Listă de sigle internaționale pentru mașini

Exemplu a unui cod de înmatriculare. Sticker oval cu fundal alb și text negru (fosta Germania de Est)

Codul sau sigla internațională pentru mașini reprezintă literele înscrise lângă numărul de înmatriculare propriu-zis.

Alocarea codurilor din 2 sau 3 litere este atribuită unui departament special al Națiunilor Unite.

Current codes

Note: an asterisk (*) indicates that this code is unofficial (does not appear in the UN list of distinguishing codes).

Code	Country	From	Before	Notes
A	Austria	1910
AFG	Afganistan	1971
AG*	Antigua și Barbuda
AL	Albania	1934
AM	Armenia	1992	SU	În trecut a facut parte din Uniunea Sovietică
AND	Andorra	1957
ANG*	Angola	1975	PAN: 1932–1957, P: 1957–1975	În trecut a fost teritoriu al Portugaliei
ARK*	Antarctica
AUA*, ARU*	Aruba		NA	Inițial a facut parte din Antilele olandeze
AUS	Australia	1954
AX*	Insulele Åland	2002	SF	Teritoriul Finlandei. FIN este codul oficial.
AXA*	Anguilla
AZ	Azerbaidjan	1993	SU	În trecut parte din Uniunea Sovietică
B	Belgia	1910
BD	Bangladesh	1978	PAK	Cândva parte din Pakistanul de Est
BDS	Barbados	1956
BF	Burkina Faso	1990	RHV / HV	until August 2003, 1984; (République (de)) Haute Volta (Upper Volta)
BG	Bulgaria	1910
BH	Belize	1938		former British Honduras. Uses BZ unofficially since 1980, although still officially registered as BH as of 2007.
BHT*	Bhutan
BIH	Bosnia și Herțegovina	1993	YU	Bosna i Hercegovina
BOL	Bolivia	1967
BR	Brazilia	1930
BRN	Bahrain	1954
BRU	Brunei	1956
BS	Bahamas	1950
BUR	Myanmar	1956	BA	Also known as Burma.
BVI	Insulele Virgine Britanice
BW	Botswana	2003	BP	unofficially for Botswana. Officially RB for Republic of Botswana. Formerly Bechuanaland Protectorate
BY	Belarus	1992 (2004)	SU	Byelorussia; formerly part of the Soviet Union. The UN was officially notified of the change from SU to BY only in 2004.
BZ*	Belize	1980		former British Honduras. Still officially registered as BH (as of 2007).
C	Cuba	1930
CAM	Camerun	1952	F & WAN	Formerly a territory of France
CDN	Canada	1956	CA	Canadian Dominion
CH	Elveția	1911		Confœderatio Helvetica (Latin)
CI	Coasta de Fildeș (Ivory Coast)	1961	F	Formerly a territory of France
CL	Sri Lanka	1961		Formerly Ceylon
CN*	China
CO	Columbia	1952
COM*	Comore		F	Formerly a territory of France
CR	Costa Rica	1956
CV*	Capul Verde	1975	P	Formerly a territory of Portugal
CY	Cipru	1932
CYM*	Țara Galilor			Part of the United Kingdom, CYM from Cymru (Wales)
CZ	Cehia	1993	CS	Formerly Československo (Czechoslovakia)
D	Germania	1910		Deutschland (German); also used until 1974 by Republica Democrată Germană , which then used DDR until German reunification in 1990
DJI*	Djibouti		F	Formerly a territory of France
DK	Danemarca	1914
DOM	Republica Dominicană	1952
DY	Benin	1910	Part of AOF (Afrique occidentale française) − 1960	Dahomey (name until 1975)
DZ	Algeria	1962	F − 1911	Dzayer (Algerian Arabic); Formerly part of France
E	Spania	1910		España (Spanish)
EAK	Kenya	1938		East Africa Kenya
EAT	Tanzania	1938	EAT & EAZ	East Africa Tanzania; formerly East Africa Tanganyika and East Africa Zanzibar
EAU	Uganda	1938		East Africa Uganda
EAZ	Zanzibar			East Africa Zanzibar
HC	Ecuador	1962
ENG*	Anglia			Part of the United Kingdom
ER	Eritreea	Format:ItalyAOI 1890 - 1936, Regatul Unit 1936 - 1964 Etiopia 1964–1993 Eritreea 1993–Present	Format:ItalyItalian, Regatul Unit British Etiopia Ethiopian Eritreea Eritrean	Africa Orientale Italiana (Italian), Ethiopia, United kingdom, Eritrea
ES	El Salvador	1978
EST	Estonia	1993	EW 1919–1940 & 1991–1993; SU 1940–1991	Eesti Vabariik (Estonian); Formerly part of the Soviet Union
ET	Egipt	1927
ETH	Etiopia	Format:Italy1936-1941 Regatul Unit1941-1964, Etiopia 1964–Present	Africa Orientale Italiana (Italian), Ethiopia	Africa Orientale Italiana (Italian)
F	Franța	1910
FIN	Finlanda	1993	SF	Suomi Finland (Finnish/Swedish)
FJI	Fiji	1971
FL	Liechtenstein	1923		Fürstentum Liechtenstein (German)
FO	Insulele Feroe	1996		Sometimes FØ or Fø
FRL*	Friesland			unofficial; usually with the Frisian flag printed in the oval shape, behind the letters
