Issue of the current design of registration plate in the DRC began in April 2009. The plates are based on the layout of registration plates in the European Union, but are of a slightly different size (480 × 112 mm) from the standard European size (520 × 110 mm). On the left-hand side is the national flag of the DRC, under which are the letters "CGO". This is followed by a four-digit number and two letters. In addition, located on the windshield of the vehicle is a so-called third mark in the form of an 84 × 53 mm sticker. It repeats the number and letters on the plate and it also includes the chassis number of the vehicle.Decree no. 08/15 of 28 June 2008 on the design of the vehicle's license plate Journal Officiel de la République Démocratique du Congo from 15 January 2009 (French) (PDF; 83 kB)

The DRC plates are produced by Utsch.Controverse autour de la mise en circulation par la DGI des nouvelles plaques d’immatriculation, initiative jugée inappropriée , La République, 8 June 2009.Lancement de l’opération de vente de nouvelles plaques minéralogiques pour véhicules , Agence congolaise de Presse, 14 April 2009 The plates have various security features to make counterfeiting difficult.Uch AG produces indicator for DR Congo For example, the background of all letters has a hologrammatic foil. Similar measures are also found in the registration plates produced by Utsch for Egypt and Kyrgyzstan.

Special plates

Diplomatic plate: red on yellow, 3 digits corresponding to a country code, the CD symbol, 2 or 3 digits Consular corps plate: red on yellow, 3 digits corresponding to a country code, the CC logo, 2 or 3 digits Plate of the FARDC: white on black, FARDC followed by 7 digits Plate from the United Nations, MONUC: black and white, the symbol A, 3 or 4 digits EUSEC plate: yellow to dark blue, EUSEC abbreviation followed by 3 figures EUPOL plate: yellow to dark blue, EUPOL abbreviation followed by 3 figures Registration plate for international organisations: white on dark blue, 3 figures identifying the organisation, the IT acronym, 3 figures Governmental plates: Presidential: black and white, the initials PR followed by 3 or 4 digits National Assembly: black and white, the acronym AA followed by 3 figures Senate: black and white, the symbol ASEN followed by 3 figures Justice: black and white, the abbreviation ADJ followed by 3 figures

Previous plates

Older style registration plates have different letters 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.

Yellow numbers on Blue background (1958 - 1960), Belgian Congo Yellow numbers on Blue background (1960 - 1979), DRC/Zaire, but no change from Belgian Congo style Yellow numbers on Green background (1979 - 1997), Zaire Black numbers on yellow background (1997) Yellow numbers on blue background (1980 - 2009)

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 1997, registration 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.

Province codes Current Codes

Province Code Previous province Kinshasa01 Kinshasa Bas-Uele 02 Orientale Équateur 03 Équateur Haut-Lomami 04 Katanga Haut-Katanga 05 Katanga Haut-Uele 06 Orientale Ituri 07 Orientale Kasaï 08 Kasaï-Occidental Kasaï-Oriental 09 Kasaï-Oriental Kongo Central 10 Bas-Congo Kwango 11 Bandundu Kwilu 12 Bandundu Lomami 13 Kasaï-Oriental Lualaba 14 Katanga Kasaï-Central 15 Kasaï-Occidental Mai-Ndombe 16 Bandundu Maniema 17 Maniema Mongala 18 Équateur Nord-Kivu 19 Nord-Kivu Nord-Ubangi 20 Équateur Sankuru 21 Kasaï-Oriental Sud-Kivu 22 Sud-Kivu Sud-Ubangi 23 Équateur Tanganyika 24 Katanga Tshopo 25 Orientale Tshuapa 26 Équateur

Previous Codes Province Code Code(1996) Code(1980) Bandundu BN BN BN Bas-Congo BC BZ BZ Equator EQ EQ EQ Kasai Occidental KW KW KW Kasai Oriental KE KE KE Katanga KT SH SH Kinshasa KN KN KN Maniema MN MN North Kivu NK NK Orientale OR HZ HZ South Kivu SK SK Kivu KV

References

External links Images of different generations license plate Images of the various indicator-generations worldlicenseplates.com