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Licence plates in Romania

County code, numbers, letters

A white plate with an RO band in the format B 123 ABC is Romanian.

  1. Format B 123 ABC: county code, two or three numbers, three letters.
  2. Blue EU band with RO.
  3. Black letters on plain white.
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Key clue County-number-letters 13

Romania: what its plates look like

Romanian plates are white with the format B 123 ABC: a county code, two or three numbers and three letters.

On the left is the EU band with RO.

The county code shows where the car is registered, like B for Bucharest or CJ for Cluj.

Look-alikes: how to tell them apart

Romania vs Hungary Poland

Hungarian plates have a dash and no county code. Polish plates start with region letters but have a PL band.

Questions about plates in Romania

What does the first part of a Romanian plate mean?

It is the county code, such as B for Bucharest, IS for Iași or TM for Timiș.

What do Romanian plates look like?

White with black characters, a county code first and a blue EU band with RO.

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