FSM*	Statele Federate ale Microneziei
G	Gabon	1974	ALEF − 1960	Afrique Équatoriale Française
GB	Regatul Unit (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)	1910		Before 1922 it was used for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
GBA	Alderney	1924		Great Britain – Alderney
GBG	Guernsey	1924		Great Britain – Guernsey
GBJ	Insula Jersey	1924		Great Britain – Jersey
GBM	Insula Man	1932		Great Britain – Isle of Man
GBZ	Gibraltar	1924		Great Britain – Gibraltar [Z was assigned because G was already used for Guernsey]
GCA	Guatemala	1956		Guatemala, Central America
GE	Georgia	1992	SU	Formerly part of the Soviet Union
GH	Ghana	1959	WAC − 1957	West Africa Gold Coast − 1957
GQ*	Guineea Ecuatorială		E	Formerly a territory of Spain – Spanish Guinea − 1968
GR	Grecia	1913
GUY	Guyana	1972	BRG	Formerly British Guiana − 1966
GW*, RGB*	Guineea-Bissau	1974	P	Portuguese Guinea – 1974. República da Guiné-Bissau
H	Ungaria	1910
HK*	Hong Kong	1932
HKJ	Iordania		JOR	Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
HN*	Honduras
HR	Croația	1992	SHS 1919–29, Y 1929–53, YU 1953–92	Hrvatska (Croatian). Formerly part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Kraljevina Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca – Croatian), then part of Yugoslavia. In the period immediately following Croatia's declaration of independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, it was common to see unofficial oval stickers with the letters "CRO" sold across Croatia. Despite the initial anticipation that Croatia's international vehicle registration code would be "CRO", Croatia officially opted for the 2-letter "HR" (Hrvatska) code instead.
I	Italia	1919
IL	Israel	1952
IND	India	1947
IR	Iran	1936
IRL	Irlanda	1962	GB − 1910, SE − 1924, EIR − 1938	Formerly Great Britain, Saorstát Éireann, Éire. Currently there is a campaign underway by Irish Language activists to have the name of the country in the native language represented by changing the code back to EIR or ÉIR. This is unnecessary, as Statutory Instrument No. 269 of 1961 provides: " ... the letters EIR are used to indicate the name of the State but the letters IRL may be substituted therefor."
IRQ	Irak	1930
IS	Islanda	1936		Ísland (Icelandic)
J	Japonia	1964
JA	Jamaica	1932
K	Cambodgia	1956	F − 1949	Known as Kampuchea 1976–89. Formerly a territory of France.
KAN*	Sfântul Kitts și Nevis
KIR*	Kiribati
KN*	Groenlanda		GRO	Kalaallit Nunaat
KP*	Format:DPRK
KS	Kârgâzstan	1992	SU − 1991	Formerly part of the Soviet Union
KSA	Arabia Saudită	1973	SA
KWT	Kuwait	1954
KZ	Kazahstan	1992	SU − 1991	Formerly part of the Soviet Union
L	Luxemburg	1911
LAO	Laos	1959	F – 1949	Formerly a territory of France (French Indochina)
LAR	Libia	1972	I − 1949, LT	Libyan Arab Republic; Formerly a territory of Italy
LB	Liberia	1967
LS	Lesotho	1967	BL	Basutoland − 1966
LT	Lituania	1992	SU 1940–1991	Formerly part of the Soviet Union
LV	Letonia	1992	LR 1927–1940, SU 1940–1991	Latvijas Republika (Latvian); Formerly part of the Soviet Union
M	Malta	1966	GBY 1924–66
MA	Maroc	1924		Maroc (French)
MAL	Malaysia	1967	PRK – 1957, FM 1954-7, PTM 1957–67	formerly Perak, then Federated Malay States, then Persekutuan Tanah Melayu (Malay)
MC	Monaco	1910
MD	Republica Moldova	1992	SU − 1991	Formerly part of the Soviet Union
MEX	Mexic	1952
MGL	Format:MNG
MH*	Insulele Marshall
MK	Republica Macedonia	1992	YU − 1992	Formerly part of Yugoslavia
MNE	Muntenegru	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*	Macao	1930s?		former Portuguese overseas province
MOC	Mozambic	1975	MOC: 1932–56, P: 1957–75	Formerly part of Portugal. Moçambique (Portuguese)
MS	Mauritius	1938
MV*	Maldive
MW	Malawi	1965	EA 1932–38, NP – 1938–70, RNY option 1960–65	Formerly the Nyasaland Protectorate
N	Norvegia	1922
NA	Antilele Olandeze	1957
NAM	Namibia	1990	SWA	Formerly South West Africa
NAU	Nauru	1968
NC*	Noua Caledonie
NEP	Nepal	1970
NI*	Northern Ireland			Part of the United Kingdom
NIC	Nicaragua	1952
