Vehicle registration plates of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina vehicle registration plates have held their current form since 2 February 1998.[1] Currently the Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) vehicle registration plate format consists of seven characters: five numbers and two letters arranged in the following order: X00-X-000 (taxis: TA-000000). The plates are uniform across the country and do not denote the place (town, municipality, canton, or entity) where the vehicle is registered, as was the case prior to 1998. Likewise the plates do not contain any heraldic symbols. The plates use only letters which are represented equally in Latin and Cyrillic script (A, E, O, J, K, M, T).

Current Bosnia and Herzegovina vehicle registration plate (issued from September 28, 2009)
Old Bosnia and Herzegovina vehicle registration plate (Issued until September 28, 2009, but still in use)
Current Bosnia and Herzegovina Taxi vehicle registration plate

Special plates

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Current Bosnia and Herzegovina temporary registration plate (TT - Testne Tablice)
 
Bosnia and Herzegovina EUPM plates (EUPM - European Union Police Mission
 
Former Bosnia and Herzegovina working road machine plate from Drvar
 
UNPF plate (United Nations Protection Forces)
  • Working road machine plates had the regional letters at the top, followed by numbers. These plates were black-on-white.
  • Temporary plates had the letters "TT" (standing for Testne Tablice) followed by 6 numbers (e.g. TT-000000). The letters were colored red.
  • Military plates had a Euro strip, like from previous series (XX-nnnnLL[clarify]), but without a blue background. These plates consisted of 5 numbers and then one letter (e.g. 00000-X).
  • Diplomatic plates had a blue background and yellow font. Unlike previous series, the first group of numbers contained only two digits, and the only letters that could be used were A, C, M and E (e.g. 00-A-000).
  • EUPM plates used a yellow background and the prefix "EUPM" followed by numbers.
  • Export plates had blue-on-white plates and used the civilian format.
  • Foreign-owned plates were white-on-blue with a blue font.
  • UNHCR plates used a blue font and had the prefix "UNHCR" followed by numbers.
  • Agricultural vehicles were white-on-green and had regional letters at the top, followed by numbers.
  • UNSF plates were black-on-blue and had the prefix "SFOR".
  • NATO plates were black-on-light-green and had the prefix "NATO" (with the NATO emblem as the divider).
  • UN Trailers had the style of "UN 1234T".

History

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The revised registration plates were introduced as an initiative of the International High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Carlos Westendorp.[2] In a report from the Office of the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina prior to the decision, it had been noted that police conduct around the Inter-Entity Boundary Line separating the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska, had been the "greatest obstacle to freedom of movement", including intimidation and arbitrary fines.[3]

Elsewhere it has been noted that vehicles which bore licence plates from one entity would be subject to vandalism in the other entity.[4] The development of licence plates which would not serve as proxy identifiers of driver ethnicity was a partial solution to these problems.[5]

City codes

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Yugoslav plate from Sarajevo

Prior to 1992

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Code Region Code Region Code Region
BL Banja Luka TD Titov Drvar LI Livno
PD Prijedor TR Travnik TB Trebinje
SA Sarajevo ZE Zenica ČP Čapljina
TZ Tuzla BI Bihać KNJ Konjic
MO Mostar DO Doboj Goražde
Brčko VI Visoko ZV Zvornik
BN Bijeljina JC Jajce MD Modriča
BU Bugojno

Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Plate from Tuzla (1994–1998)

On the territory controlled by Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992 were used new license plates. They wore a blue strip on the left side with the "BIH" script and the coat of arms above the script (1992 is no blue stripe). On the white background the form was XX-nnnnLL or XX-nnnnnL, where "XX" was the code of the city, "nnnn"/"nnnnn" were digits, and "LL" two letters (previously one letter), where the first letter denoted the municipality where it was issued (before this is not at all). Towns are given in following table:

Code Region Code Region
SA Sarajevo BI Bihać
PD Prijedor DO Doboj
TZ Tuzla VI Visoko
MO Mostar JC Jajce
BR Brčko BU Bugojno
TR Travnik ZV Zvornik
ZE Zenica MD Modriča
KO Konjic GO Goražde
BL Banja Luka TD Titov Drvar

Republika Srpska

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Plate from Bijeljina
 
Military plate

On territory of the Republika Srpska entity, license plates were used similar to those before the war, with difference that instead of red star, the Serb four-S coat of arms was used. Letters on plates were usually in Cyrillic script, but the license plates with Latin versions of codes are also used.

