
Vehicle registration plates of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The issuing of the current license plates of the DRC began in April 2009. The plates are based on the layout of the registration plates of the European Union, but are of a slightly different in size (480 × 112 mm) than the European standard size (520 × 110 mm). At the left side is the national flag of the DRC which is displayed with the letters "CGO" below. The serial combination consists of five numbers followed. In addition, located on the front windshield of the vehicle, a so-called third mark in the form of an 84 × 53 mm large sticker. It repeats the serial combination on the plate and it also includes the chassis number of the vehicle.
The DRC plates are produced by Utsch. The plates have various security features to make counterfeiting difficult. For example, the background of all letters has a hologram foil labeled authentic. Similar measures are also found in the plates produced by Utsch for the licenses of Egypt and Kyrgyzstan.
Special plates.
Presidential **: black and white, the PR initials followed by 3 or 4 digits
Previous plates.
[[File:ZAIRE passenger license plate 1961-1980 Flickr - woody1778a.jpg|thumb|right|License plate from 1958 until 1979]]
Older style license plates have different letter and background colors depending upon the era when the plate was issued. Each plate carried the initials of the province where the car was registered, but sometimes the abbreviation of another province would be issued.
The style of the Belgian Congo plates, yellow numbers on a blue background, was continued by the DRC/Zaire until 1979. Plates started with a yellow star, followed by one or two letters with a maximum of four digits after the letter.
In 1979 the plate colors were changed to yellow numbers on a green background. At the beginning were now two provincial letters followed by four digits and a further letter.
In 1997 the plates were redesigned to show a two letter province code, followed by four numbers, and a two letter suffix. These plates had black numbers on a yellow background (430 × 105 mm).
With the change of the country's name back to the DRC in 1979, the license plates returned to the traditional colors of yellow numbers on a blue background. The first two letters of the plate indicated the Province followed by a star, then four digits, and finally two letters. These plates were used until the introduction of the current system in 2009.
External links.
[[Category:Vehicle registration plates by country|Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
[[Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo communications-related lists]]