Hungary car number index

Car numbers in Hungary are printed in black letters on a white background. This is usually a combination of three letters and three numbers. License plates issued in Hungary before Hungary entered the European Union, in May 2004, were also marked with the image of the Hungarian flag over the letter H indicating the country of registration (Hungary - Hungary).

Since Hungary joined the European Union, a vertical blue strip, with 12 yellow stars, and the letter “H” have been struck on the left of the number plate. However, these new license plates are on cars purchased and registered after May 1, 2004, and the old license plate form is still valid.

The series began in 1990 with a combination of AAA-001. By 2005, successive combinations of the characters produced reached the letter 'K' (first letter).

From 2008, license plates were issued that began with the letter 'L'. On the license plates of motorcycles, the first letter 'U', on trucks 'F', on trailers before the first letter was also 'F' now it is the letter 'X'.

Diplomatic license plates have a white inscription on a blue background and the letters 'DT' and followed by a combination of four numbers (for example, DT 12-34).

Cars assigned to the police have the inscription 'RB' - instead of the first two letters, followed by four numbers (for example, RB 12-34).

There are also special license plates produced for certain organizations, for example, for the Hungarian television agency Magyar Televízió, the combination 'MTV' is used instead of the first three letters on the license plate of the car. Since 2006, national ambulance services have been allowed to use their old MA format 12-34, but in a new design (indicating car registration within the European Union).

Budapest Transport Limited (BKV Rt.) Uses license plates that start with BPO-123, or BPI-123, and this transport company identifies buses belonging to it with combinations 01-23 and 11-23, respectively. This system is used only for Ikarus buses (because the used number plate system when the number consisted of two letters and four digits changed from BP 0123 format to BPO-123 format), while Volvo hangs on yellow buses license plate with the letter 'F'. A brief summary of some special types of license plates, with an indication of the formats: passengers. Usually there is a limit of up to 5. All issues related to car license plates are regulated by order number 35/2000 of the Ministry of the Interior)

ABC-123 license plate series: standard license plates, ABCD-12 and ABCDE-1 personal license plates 340 EUR and 1320 EUR).

EXX-123 *, **: Taxi registration number plates. The most common EAA-001 to EDZ-999.

FXX-123 *, **: License plates of a vehicle registered as a truck.

MTV-123: License Plate Hungarian Television.

XXX-123: License plates for trailers, they used to start with the letter 'F'. 'X' License plates that are available now are white and begin with the letter "X"

UXX-123: License plates for motorcycles. The current series has exceeded the UXA-123 combination, so a new numbering system may soon appear.

YXX-123: Automobile signs for "slow cars". These license plates are red, on a white background, and are subject only to special laws.

CK 12-34: Consular license plates. They can only be on the machine of the consular staff, but not diplomatic workers.

DT 12-34: Diplomatic license plates. Used by the diplomatic corps. The license plate is white on a blue background for those cars that received license plates after joining the EU (the previous version of the mark was on the background of a light blue color).

HA 12-34: License plates of the Hungarian Army (Order 35/2000, for army vehicles, it starts with the letter 'H')

MA 12-34: License plates of the national ambulance service

OT 12-34: Old license plate format. For vintage cars that are over 30 years old. (There is only a version without EU indexing, that is, without a blue stripe labeled H)

RB 12-34: License Plates of the Hungarian Police. (Order 35/2000) RR 12-34: License plates of the Hungarian Customs and Penitentiary Services are also placed on vehicles intended for the transport of prisoners. M12 3456: Agricultural vehicles used as transport. CX 1234: Vehicles that are owned by non-citizens of Hungary. XA 1234, XB 1234 and XC 1234: License plates for rental cars have not been used since 2004.05.01.

E-12345: Vehicle, previous license plate was lost (“Elveszett”). P-12345: Experimental or experienced car (“Próba”). V-12345: Uncleared Car

Notice:

1. 'EXX' and 'FXX' license plates are “commercial license plates” and are yellow in color.
2. Series from 'EEA' to 'EZZ' and from 'FAA' to 'FHZ' are available as standard.

In Hungary, there is no valid license plate numbering system for vehicles, which reports the exact date and place of issue of license plates in license plates. This is usually included in the registration documentation for this car, but there is no simple way, such as in the UK, that could report on the age of the car, or as simple as in Germany (as well as in most countries of Central and Eastern Europe), to tell us about where the car came from.