Who is entitled to diplomatic numbers, their features

Separation by color

Registration plates used on the territory of the Russian Federation:

1. The background is blue, the letters are white. These GRZ are mounted on vehicles belonging to the Ministry of Internal Affairs - for example, on traffic police vehicles.

2. The background is yellow, the letters are black. Such numbers are installed on cars, buses and other vehicles intended for transporting passengers on a commercial basis.

3. The background is black, the letters are white. Black signs are placed on vehicles registered with military units of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, and the FSB.
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4. The background is white, the letters are black. Main color of GRZ. Cars with such license plates can be found on almost every corner.

How to find out special cars?

Let's first figure out what special state. license plates can be seen on the country's roads. It could be:

• yellow state registration plate, which is issued to public transport;
• blue license plates, which are installed on cars belonging to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (including traffic police vehicles);
• black license plates that identify military vehicles;
• white ones with the letter “T”, belonging to vehicles that are about to leave the country;
• red state numbers that are issued to vehicles belonging to the diplomatic corps;
• white license plates without a regional code, belonging to state transport of special importance.

I would like to draw attention to the last category, since in accordance with Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation No. 116 of March 3, 1997, traffic police officers are ordered to allow such cars through. Typically, vehicles with such signs are accompanied by a special escort and are provided with unhindered passage.

What do red license plates mean on a car in Russia?

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If a citizen sees a car that has a front and rear warning sign installed on a red background with white letters, he should know that this vehicle belongs to the embassy or consulate of a foreign country in the Russian Federation.

As a general rule, such cars do not have priority on the roads of the Russian Federation.

Everything changes if the diplomatic car is accompanied by a traffic police car with flashing lights and a special sound signal. In this case, the diplomat will have priority (paragraph 3, clause 3.1 of the traffic rules), that is, he must be allowed through.

For failure to comply with this requirement, the driver may be fined 500 rubles or deprived of the right to drive vehicles for up to 3 months (Part 2 of Article 12.17 of the Administrative Code).

Are drivers of cars with red license plates punished for violating traffic rules?

During the movement of vehicles of diplomatic representatives, the State Traffic Inspectorate must ensure safe conditions of movement without any obstacles.
It is mandatory to let cars of diplomatic missions through if they are moving with their flashing lights on. Often such cars are accompanied by traffic police officers or security guards. However, if the holder of “red license plates” violated traffic rules or was involved in an accident, he is obliged to bear responsibility to the same extent as any other citizen of Russia.

The inspector draws up two sample protocols, one of which must be sent to the consulate. After this, the violator is obliged to pay a fine in accordance with the law of the Russian Federation and compensate for the harm caused.

Decoding

The number reads like this:

• the first three digits always indicate the country represented in the Russian Federation by the person driving this car;
• the next 1 or 2 letters – the status (rank) of the official of the corresponding embassy or consular office;
• the following numbers are the serial number of the vehicle in this dealership;
• finally, two or three digits located on the right side of the license plate and separated from the other symbols by a vertical line indicate the automobile code of the subject of the Russian Federation in which the vehicle is registered (as on ordinary “white” registration plates).

Having seen the corresponding number, you can immediately determine which country the ambassador represents in the Russian Federation:

On a red state registration plate, the first three digits will not always indicate a specific country. There is another unified list of codes. According to it, it is possible to determine the international organization that owns the car.

Here is a list of such codes in table form:

It is also not difficult to decipher the 1 or 2 letters following these numbers. If a citizen sees two, it means that a high-ranking person is driving:

Cars driven by less significant persons are marked with state registration plates containing one letter after three numbers indicating the country:

The number from 1 and above following the alphabetic characters indicates the serial number of the vehicle registered at that representative office or consulate.

Finally, it is not difficult to determine the region in which the car is registered - the designation of region codes on diplomatic cars is exactly the same as on Russian ones.

For example, 01 is the Republic of Adygea, 30 is the Astrakhan region, 64 is the Saratov region, 36 or 136 is the Voronezh region, etc.

Russian Federation license plates

Let us immediately note that the red color of the registration plate may differ significantly in purpose depending on the country in which this car is registered. As for Russia, here the red license plates on the car refer to diplomatic cars. Moreover, on each of them there is a designation in white letters: “CC”, “CD” and so on. Let's look at each of them.

1. Red license plates on a car with the designation “CC” indicate that the vehicle is registered to the ambassador or a person of equal status.
2. Registration plates with the symbols “CD” indicate that the car was registered to the consul or the person who performs his functions.
3. Number plates with the letter “D” (diplomat) mean that the owner of the car is an employee of an international organization. Or it could be an employee of an institution with diplomatic status.
4. A red number on a car with the designation “T” indicates that this car is registered to an employee of an international institution or organization that does not have diplomatic status.

How about in other countries?

In foreign countries, there are registration marks of a similar type - that is, GRZ with a red background and white letters (numbers). However, such numbers will not always have the same meaning as in Russia.

Here are some examples:

Some states use a similar color scheme, but in a slightly different design. For example, in Belgium, the standard license plate installed on civilian cars is on a white background, but with red symbols.

And in Turkey, government vehicles are designated as GRZ, painted on a red background with yellow letters.

Privileges of red numbers

In 1961, a convention was adopted in Vienna, according to which the cars of representatives of the participating countries were recognized as the territories of these countries on an equal basis with the territories of embassies, ships, airplanes, etc. Accordingly, the persons inside these cars have immunity in relation to the law enforcement agencies of the country, in which they are located.

If a car with a diplomatic license plate causes an accident or commits another offense, the police do not have the right to arrest or detain the offender. Information about the incident is transmitted to the country's diplomatic mission, and there penalties will be applied to the violator. If a foreign diplomatic vehicle causes material damage to Russian citizens, the diplomatic structure of that country will compensate for it.

