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Passenger series
Taxi series
Historical series
Temporary tourist series
Trailer series
Motorcycle series
Diplomatic series
Provisional series
Trade series
Used vehicle dealer series
Official series
Special series
Tractor and construction series
Moped series
Other series
Pictures of the entire code list

Passenger series

Current passenger series since 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of four numerals followed by three letters. A, E, I, O, Q, U are not used.
Left of the registration is a blue euroband with the twelve golden European stars above the E oval in white.

Current passenger series since 2000 two-line plate in black on white.
The registration consists of four numerals above three letters. A, E, I, O, Q, U are not used.
Top left of the registration is a blue euroband with the twelve golden European stars above the E oval in white.

Current passenger series since 2000 in black on white, smaller size plate.
The registration consists of four numerals followed by three letters. A, E, I, O, Q, U are not used.
Left of the registration is a blue euroband with the twelve golden European stars above the E oval in white.

Former passenger series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of one letter, followed by a period, four numerals, a period and one letter.
To the left of the plate is a blue euroband with the twelve golden European stars above the E oval in white.
The first letter indicates the province where J stands for Jaen.

Former passenger series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of one letter, followed by four numerals and one letter, no hyphens used.
Left of the registration is a blue euroband with the twelve golden European stars above the E oval in white.
The first letter denotes the province where L stands for Lerida.

Former passenger series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of one letter, followed by four numerals and two letters, no hyphens used.
Left of the registration is a blue euroband with the twelve golden European stars above the E oval in white.
The first letter denotes the province where V stands for Valencia.

Former passenger series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of two letters, followed by four numerals and one letter, no hyphens used.
Left of the registration is a blue euroband with the twelve golden European stars above the E oval.
The first two letters denote the province where CE stands for Ceuta in Northern Africa.

Former passenger series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of one letter, followed by one letter, above four numerals.
Top left of the plate is a blue euroband with the twelve golden European stars above the E oval in white.
The first letter indicates the province where H stands for Huelva.

Former passenger series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of one letter, followed by two letters, above four numerals.
Top left of the plate is a blue euroband with the twelve golden European stars above the E oval in white.
The first letter indicates the province where B stands for Barcelona.

Former passenger series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of two letters, followed by two letters, above four numerals.
The first two letters denote the province where TF stands for Tenerife.
Top left of the registration is a blue euroband with the twelve golden European stars above the E oval in white.

Former passenger series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of one letter, followed by a period, four numerals, a period and one letter.
The first letter denotes the province where L stands for Lerida.

Former passenger series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of one letter, followed by four numerals and one letter.
The first letter denotes the province where L stands for Lerida.

Former passenger series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of one letter, followed by a period, four numerals, a period and two letters.
The first letter denotes the province where O stands for Oviedo.

Former passenger series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of two letters, followed by a hyphen, four numerals, a hyphen and one letter.
The first two letters denote the province where LO stands for Logroño & La Rioja.

Former passenger series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of two letters, followed by a hyphen, four numerals, a hyphen and two letters.
The first two letters denote the province where AL stands for Almeria.

Former passenger series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of two letters, followed by four numerals and two letters, no hyphens used.
The first two letters denote the province where MU stands for Murcia.

Former passenger series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of one letter, followed by a hyphen, two letters, above four numerals.
The first letter denotes the province where A stands for Alicante.

Former passenger series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of two letters, followed by a hyphen and two letters, above four numerals.
The first two letters denote the province where TF stands for Tenerife.

Former passenger series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of two letters, followed by a hyphen, one letter above four numerals.
The first two letters denote the province where TF stands for Tenerife.
The smaller lettering style was issued between 1972 and 1987.

Former passenger series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of one letter, followed by a hyphen, one letter above four numerals.
The first letter denotes the province where B stands for Barcelona.
The smaller lettering style was issued between 1972 and 1987.

Former passenger series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of one letter, followed by a hyphen, one letter above four numerals.
The first letter denotes the province where L stands for Lerida.
The smaller lettering style was issued between 1972 and 1987.

