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Greek Vehicle Registration Plate s are composed of three letters and four digits per plate (e.g. AAA-1000). The letters represent the district that issues the plates while the numbers begin from 1000 to 9999. Similar plates with digits beginning from 1 to 999 are issued for motorcycles which exceed 50 cc.With the exception of Athens and Thessaloniki (Salonica), all districts are represented by the first 2 letters. The final letter in the sequence changes in greek alphabetical order after 9,000 issued plates. For example, Patras district plates are AXA-1000, where AX represents the Achaia district in which Patras is the capital. When AXA-9999 is reached the plates turn to AXB-1000 and this continues until AXX is finished. The letters used are only from the intersection between the Latin and Greek Alphabet s by Glyph appearance, namely A, B, E, Z, H, I, K, M, N, O, P, T, Y, X (in Greek alphabetical order), however Greek B, H, P, and X don't have the same meaning as in the English alphabet.Combinations used for overseas residents are L-DDDD (where L = letter and D = digit) and are limited. Until 2003 , taxis used L-DDDD; the plate was aligned with the prefecture and the letters were colored red.HISTORY When number plates were introduced to Greece , they were numbered and in the late 1950s the system was D-DDD and DD-DDD. In the 1960s , the system was DDD-DDD. They became lettered in 1972 and the system was LL-DDDD while trucks used L-DDDD until 1983 , when they changed to LLL-DDDD and now use the present system.CAR DESIGNATIONS In Greek Alphabet ical order The first 2 of 3 letters (which are listed below) of a licence plate usually represent the Prefecture (nomos) where the car was registered. The almost full list of plates in Greece is below (next to the prefecture / district is its capital or an area within the prefecture that the plates are issued; some prefectures have more than one combination):
Special plates Vehicles that belong to public services and armed forces use special license plates with the following letter combinations followed by numbers:
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