14-10-2024, 04:32 PM
(This post was last modified: 14-10-2024, 04:36 PM by Reckless Rat.)
It does now but not then. Prior to 2009 when the new style plates (without obligatory departmental indicator) were issued for the life of the vehicle, the plates on a French car would only stay the same if the owner was resident in the same department. Registration details were held at Prefecture (county) level. As of now, the system is nation wide and fully digitised and I suspect that type of information is no longer available.
The new style plates are AB-123-CD style.
Prior to then they would be (for example) YH 8633 30 (as on my RP Saloon, the 30 indicating the Gard department.
If any vehicle (even a historic one) is sold or is issued with a replacement registration document, the vehicle will be automatically re-registered under the new system and will lose it's "original" registration.Sad but that's bureaucracy for you.
Classic vehicles with Collector's registration are still permitted to display silver on black plates.
The new style plates are AB-123-CD style.
Prior to then they would be (for example) YH 8633 30 (as on my RP Saloon, the 30 indicating the Gard department.
If any vehicle (even a historic one) is sold or is issued with a replacement registration document, the vehicle will be automatically re-registered under the new system and will lose it's "original" registration.Sad but that's bureaucracy for you.
Classic vehicles with Collector's registration are still permitted to display silver on black plates.