This is a list of country codes on UK-issued diplomatic vehicle registration plates, i.e. the first group of three numbers.
Scheme design
Since 1979, motor vehicles operated by foreign embassies, high commissions, consulates and international organisations have been issued unique vehicle registration marks with a distinguishing format of three numbers, space, letter D or X, space and three numbers. The letter D is used for diplomats and X for non-diplomatic accredited personnel.
The first group of three numbers identifies the country or international organisation. The second group of three numbers is a serial number sequence starting at 101 for diplomats, 400 for non-diplomatic staff of international organisations, and 700 upwards for consular or other non-diplomatic staff. A special typeface was used for the numbers from 1990 until 2001, when the Mandatory typeface was introduced.
Eligible officials are required to be accredited by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) who liaise with Specialist Registrations at the Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) for issuance. Guidance document INF267 (4/18) has been produced by the DVLA for accredited officials.
Honorary consuls are not entitled under UK law to diplomatic vehicle registrations and/or driving permits.
Many foreign embassies and high commissions have acquired 'flag' plates from the historic British car numbering systems, for example, (Canada), (Australia), (Belize), and (Burkina Faso), (China), (Fiji), (France), (General-Director of Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office), (Iceland), (Norway), (New Zealand), (Papua New Guinea), (Jamaica), (Togo), (Zimbabwe), etc.
Embassies, high commissions, consulates and international organisations
Number Country or Organisation101 (Islamic Republic)102 103 104–108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118–122 123 124 (formerly Burma)125 126 127–131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145–147 148 149 150 151 152–156 157 158 159–163 164 (formerly GDR)165 166–167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175–179 180 181–182 183–184 185 186–187 188–190 191 192 193 194–195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215–217 218–219 220 221 222–224 225 226 227–228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239–240 241 242 243 244 245 246–247 248–252 (originally )253–255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270–274 275 276 277 278–279 280 (originally )281 (formerly )282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 East Caribbean293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 324 328 330 350–399 May be used by any embassy for security reasons600–649 May be used by visiting royalty on official vehicles900 Commonwealth Secretariat901 European Commission902 Council of Europe903 European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts904 North-East Atlantic Fisheries Commission905 European Parliament906 Inter-American Development Bank907 International Maritime Organization908 International Cocoa Organization909 International Coffee Organization910 International Finance Corporation911 International Labour Organization912 International Sugar Organization913 European Police College914 International Whaling Commission915 International Wheat Council916 North Atlantic Treaty Organization917 918 Western European Union919 World Health Organization920 Eastern Caribbean Commission921 Joint European Torus922 International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund923 International Maritime Satellite Organisation924 Commonwealth Foundation925 International Maritime Organization (Permanent Representative)926 Commonwealth Telecommunications Bureau927 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees928 Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux929 International Lead and Zinc Corporation931 Joint European Torus932 North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization933 European Investment Bank934 European Telecommunications Satellite Organisation935 European School (Oxford)936 African Development Bank937 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development938 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development940 European Bioinformatics Institute941 European Medicines Agency943 Oslo and Paris Commissions944 European Banking Authority963 Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office
References
External links Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency homepage