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Vehicle registration plate
A vehicle registration plate, also known as a number plate (British English), license plate (American English), or licence plate ( Canadian English), is a metal or plastic plate attached to a motor vehicle or trailer for official identific ...
s of official road vehicles registered in Vatican City
Vatican City (), officially the Vatican City State ( it, Stato della Città del Vaticano; la, Status Civitatis Vaticanae),—'
* german: Vatikanstadt, cf. '—' (in Austria: ')
* pl, Miasto Watykańskie, cf. '—'
* pt, Cidade do Vati ...
use the prefix ''SCV ( la, Status Civitatis Vaticanae)'' followed by a series of digits while vehicle registration plates of residential road vehicles registered in Vatican City use the prefix ''CV'' ( it, Città del Vaticano) followed by a series of digits. The Pope's car carries the registration ''SCV 1'' in red lettering and the rest of the cars that the Pope can be inside, also carry red letters.
The international vehicle registration code
The country in which a motor vehicle's vehicle registration plate was issued may be indicated by an international licence plate country code, formerly known as an International Registration Letter or International Circulation Mark. It is re ...
for the Vatican City is ''V.'' Vatican registration plates does not incorporate this code. When driving outside of the Vatican, as a contracting party of the Geneva Convention on Road Traffic
The Convention on Road Traffic, commonly known as the Geneva Convention on Road Traffic, is an international treaty promoting the development and safety of international road traffic by establishing certain uniform rules among the contracting pa ...
, the distinguishing sign of the country of registration must be displayed on the rear of the vehicle, in black letters on a white background having the shape of an ellipse.
Vehicle types
See also
* Transport in Vatican CityReferences
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