Vehicle registration plates of Malta

A registration for a private car

Maltese registration plates are the number plates used within Malta to uniquely identify motor vehicles. Since 1995, the three letter, three number system (ZZZ 999) has been in use in Malta for vehicle registration. The characters are always printed in black on a white background, and to the left one can find a blue box with the European Union flag and the letter M (for Malta) underneath it in white. The typeface used on Maltese registration plates is FE-Schrift which is also the typeface used on German vehicle registration plates.

Special number plate series

President's vehicle, displaying the Coat of Arms of Malta instead of a number plate
Taxi on the island of Malta
Mobile post office

Privately owned vehicles

Personalised number plate
Motorcycle number plate
Malta Vintage Motorcycle Registration Plate

All privately owned vehicles are allocated randomly chosen marks, except that the first letter shows in which month the vehicle's annual tax disc is due for renewal.

The following is a table of letters by month:

Month
January A M Y
February B N Z
March C O
April D P
May E Q
June F R
July G S
August H T
September I U
October J V
November K W
December L X

These plates may be also personalised in 2 ways:

Either in the XXX999 format (€200)

Or any combination from 1–9 characters and/or numbers which would cost €1500.

History

1952 - 1979

1952-79 licence plate with black background
1952-79 licence plate with yellow background

From 1952 to 1979, all number-plates in Malta used the format 99999 (5 numbers). Until 1959, plates with red circle permitted to drive in Valletta. Unlike the post-1979 system, they have 7 characters. Special plates:

1979 - 1995

1979-95 licence plate
Škoda 130 with old license plate

From 1979 to 1995, all number-plates in Malta used the format Z-9999 (a letter and 4 numbers, with a hyphen between the letter and the first number). Towards the right there was the letter M (for Malta) in a circle. Although all characters were printed in black, the background colour varied according to the vehicle's use:

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