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Vehicle registration plates of Macau

Vehicle registration plates of Macau

SAR MacauMacanese registration plates for private vehicles, as observed in 2009. Cars can be fitted with both types of plate, but motorcycles are always fitted with square ones.Country MacauCountry codeNoneCurrent seriesSerial formatMA-12-34Colour (front)White on blackColour (rear)White on black In Macau, vehicle registration marks have been issued by the Transport Bureau since 2008. The bureau does not provide the registration plates themselves; these are made by garages and vehicle accessory shops at the owners' request. A Macau-registered Tesla vehicle with registration plates from mainland China, Macau, and Hong Kong Overview Macanese registration plates follow the common system adopted for all the Portuguese overseas territories in the 1950s which, in turn, was based on the system introduced on Mainland Portugal in 1937. All vehicles (with exception to two-wheelers) must display two plates: one at the front, and one at the rear. Depending on the width of the recess, either a rectangular or square plate is fitted – although a mix of both types is also possible. Two-wheeled vehicles are always fitted with a single square plate on the rear. Both front and rear plates are identi