Vehicle registration plates of Pangavia

License plates of the Pangavian People's Democratic Republic are mandatory vehicle registration plates displaying the registration mark (ger. Kennzeichen) of motor vehicles issued by the People's Commissariat for Transportation. They are used to verify street legality and to identify and recognize the vehicle.

Appearance

All license plates have a compartment on the left side of the plate, making out about 1/6 of its total width. This compartment usually shows categorical information, such as CC/CD designations or military designations. In regular plates, the compartment is filled with maroon red, bearing the Pangavian flag at the top and the lettering PVR in white at the bottom.

Lettering system

Regular plates

Regular license plate.

Regular license plate for vehicles with temporary registration (here displaying a valid registration for 120 days)

License plate for foreigners.

Regular license plate for motorcycles.

The basic background color is white.

The alphanumeric format for regular plates is XX 000 AAA, where

• XX indicates one of the three Pangavian districts:
  • SZ - Salzach district
  • OT - Ostgebirge district
  • SD - Südgebirge district
• 000 indicates three rows of numbers from 0 to 9, and
• AAA indicates three rows of letters from the standard Latin alphabet (excluding diacritics and similar).

Regular license plates for foreigners replace regional registration ID's with a yellow compartment connected to the information compartment with the black letters GK in it, meaning "guest plate" (Gastkennzeichen).

Diplomatic plates

License plate for diplomatic missions (Corps Diplomatique)

License plate for consulates (Corps Consulaire)

The basic background colors are blue for diplomatic missions and green for consulates. The lettering PVR is replaced with CD and CC for diplomatic missions and consulates respectively.

The alphanumeric format for diplomatic plates is XXX 000 A, where

• XXX indicates international three-letter country identifications, e.g.
  • AUT - Republic of Austria
  • PRK - Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  • SLO - Republic of Slovenia
• 000 indicates three rows of numbers from 0 to 9, and
• A indicates one row of letters from the standard Latin alphabet.

Military plates

Military license plate.

The basic background color is black. The information compartment is held in white and the lettes PVR are replaced by a red star.

The alphanumeric format for military plates is XX 00000 A, where

• XX indicates one of the three Pangavian districts:
  • SZ - Salzach district
  • OT - Ostgebirge district
  • SD - Südgebirge district
• 00000 indicates five rows of numbers from 0 to 9, and
• A indicates one row of letters from the standard Latin alphabet.

Governmental plates

Governmental license plate with coat of arms.

Governmental license plate without coat of arms.

The basic background color is maroon red. The information compartment is held in white and the lettering in black. The coat of arms is only shown on vehicles in the letter range AAA - BZZ.

The alphanumeric format for governmental plates is (∇) 000 AAA, where

• ∇ indicates the Pangavian coat of arms,
• 000 indicates three rows of numbers from 0 to 9, and
• AAA indicates three rows of letters from the standard Latin alphabet.

More specific governmental institutions are designated by the three rows of letters.

Governmental institution	Designation
People's Commissariates or Central Committee of the PCWP	AAA - AZZ
National People's Assembly	BAA - BZZ
National Border Defense	CAA - CZZ
People's Police	DAA - DZZ
National Customs Administration	EAA - EZZ
People's Courts	FAA - FZZ
Fire Fighter Administration	GAA - GZZ
Pangavian Red Lotus (Pangavian Red Cross)	HAA - HZZ