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 Finland embossed in black on a white, reflective field. A dash appears between the letter and number series. Licence plate dimensions are 118 mm x 442 mm or 200 mm x 256 mm. Old model licence plate dimensions are 118 mm x 397 mm or 118 mm x 338 mm. On the vehicle designated for the President of the Finnish Republic, the licence plates can be replaced with the Finnish coat of arms. An Åland number-plate has blue lettering. The official international vehicle registration code is FIN as in the rest of Finland, but the Parliament of Åland wants to introduce