Former passenger series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of one letter, followed by a hyphen, four numerals and two letters.
The first letter denotes the province where B stands for Barcelona.
The smaller lettering style was issued between 1972 and 1987.

Former passenger series issued between 1972 and 2000, smaller size plate in black on white.
The registration consists of one letter, followed by a hyphen, two letters, above four numerals.
The first letter denotes the province where B stands for Barcelona.
The smaller lettering style was issued between 1972 and 1987.

Former passenger series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of one letter, followed by a hyphen, four numerals, a hyphen and two letters.
The first letter denotes the province where B stands for Barcelona.
Left of the plate is an unofficial euroband sticker with the letters CAT (Catalunia) below the twelve golden European stars.

Former passenger series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of one letter, followed by a hyphen, four numerals, a hyphen and two letters.
The first letter denotes the province where B stands for Barcelona.
After the first letter is an unofficial euroband sticker with the letters CAT (Catalunia) below the twelve golden European stars.

Former passenger series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of one letter, followed by a hyphen, four numerals, a hyphen and two letters.
The first letter denotes the province where M stands for Madrid.
After the first letter is an unofficial euroband sticker with the letters E below the twelve golden European stars.

Former passenger series issued between 1900 and 1971 in black on white.
The registration consists of one letter, followed by a hyphen and six numerals.
The first letter denotes the province where M stands for Madrid.

Former passenger series issued between 1900 and 1971 two-line plate in black on white.
The registration consists of one letter, followed by a hyphen and three numerals, above three numerals.
The first letter denotes the province where M stands for Madrid.

Former passenger series issued between 1900 and 1971 in black on white.
The registration consists of one letter, followed by a hyphen and five numerals.
The first letter denotes the province where C stands for Corunna.

Former passenger series issued between 1900 and 1971 in black on white.
The registration consists of two letters, followed by a hyphen and five numerals.
The first two letters denote the province where TF stands for Tenerife.

Former passenger series issued between 1900 and 1971 in black on white.
The registration consists of two letters, followed by a hyphen and two numerals above three numerals.
The first two letters denote the province where TF stands for Tenerife.

Current passenger series since 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of four numerals, followed by three letters. A, E, I, O, Q, U are not used.
Special about this is that there is no mandatory euroband on this plate.
Also the style of letters is not normal.

Former passenger series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of four numerals above two letters and two letters.
Top left of the plate is a blue euroband with the twelve golden European stars above the E oval in white.
The first two letters indicate the province where GR stands for Granada.
Note that the numerals are at the top of the plate, which is very unusual (unofficial ?).

Former passenger series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of two letters, followed by four numerals and two letters, no hyphens used.
Left of the plate is a blue euroband with the twelve golden European stars above the BG oval in white.
The first two letters indicate the province where CO stands for Cordoba.
Even though the oval would suggest Bulgaria (could be then from Sofiya - region), I believe this is a Spanish plate for the following reasons.
1) The truck was Spanish and the trailer also had a Spanish trailer plate
2) The lettering style is completely Spnish
3) Trailer plates from Bulgaria have the letter E included

Taxi series

Current taxi series (officially licensed taxis) since August 2018 in white on blue.
The registration consists of four numerals followed by three letters. A, E, I, O, Q, U are not used.
Left of the registration is a blue euroband with the twelve golden European stars above the E oval in white.

Historical series

Current historical series since July 1999 in black on white.
The registration consists the prefix letter H, four numerals and three letters, starting from BBB.

Temporary tourist series

Current temporary tourist series since July 1999 in black on white.
The registration consists of the prefix letter T, four numerals and three letters, starting from BBB.
At the right is a red band with the month indicated in Roman numerals above the last two digits of the year.
In this case June 2003.

Current temporary tourist series since July 1999 in black on white.
The registration consists of the prefix letter T, four numerals and three letters, starting from BBB.
At the right is a red band with the month indicated in Roman numerals below the last two digits of the year.
In this case September 2010.
Note that officially the month should be above the year unlike this one.

