Vehicle registration plates of Cape Verde Vehicle registration plates of Cape Verde The license plates in Cape Verde have been derived from the former colonial power Portugal. Previously, Cape Verde used the Portuguese Overseas Territories system, cars in Cape Verde had registrations of the type CVx-1234, where the x was either S (Ilhas de Sotavento) or B (Ilhas de Barlavento). Sotavento and Barlavento are the two island groups that make up Cape Verde. Plates were black with white letters. The modern system keeps the colours of the old system (white letters on black ground), but the registration code is now different for each island. The codes
Vehicle registration plates of the United Kingdom was administered by the Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA) in Coleraine, which had the same status as the DVLA. Other schemes relating to the UK are also listed below. The international vehicle registration code for the United Kingdom is GB (Great Britain and Northern Ireland). Number plates must be displayed in accordance with the Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001. All vehicles manufactured after 1 January 1975 must display number plates of reflex-reflecting material, white at the front and yellow at the rear, with black characters. This type of reflecting plate was permitted as an option from 1968: