  NATO Information Center
027 |  Japan | 061 | IBRD | 095 | IMF
028 |  Canada | 062 | IFC | 096 |  New Zealand
029 |  Portugal | 063 | Not used (formerly Syria,
diplomatic relationships
terminated since 30 June 2022) | 097 |  Bangladesh
030 |  Chile | 064 |  Singapore | 098 |  European Union
031 |  Italy | 065 |  Ireland | 099 | EBRD
032 |  Spain | 066 |  Netherlands | 100 | GDIP (service set)
033 |  Slovakia | 067 |  Kazakhstan | 199 | Bank for reconstruction
034 |  Romania | 068 |  Georgia | 206 |  OSCE

## See also

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* Vehicle registration plate
* Vehicle registration plates of Europe

## References

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1. ^ "Про встановлення вартості номерних знаків легкових автомобілів, виготовлених відповідно до вимог державних стандартів, які мають комбінацію з чотирьох однакових цифр і в межах від 0001 до 0009, що видаються за бажанням власників легкових автомобілів".
2. ^ "Замовлення індивідуального номерного знака". Diia. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
3. ^ "➤ Matriculas de Ucrania | Todo lo que necesitas saber【2021】↓".
4. ^ "Ukrainian license plate" (JPG). Retrieved 2024-01-07.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to License plates of Ukraine.

* Full Ukrainian region collection (2004)
* Partly obsolete DSTU (in Ukrainian)
* SAI official information about individualized license plates
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