In the Netherlands you canot see, where the car is coming from, but if you know the combination, you know the age of the registration.

In Switzerland the first letters show the country ("Kanton"), where the car is coming from. Or better the owner. There you have personalized plates, which belongs to the driver, not to the car.

In Italy and Spain they've changed the system. In the past you could see, where the car was coming from. These regulation was cancelled.

Denmark has a real detailed system. It's not easy to understand. There you can see the county, the way of using, the weight, the tax-class and so on.

In Sweden since 1972 you cannot see any more the are, where the car is registrated. If you can translate the code, you see the year, when the car was registrated. And imported used cars have different combinations.

In Poland and Austria it's similar to other countries, the letters are showing the place of registration. But nowadays in these two countries, also in Sweden, Britain and Latuvia you can have own personalized plates, which have no relation to the regular system.


In France the last to ciphers are showing the part of the country, where the car is coming from.