Former temporary tourist series issued between July 1963 and July 1999 in black on white.
The registration consists of one numeral, followed by a hyphen, two letters, a hyphen and four numerals.
The two letters denote the province where PM stands for Palma de Mallorca and the Balearic Islands.
Right of the plate is an unofficial blue sticker with the twelve golden European stars.

Trailer series

Current trailer series issued since September 2000 in black on red.
The registration consists of the letter R (remolque), followed by four numerals and three letters. A, E, I, O, Q, U are not used.

Former trailer series issued between 1972 and September 2000 in black on red.
The registration consists of one letter, followed by a hyphen, five numerals, a hyphen and the letter R (remolque).
The first two letters denote the province where A stands for Alicante.

Former trailer series issued between 1972 and September 2000 in black on red.
The registration consists of one letter, followed by five numerals and the letter R (remolque).
The first two letters denote the province where T stands for Tarragona.

Former trailer series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on red.
The registration consists of two letters, followed by five numerals and the letter R (remolque).
The first two letters denote the province where NA stands for Navarra.

Former trailer series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on red.
The registration consists of two letters, followed by a hyphen, five numerals, a hyphen and the letter R (remolque).
The first two letters denote the province where AB stands for Albacete.

Motorcycle series

Current motorcycle series issued between 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of four numerals above three letters. A, E, I, O, Q, U are not used.
Top left of the registration is a blue euroband with the twelve golden European stars above the E oval in white.

Former motorcycle series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of one letters, followed by two letters, above four numerals.
The first letter denotes the province where T stands for Tarragona.
Top left of the plate is a blue euroband with the twelve golden European stars above the E oval in white.

Former motorcycle series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of two letters, followed by two letters, above four numerals.
The first two letters denote the province where TF stands for Tenerife.
Top left of the plate is a blue euroband with the twelve golden European stars above the E oval in white.

Former motorcycle series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of two letters, followed by a period and two letters, above four numerals.
The first two letters denote the province where GI stands for Gerona since 1991.

Former motorcycle series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of two letters, followed by a hyphen and two letters, above four numerals.
The first two letters denote the province where GE stands for Gerona before 1991.

Former motorcycle series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of one letter, followed by a period and two letters, above four numerals.
The first letter denotes the province where B stands for Barcelona.

Former motorcycle series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of one letter, followed by a hyphen and two letters, above four numerals.
The first letter denotes the province where B stands for Barcelona.

Former motorcycle series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of two letters, followed by a hyphen and one letter, above four numerals.
The first two letters denote the province where LU stands for Lugo.

Former motorcycle series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of one letter, followed by a period, one letter, above four numerals.
The first letter denotes the province where S stands for Sevilla.

Former motorcycle series issued between 1972 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of one letter, followed by a hyphen, one letter, above four numerals.
The first letter denotes the province where T stands for Tarragona.

Former motorcycle series issued between 1900 and 1971 in black on white.
The registration consists of two letters, followed by a hyphen, two numerals, above three numerals.
The first two letters denote the province where VA stands for Valladolid.

Former motorcycle series issued between 1900 and 1971 in black on white.
The registration consists of one letter, followed by a hyphen, three numerals, above three numerals.
The first two letters denote the province where V stands for Valencia.

Former motorcycle front plate issued between 1971 and 2000 in black on white.
The registration consists of one letter, followed by a period, four numerals, a period one two letters.
The first letter denotes the province where B stands for Barcelona.

Diplomatic series

Current diplomatic series issued since 1999 in white on red.
The registration consists of the letters CD, followed by two numerals and three numerals.
The first two numerals indicate the embassy where 86 stands for Luxemburg.

Former diplomatic series issue between 1977 and 1999 in white on red.
The registration consists of the letters CD, followed by a hyphen, two numerals, a hyphen and two numerals.
The first two numerals indicate the embassy where 27 stands for USA.

