Vehicle registration plates of Transnistria

Standard license plates of Transnistria are 520 mm wide and 112 mm high, made of metal with 6 embossed characters - one letter, three numbers and two more letters - written using the DIN 1451 Mittelschrift font. On the left part of the plates there also a modified euroband on a white background, having the flag of the PMR instead of the EU symbol, and a holographic sticker in the place of the international country code underneath it. Government plates only have 5 embossed characters - three numbers and two letters. Only symbols that are common to both the Cyrillic and the Latin alphabets are used, and with their Cyrillic meaning (A, B, C, E, H, K, M, P, T, X, Y). Its current design derives from Moldovan plates of 1992 design, but is slightly changed. Military plates are using Soviet design from 1959, and tractor plates are also using Soviet design, but from 1980.

Currently issued plate for passenger cars

Rear passenger car plate

The first letter denotes the town or district where the vehicle was registered:

• A – Bender,
• B – Grigoriopol,
• E – Dubăsari,
• H – Tiraspol (mopeds only),
• K – Camenca,
• P – Rîbnița,
• C – Slobozia,
• T – Tiraspol.

There is an ongoing debate between the Moldovan authorities and the government of Transnistria on a design to be used on Transnistrian plates [1] that is acceptable for Moldova also. Moldovan authorities have been reported to confiscate Transnistrian plates as the registration of vehicles in the Transnistrian region is illegal for Moldovans.[2] Outside Transnistria, its vehicle registration plates are valid only in Abkhazia, Belarus, Russia, South Ossetia, and Ukraine.