Who owns

The car number on the red background of the plate means that the car belongs to one of the special categories.
The right to install such numbers is exclusive to persons from certain structures. The car number on the red background of the plate means that the car belongs to one of the special categories. The right to install such numbers is exclusive to persons and certain structures. These include: diplomats, consuls and ambassadors. Other citizens and even high-ranking officials will not be able to obtain such license plates legally. If an inspector notices a car with illegally installed red license plates on the road, the offender will not be able to avoid a fine.

Each traffic police inspector has access to a database in which you can see who is the owner of the vehicle. A detailed decoding of the car number will allow you to find out: citizens of which state they are driving in the car and where it is registered outside of our country. The car number will also tell you about the special status of its owner.

What is the procedure for issuing special license plates in Russia?

The use of special numbers and the procedure for their issuance are regulated by the government decree “On streamlining the installation and use of special signals and special state registration marks on vehicles.”
The use of special numbers and the procedure for their issuance are regulated by the government decree “On streamlining the installation and use of special signals and special state registration plates on vehicles.” state registration plates." Instead of a symbolic designation of the region, the Russian flag may be imprinted on them. According to the order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs No. 116 of March 3, 1997, traffic police officers must provide all possible assistance in the safe passage of such vehicles. Some of them are prohibited from stopping and/or searching.

Until 1993, in Moscow, cars used by law enforcement agencies had the “MKM”, “MOS”, “MKS” and “MOL” series of license plates. “MOS” was assigned to the first government officials, “MOL” had security vehicles for these representatives, “MKS” and “MKM” belonged to law enforcement agencies, such as the State Security Service, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the KGB and others. However, simply having a car with a similar license plate was not considered prestigious; a special luxury was noted if it was also “mirror”, that is, the digital combination should have looked something like this - “3553 M**”. After perestroika times and the complete collapse of the USSR, new series were introduced into circulation: “MMA”, “MMK”, “MOM”, “MMO”.

But needless to say, even this year you can see a car with this number on the roads. These series have become a sign of the elitism of the owner. Motorists call them “a flag for those who understand.” Ordinary people know that it is better to avoid such cars on the road. Very often their drivers behave rudely and defiantly. Numerous scandals surrounding diplomatic badges have shown that not every “racer” has a license plate legally.

And it is quite difficult to understand this issue; embassies hand over documents for cars that should be registered to employees of a special department of the traffic police. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and foreign affairs agencies have virtually nothing to do with this process. In fact, “on the side” you can issue a red number almost uncontrollably.

Red license plates - the current situation in Russia.

The issuance of red license plates is regulated by several legislative acts.
The current standard GOST R 50577-93 (current edition - 08/23/2013) identifies license plates intended for installation on vehicles classified as group 3 in red. 2 types are defined:

• Type 9 – passenger vehicles of diplomatic missions, the coding “CCC BB C CC” is used;
• Type 10 – for cars and other types of cars, cargo and passenger transport, buses of diplomatic missions, consulates (including those headed by honorary consuls), international, interstate organizations, employees of institutions (encoding “CCC B CCCC CC”);

(in encodings C means a number, B means a letter).

Explanation of symbols:

• The first group of three digits in the encodings on both types of signs is the code designation of affiliation with a country or organization.
• The second group – a letter or 2 letters determines the series of the registration plate;
• The third group (digit or 3 digits) – serial registration number;
• The last 2 digits are the region of registration in the Russian Federation.

The current accessory codes and series are established by the Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of October 05, 2017.

For diplomatic license plates the following series are used:

• CD – for type 9 signs, indicating cars of persons heading representative offices (corresponds to the ambassador level);
• D (type 10 numbers) – for employees of organizations (missions) with confirmed diplomatic status;
• T (type 10) – with service cards or identification (without diplomatic status).

Thus, registration numbers are installed on the cars of diplomats, staff of missions and international organizations, service personnel, and family members.

Membership codes indicate

• 001-170 - country of diplomatic representation (for example, for Great Britain - 001, USA - 004, Germany - 002, Japan - 005, Turkey - 015, 090 - People's Republic of China, 153 - Republic of Kazakhstan, 150 - Belarus).
• 499-560 – representation of an international organization or interstate bodies (499 – EU, 505 – IMF, 511 – UN, 531 – CSTO);
• 900 – consular missions (including those headed by honorary consuls).

Decoding red diplomatic plates

Signs on a red background:

• 222 MM 000 55 passenger cars of heads of diplomatic missions
• 222 M 000 55 cars, trucks, utility vehicles and buses of diplomatic missions, consular offices, international organizations and their employees
• 0 and M - number (0 - 9) and letter (A, B, E, K, M, N, O, R, S, T, X, U), indicating the number and series of the vehicle registration plate.
• 2 - digit of the code used on registration plates to designate vehicles of accredited diplomatic missions, consular offices, international (interstate) organizations, foreign banks and firms, foreign press, radio, television
• 5 - digit of the region code of the Russian Federation used on vehicle registration plates

List of digital codes used on registration plates to designate vehicles of accredited diplomatic missions, consular offices, international (interstate) organizations, foreign banks and firms, foreign press, radio, television

Name of the state, organization, Code on the red number, first the country (below) then the serial number of the car.

Cars of diplomats

If you see a car with a red license plate, then you know that this car belongs to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and diplomatic consulates.

The license plate consists of 4 parts:

Currently, there are representative offices of 168 countries in the Russian Federation. Therefore, the first three digits of red numbers range from 001 to 168. The numbers 001 belong to the UK missions.

The first three digits can also be from 499 to 555. These numbers on the red license plate are assigned to cars of international organizations.