NL	Olanda	1910
NZ	Noua Zeelandă	1958
OM*	Oman
P	Portugalia	1910
PA	Panama	1952
PAL*	Palau
PE	Peru	1937
PK	Pakistan	1947?
PL	Polonia	1921
PMR*	Transnistria	1990	SU − 1991, MD 1991	Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic – officially part of Republica Moldova. Formerly part of the Soviet Union.
PNG	Papua Noua Guinee	1978
PR*	Puerto Rico
PS*	Format:PSE
PY	Paraguay	1952
Q	Qatar	1972
RA	Argentina	1927		República Argentina (Spanish)
RB	Botswana	1966	BP	Republic of Botswana. Unofficially uses BW. Formerly Bechuanaland Protectorate
RC	Republica Chineză	1932
RCA	Republica Centrafricană	1962		République Centrafricaine (French)
RCB	Republica Congo	1962		République du Congo Brazzaville (French)
RCH	Chile	1930		República de Chile (Spanish)
RG	Guineea	1972		République de Guinée (French)
RH	Haiti	1952		République d'Haïti (French)
RI	Indonezia	1955		Republik Indonesia (Indonesian)
RIM	Mauritania	1964		République islamique de Mauritanie (French)
RKS*	Kosovo	2010	SRB; KS 1999–2010; RKS 2010	Serbia claims Kosovo as part of its territory.
RL	Liban	1952		République Libanaise (French)
RM	Madagascar	1962		République de Madagascar (French)
RMM	Mali	1962	AOF − 1960	République du Mali (French). Formerly part of French West Africa (Afrique Occidentale Française)
RN	Niger	1977	AOF − 1960	République du Niger (French). Formerly part of French West Africa (Afrique Occidentale Française)
RO	România	1981	R
ROK	Format:ROK	1971
RP	Filipine	1975		Republic of the Philippines
RSM	San Marino	1932		Repubblica di San Marino (Italian)
RU	Burundi	1962?		Belgian territory of Ruanda-Urundi
RUS	Rusia	1992	SU	Formerly part of the Soviet Union
RWA	Rwanda	1964	RU − 1962	Formerly part of Ruanda-Urundi − 1962
S	Suedia	1911
SCO*	Scoția			Part of the United Kingdom
SD	Swaziland	1935
SGP	Singapore	1952
SK	Slovacia	1993	CS 1919–39,1945–92, SQ 1939–45	Formerly Československo (Czechoslovakia)
SLE*	Sierra Leone	2002		officially WAL; SLE is only used on local licence plates, written below the national flag
SLO	Slovenia	1992	SHS 1919–29, Y 1929–53, YU 1953–92	Formerly part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, then part of Yugoslavia
SME	Surinam	1936
SMOM*	Ordinul Suveran al Cavalerilor de Malta
SN	Senegal	1962
SO	Somalia	1974
SOL*	Insulele Solomon
SRB	Serbia	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*	São Tomé și Príncipe	1975	P	Formerly a territory of Portugal
SUD	Sudan	1963
SY	Seychelles	1938
SYR	Siria	1952
T	Thailanda	1955
TCH, TD	Ciad	1973		Tchad (French)
TG	Togo	1973
TJ	Tadjikistan	1992	SU − 1991	Formerly part of the Soviet Union
TL*	Timorul de Est		P, RI	Formerly a territory of Portugal, then part of Indonesia
TM	Turkmenistan	1992	SU − 1991	Formerly part of the Soviet Union
TN	Tunisia	1957	F − 1956	Formerly a territory of France
TO*	Tonga
TR	Turcia	1935
TT	Trinidad-Tobago	1964
TUV*	Tuvalu
UA	Ucraina	1992	SU	Formerly part of the Soviet Union
UAE	Emiratele Arabe Unite
USA	Statele Unite	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.
UY	Uruguay	2012	ROU
UZ	Uzbekistan	1992	SU	Formerly part of the Soviet Union
V	Vatican	1931
VN	Vietnam	1953
VU*	Vanuatu
WAG	Gambia	1932		West Africa Gambia
WAL	Sierra Leone	1937		West Africa Sierra Leone; on local licence plates SLE is used
WAN	Nigeria	1937		West Africa Nigeria
WD	Dominica	1954		Windward Islands Dominica
WG	Grenada	1932		Windward Islands Grenada
WL	Sfânta Lucia	1932		Windward Islands Saint Lucia
WS	Samoa	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	Sfântul Vincențiu și Grenadinele	1932		Windward Islands Saint Vincent
YAR	Yemen			North Yemen formerly known as the Yemen Arab Republic
YV	Venezuela			the same code is used for aircraft
Z	Zambia	1964	NR	formerly Northern Rhodesia
ZA	Africa de Sud	1936		Zuid-Afrika (from Dutch; in Afrikaans it is Suid-Afrika)
ZRE	Republica Democrată Congo	1971?	CB, RCL, CGO, ZR	Congo Belge (French), République de Congo Léopoldville (French), Congo (Kinshasa), Zaïre
ZW	Zimbabwe	1980	SR, RSR	formerly Southern Rhodesia until 1965, Rhodesia unrecognised until 1980