Code Region Code Region
СС Sarajevo (Srpsko Sarajevo, Српско Сарајево) СЊ Foča (renamed to Srbinje (Србиње))
ПД Prijedor (Приједор) ДО Doboj (Добој)
БЛ Banja Luka (Бања Лука) ЗВ Zvornik (Зворник)
БЧ Brčko (Брчко) МД Modriča (Модрича)
ТБ Trebinje (Требиње) БН Bijeljina (Бијељина)
МГ Mrkonjić Grad (Мркоњић Град) ВГ Višegrad (Вишеград)
ДВ Drvar (Дрвар) НЊ Nevesinje (Невесиње)

Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia

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HVO plate (Hrvatsko vijeće obrane)
 
Plate from Mostar
 
Plate from Jajce

On the territory of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, license plates were used similar to those of Croatia, with difference in the shape of shield in Croat coat of arms ("checkerboard"-"šahovnica").

Code Region Code Region
MO Mostar TR Travnik
ČA Čapljina OR Orašje
PO Posušje KI Kiseljak
ŠB Široki Brijeg RA Rama
JA Jajce ŽE Žepče
TG Tomislavgrad LI Livno
GR Grude LJ Ljubuški
BU Bugojno DR Drvar
ČT Čitluk KO Konjic

Diplomatic, consular and foreign mission plate prefixes

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Current Bosnia and Herzegovina diplomatic plate

These prefixes were also valid for Croatia from 1991 to 1994.

Code Country or Organization
10   France
11   United States
12   Iran
13   Croatia
14   Turkey
15   Germany
16   Austria
17   Saudi Arabia
18   Italy
19   Kuwait
20   United Kingdom
21   Sudan
22   Qatar
23   Netherlands
24   Libya
25    Switzerland
26   Egypt
27   Ireland
28   Slovenia
29 Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
30   Canada
32   Sweden
33   Russia
34   Czech Republic
35   United Nations
36   Pakistan
37 Office of the High Representative
38 Commission on Human Rights
39   Norway
40   Bulgaria
41 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
42   Portugal
43   Malaysia
44 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
45   UAE
46 International Monetary Fund
47 Customs and Fiscal Assistant Office
48   Denmark
49 European Central Bank
50 European Commission in Bosnia and Herzegovina
51 United Nations Development Program
52 International Organization for Migration
53   Belgium
54 Central Bank
55 Commission for Property of Displaced Persons and Refugees
56   Japan
57 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
58   North Macedonia
59   Hungary
60 United Nations Children's Fund
61   Spain
62   Palestine
63   Greece
64 European Union Monitoring Mission in the former Yugoslavia
65 International Monetary Group
66   China
68 World Health Organization
69   Romania
70 International Centre for Migration Policy Development
71 International Commission on Missing Persons
72   SMOM
73 International Committee of the Red Cross
74   Poland
75   Council of Europe
76 International Trust Fund
77 International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Society
78 International Finance Corporation
79   Vatican City
80   Serbia
81 Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
82   Guinea-Bissau
83 Refugees Return Foundation
84 European Union Police Mission (A prefix), European Union Monitoring Mission (M prefix)
85 Regional Environmental Centre
86 Stability Pact Anti-corruption Initiative
87   Slovakia
88 The Registry
89 High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council
90 Office of the EU Special Representative
91 Japan International Cooperation Agency
92   Montenegro
93   Australia
94   Qatar
95   Ukraine
96 Regional Cooperation Council
97 Peace Support Operation Training Centre
0100   Malaysia
0102   Azerbaijan
0103   Brazil
0119   Algeria

References

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  1. ^ Bosnian licence for silence
  2. ^ "Decision on the Deadlines for the Implementation of the New Uniform Licence Plate System". Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 20 May 1998. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008.
  3. ^ "5th Report of the High Representative, s. 85". Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 16 April 1997. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 2 April 2008.
  4. ^ Dahlman, C.; Ó Tuathail, G. (2000). "The legacy of ethnic cleansing: the international community and the returns process in post-Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina". Political Geography. 24 (5): 569–599. doi:10.1016/j.polgeo.2005.01.007.
  5. ^ Aitchison, A. (2007). "Police Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina: State, Democracy and International Assistance" (PDF). Policing and Society. 17 (4): 321–343. doi:10.1080/10439460701717908. hdl:20.500.11820/e70de246-614f-435b-b292-5bdba89b2445. S2CID 143290563.
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