Vehicle registration plates of Kosovo

On 6 December 2010, a new design was introduced{{cite web| url=http://www.koha.net/index.php?cid=1,7,42589 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222025737/https://www.koha.net/index.php?cid=1,7,42589| title=Nisi shpërndarja e targave të reja RKS |publisher=Koha Ditore| date=2010-12-06 | archive-date=2013-02-22}} containing the letters RKS (Republic of Kosovo) on a blue field, a two digit number corresponding to the districts of Kosovo, the coat of arms of Kosovo, a three-digit number and finally two serial letters.{{cite web| url=http://www.mpb-ks.org/repository/docs/Udhezimi_Regjistrimi_Automj_teve.pdf | title=ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUCTION No. 14/2009 – MIA ON VEHICLE REGISTRATION, RKS}} The three-digit number starts at 101 and the serial letters start at AA. The remaining plates bearing the old design issued under UNMIK will be replaced with the new once their registration is pending renewal.

File:Kosovo license plate codes.svg

Horizontal plates of vehicles should be white retro – reflecting coloured, numbers and letters black coloured, while the frame should be black coloured with 4 mm width. In all horizontal plates, in the first horizontal part of the plate that is blue coloured, is placed the code of the Republic of Kosovo, RKS, with gold colour. In the second part of the plate are marked figures of the respective region.

File:Kosovo car registration plate labels.svg

Further, there should be the state emblem, three digit numbers, and then the horizontal line. In the end of the plate are marked two letters of the standard Latin

alphabet from A to the letter Q. Three digit numbers for ordinary, horizontal and quadrate plates of registration of the vehicles will be initiated from number 101.{{cite web |url=http://www.itg-rks.com/repository/docs/UA_per_Regjistrim_te_Automjete_557995.pdf |title=ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUCTION No. 31/2012 - MIA ON VEHICLE REGISTRATION |publisher=Ministry of Internal Affairs - Article 25 |access-date=2017-08-01 |archive-date=2018-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219210230/http://www.itg-rks.com/repository/docs/UA_per_Regjistrim_te_Automjete_557995.pdf |url-status=dead }}

• Export vehicle plates have blue background and white font.
• Police vehicles have red font.
• Kosovo Security Force has dark green background and yellow font, letters "FSK", a three-digit number and then a two-digit number.
• EULEX diplomatic plates had black and white background. Black plates had the prefix "EU" and suffix "PV", while the white plates had the prefix "EU" and suffix "LEX".
• OSCE plates are black and white, with the prefix "OSCE".
• NATO Force plates have blue background, white font and prefix "KFOR".
• UNMIK plates have "UNMIK" in top on the plate, followed by numbers.

These plates were issued under the administration of UNMIK from 1999 to 2010. Effective 1 November 2011, they will resume to be issued for citizens needing to cross into Serbia, as the latter only accepts these plates and not the new RKS plates. They consist of a three-digit number and a two-letter abbreviation KS, which stands for 'Kosovo', and ended in another three-digit number. These plates were no longer issued officially in 2020.{{cite news| url=https://balkaninsight.com/2021/09/09/kosovo-to-abandon-license-plates-agreement-with-serbia/|title=Kosovo to Abandon License Plates Agreement with Serbia| publisher=Balkan Insight|first=Xhorxhina|last=Bami|date=2021-09-09|accessdate=2024-02-02}}

Kosovar license plate from Prizren, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.jpg|Example of a Yugoslav-era format license plate from Prizren, issued between 1998 and 30 September 1999, with a Yugoslav flag separator offset.

Kosovo vehicle licence plate - 3Z 107-07.JPG|Front plate of a car from a central government authority

Kosovo moped or scooter license plate.jpg|Format for mopeds and scooters ≤ 125 cm³

License plate Kosovo.JPG|Standard passenger car plate

Kosovo Costoms Plates.svg|Customs plate

Kosovar military license plate.svg|Kosovo Security Force plates

Kosovo Protection Corps Plates.svg| Kosova Protection Corps plates used in the 2000s, now defunct.

Kosovo Emergency Service Plates.svg|Emergency service plates

Kosovo license plate (2022) square format.jpg|Format for trailers

Pristina police forensics vehicle - 04.jpg|License plate of a Kosovar police vehicle

Kosovar military license plate.svg|License plate of a Kosovo Security Force vehicle of the style used until 2013 (national emblem on the left)

IRCON Reg Plate (4422223995).jpg|Vehicle license plate of the Irish KFOR contingent

EULEX .jpg|Format (the type with a white background) for EULEX vehicles

Kosovo Agriculture Plates.svg|Agriculture plates

Kosovo CD license plate.jpg|CD plate

Kosovska Tablicka za Carina izdadena od UNMIK.jpg|UNMIK license plate of a Customs Guard motor vehicle

291-KS-036.jpg|A plate issued in 2001 by the UNMIK

Kosovo UNMIK plate.jpg|A plate issued in 2017 resembling those issued by the UNMIK in 2001. Even though new plates have been introduced, this plate was preferred to be used when crossing to Serbia. Bearers of RKS plates were issued with temporary Serbian plates instead.

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• [http://europlates.eu/rks.htm License Plates of Kosovo]
• [http://www.worldlicenseplates.com/world/EU_KOSO.html International Missions Plates in Kosovo]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110826085808/http://www.registracija-vozila.info/ Registracija vozila]
• [https://www.matriculasdelmundo.com/kosovo.html Kosovo license plates]

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