Codes no longer in use

Code	Country	Until	After	Notes
ADN	Aden	1980	Y	From 1938. a.k.a. South Yemen, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1967)
BA	Myanmar	1956	BUR	From 1937.
BP	Bechuanaland Protectorate	1966		Now Botswana
CS	Czechoslovakia	1992	CZ / SK
DA	Free City of Danzig (Gdańsk)	1939	D (1939–1945) PL (since 1945)	Danzig (German for Gdańsk)
DDR	German Democratic Republic	1990	D	Deutsche Demokratische Republik
EW	Estonia	1993	EST	Eesti Vabariik (Estonian)
FR	Faroe Islands	1996	FO	Føroyar (Faroese)
GRO	Greenland		KN
HV	Haute Volta, now Burkina Faso	1984	BF	Upper Volta
LR	Latvia	1927–1940	SU, LV	Latvijas Republika (Latvian)
R	Romania	1981	RO
RNY	Rhodesia-Nyasaland Fed.	1953–1963	NP, NR, SR	Now Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe
ROU	Uruguay	1979–2012	UY	República Oriental del Uruguay (Spanish)
RSR	Southern Rhodesia	1965–1979	SR	Now Zimbabwe
RT	Togo	1973	TG	République togolaise (French). Formerly French Togoland − 1960
SA	Saarland	1956	D	also D between 1935 and 1945; SA is now Saudi Arabia
SB	Serbia	1919	SHS	Serbia became part of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
SCG	Serbia and Montenegro	2006	MNE, SRB	From Serbian name "Srbija i Crna Gora". Now Montenegro, Serbia
SF	Finland	1993	FIN	SF from "Suomi – Finland" (the names of the country in 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		now Namibia
TS	Free Territory of Trieste	1947–1954	I, YU, SLO
Y	Yugoslavia	1953	YU	Yemen started using Y afterwards
YU	Yugoslavia	2003	BIH, HR, KS, MK, MNE, SRB, SLO	Now Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia

Note1

There are 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 licence plates indicate from which part of the country they originate. See http://www.kingkong.demon.co.uk/where/where.htm for these origins.

See also

• Aircraft registration
• ISO 3166
• International Driving Permit

External links

• UN Economic Commission for Europe, Working Party on Road Transport (WP.11)
• Miscellaneous Proposals of Amendments to the Model Regulations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods: Identification of Approval Country in Marking, UN/SCETDG/33/INF.5 (table compares ISO 3166 and DSIT codes)
• Association Francoplaque: Collectionneurs de Plaques d'Immatriculation (data mostly from RPW, below)
• European Registration Plate Association: Registration Plates of the World Online (registration required; data mostly from RPW, below)
• "RPW": Neil Parker and John Weeks, Registration Plates of the World, Europlate; 3rd edition (May 1994)