Current consular corps series since 1999 in white on green.
The registration consists of the letters CC, followed by two numerals and three numerals.
The first two numerals indicate the embassy where 10 stands for Brazil.

Current consular corps series since 1999 in white on green.
The registration consists of the letters CC, followed by two numerals and two numerals.
The first two numerals indicate the embassy where 80 stands for Slovakia.

Current consular corps series since 1999 in white on green.
The registration consists of the letters CC, followed by one numeral and three numerals.
The first two numerals indicate the embassy where 8 stands for Belgium.

Current consular corps series since 1999 in white on green.
The registration consists of the letters CC, followed by one numeral and three numerals.
To the left is a blue euroband with the oval E, in white, below the twelve golden European stars.
The first numeral indicates the embassy where 2 stands for Germany.

Current International Organizations series issued since 1999 in white on blue.
The registration consists of the letters OI, followed by three numerals and three numerals.
The first three numerals indicate the embassy where 300 is an unknown code.

Current International Organizations series issued since 1999 in white on blue, smaller size front plate.
The registration consists of the letters OI, followed by three numerals and three numerals.
The first three numerals indicate the embassy where 310 stands for Fusion for Energy.

Current diplomatic series since 1999 in black on yellow.
The registration consists of the letters TA, followed by two numerals and three numerals.
The letters TA stands for Technical and Administrative staff.
The first two numerals indicate the embassy where 57 stands for the Netherlands.

Provisional series

Current provisional series since 1999 in white on green.
The registration consists of the prefix letter P, four numerals and three letters, starting from BBB.

Trade series

Current trade plate series for new vehicle dealers since 1999 in white on red.
The registration consists of the letter S, followed by four numerals and three letters (BBB to ZZZ).
There is a white date band at the right hand side showing the month in Roman above the year (VI June, 2015).
Note that this front plate has a different expiry date than the following rear plate.

Current trade plate series for new vehicle dealers since 1999 in white on red.
The registration consists of the letter S, followed by four numerals and three letters (BBB to ZZZ).
There is a white date band at the right hand side showing the month in Roman above the year (X October, 2005).
Note that this rear plate has a different expiry date than the previous front plate.

Current trade plate series for new vehicle dealers since 1999 in white on red.
The registration consists of the letter S, followed by four numerals and three letters (BBB to ZZZ).
There is a white date band at the right hand side showing the day and month in Roman above the year (01 February 2004).

Used vehicle dealer series

Current used vehicle dealer series since 1999 in white on red.
The registration consists of the letter V, followed by four numerals and three letters, starting from BBB.
There is a white date band at the right hand side showing the month in Roman above the year (XI November, 2007).

Official series

Current official series since 2008 in black on white.
The registration consists of the letters CNP, followed by four numerals and two letters.
The letters CNP stand for National Police (Cuerpo Nacional de Policia).
The letter A denotes a purchased vehicle while the letter F denotes 2003.
The first numeral 3 denotes minibuses or patrol vans.
Left of the registration is a blue euroband with the twelve golden European stars above the E oval in white.

Current official series in black on white, DGP since 1986.
The registration consists of three letters, followed by four numerals and two letters.
The first three letters denote the official body where DGP stands for Direccion-General de Policia.
Left of the plate is a blue euroband with the twelve golden European stars above the E oval in white.

Current official series in black on white, DGP since 1986.
The registration consists of three letters, followed by a hyphen, four numerals, a hyphen and one letter.
The first three letters denote the official body where DGP stands for Direccion-General de Policia.

Current official series in black on white, MMA since 2000.
The registration consists of three letters, followed by five numerals.
The first three letters denote the official body where MMA stands for Ministry of the environment (Ministerio de Medio Amiente).
Left of the plate is a blue euroband with the twelve golden European stars above the E oval in white.

Current official series in black on white.
The registration consists of three letters, followed by a hyphen, four numerals, a hyphen and one letter.
The first three letters denote the official body where PGC stands for Guardia Civil.

