Vehicle registration plates of Tunisia
 Tunisian regular legal standard number plate. | |
| Country |  Tunisia |
|---|---|
| Country code | TN |
| Current series | |
| Size | 520 mm × 110 mm 20.5 in × 4.3 in |
| Serial format | 12(3) Tunisia 4567 |
| Colour (front) | White on black |
| Colour (rear) | White on black |
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Tunisian vehicle registration plates allow for the identification of vehicles registered in Tunisia.
Format
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The plates take the form XXX تونس XXXX where X is a number between 0 and 9, and تونس means "Tunisia" in Arabic script. The writing is white on a black background. The first three digits designate the series and the last four digits denote the number of vehicle registrations in the series.
The passage from one series to the next occurs when the series exceeds 9999 vehicles.
Rental cars maintain the same format as shown above except that the plates have white numbers on a blue background.
The registration format shown above is given to any vehicle type with the exception of the following special plates.
- Government departments and offices of state: in the form XX - XXXXXX, with red writing on a white background. The left XX are numbers designating a specific ministry. For example, 03 is the Ministry of Justice, and 15 is the Ministry of Transport. The right XXXXX numbers designate the registration of the Ministry-owned vehicle.
- The military: in the form of an acronym of the army XXXXX, writing in white on black background with a small Tunisian flag on the left side of the plate.
- Diplomatic Missions: in the form of "XX CD س د XX" (CD stands for Corps Diplomatique) or "XX MD ب د XX" (MD stands for Mission Diplomatique), with black writing on a white background. Ambassadors' cars have the "CMD" inscription (Chef de Mission Diplomatique), in the form "XX CMD ر ب د XX" with 01 on the right side of the plate.
- Vehicles with a temporary registration: RS in the form XXXXX ن ت, with white writing on black background.
- Vehicles being tested by dealers of vehicles in the form of XXXXX ع ع, with black writing on a yellow background.
Dimensions
[edit]Motorcycles
[edit]Only a back registration plate is mandatory. It must be 170 mm long and 120 mm wide.[1]
Other vehicles
[edit]Two registration plates are mandatory:
- The front plate must be 450 mm long and 100 mm wide.
- The back plate must be 520 mm long and 110 mm wide, or 275 mm long and 200 mm wide if it has two lines.[1]
On most vehicles, front plates are larger than what is required, having the legal dimensions of the back plate, which is tolerated by the police.
Series dates
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Each series of vehicle registration refers to a year and hence its age. However, there is no rule and this depends on how many vehicles have been registered in a specific year. For example, a series can continue longer than a whole year if fewer than 9999 vehicles are registered. But since in Tunisia an average of 50,000 new vehicles are registered each year, five series of number plates are issued. Late 140 series or early 141 series are expected by the end of 2009.
- 2008: 136, 135, 134, 133, 132 and 131.
- 2009: 140, 139, 138, 137, 136
- 2011: 159
- 2013: 165, 164, 163, 162, 161
- 2014: 176, 175, 174, 173, 172, 171, 170, 169, 168
- 2015: 178
- 2016: 191
- 2017: 200, 199, 198, 197, 196, 195, 194
- 2018: 206, 205, 204, 203
- 2019: 213, 212, 211, 210
- 2020: 217, 216, 215
- 2021: 226, 225, 224, 223, 222, 221
- 2022: 230, 229, 228, 227, 226
- 2023: 239
- 2024: 244, 243
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Plaque d'immatriculation" (in French). Archived from the original on 2019-12-19.
External links
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- (in French) Tunisia on worldlicenseplates.com (click on "T" and choose "Tunisia")