Current official (Cataluña only) series in black on white.
The registration consists of the letters CME followed by four numerals.
The three letters CME stand for Cataluña Police (Cos de Mossos d'Esquadra).

Current official (Cataluña only) series in black on white.
The registration consists of the letters CME, followed by a period and four numerals.
The three letters CME stand for Cataluña Police (Cos de Mossos d'Esquadra).

Current official (Cataluña only) series in black on white.
The registration consists of the letters CME above four numerals.
The three letters CME stand for Cataluña Police (Cos de Mossos d’Esquadra).

Current official series in black on white, PME since 1999.
The registration consists of three letters, followed by a hyphen, four numerals, a hyphen and one letter.
The first three letters denote the official body where PME stands for Parque móvil del Estado (Government Ministries).
The bad quality of this picture is due to the fact that I took this picture through my binoculars.

Former official series in black on white, issued before 2000.
The registration consists of three letters, followed by a hyphen and five numerals.
The first three letters denote the official body where MOP stands for Ministry of the Public works.

Special series

Current special vehicle series since 1999 in red on white.
The registration consists of the letter E followed by four numerals above three letters.

Tractor and construction series

Former tractor and construction series issued before 1999 in red on white.
The registration consists of one letter, followed by a hyphen and two letters, above five numerals.
The first letter indicates the province where B stands for Barcelona.
The letters VE stand for vehiculo excepcional.

Former tractor and construction series issued before 1999 in red on white.
The registration consists of one letter, followed by a hyphen and two letters, above five numerals.
The first letter indicates the province where L stands for Lerida.
The letters VE stand for vehiculo excepcional.

Former tractor and construction series issued before 1999 in red on white.
The registration consists of two letters, followed by a hyphen and two letters, above five numerals.
The first two letters indicate the province where GR stands for Granada.
The letters VE stand for vehiculo excepcional.

Moped series

Current moped series since 1999 in black on yellow.
The registration consists of one letter and one numeral, above three numerals, above three letters.
The first letter indicates the category where C stands for normal series.

Current moped series since 1999 in black on yellow.
The registration consists of one letter followed by one numeral, three numerals and three letters.
The first letter indicates the category where C stands for normal series.
This plate was seen on a small car and uses a bigger lettering style than the moped series. Many like this were seen.

Former moped series issued before 1999 in black on white.
No real standard and many series present, issued per municipality, in this case Almunecar.

Other series

Airport series in black on white.
The registration consists of the letters IB (Iberia) followed by a hyphen and five numerals.

Spanish vehicle registration plates start with a group of one or two letters, indicating the district of registration:
Pictures of the entire code list

A	Alicante
AB	Albacete
AL	Almeria
AV	Avila
B	Barcelona
BA	Badajoz
BI	Bilbao & Vizcaya
BU	Burgos
C	Corunna (La Coruña)
CA	Cádiz
CC	Cáceres
CE	Ceuta (North African enclave)
CO	Córdoba
CR	Ciudad Real
CS	Castellón
CU	Cuenca
DGP	Police
GC	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
GE	Gerona
GI	Girona / Gerona
GR	Granada
GU	Guadalajara
H	Huelva
HU	Huesca
J	Jaén
L	Lérida
LE	Léon
LO	Logroño & La Rioja
LU	Lugo
LM	?
M	Madrid
MA	Málaga
ML	Melilla (North African enclave)
MU	Murcia
NA	Navarre (Navarra)
O	Oviedo
OR	Orense
P	Palencia
PM	Palma de Mallorca & the Balearic Islands (Islas Baleares)
PMM	Government vehicle (Parque Movil de Ministerios
PO	Pontevedra
S	Santander
SA	Salamanca
SE	Seville (Sevilla)
SG	Segovia
SH	Western Sahara
SO	Soria
SS	San Sebastián / Guipázcoa
T	Tarragona
TE	Teruel
TF	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
TO	Toledo
V	Valencia
VA	Valladolid
VI	Vitoria & álava
Z	Saragossa (Zaragoza)
ZA	Zamora

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