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 Republic of Ireland the plate's format does not meet the requirements, and the vehicle will fail the mandatory periodic National Car Test. A vehicle's number plate is determined when it is first registered, the county/city code being taken from the first owner's postal address. Registration remains fixed on the one vehicle until it is de-registered (exported, destroyed, etc.), and cannot be transferred to other vehicles. Sequence numbers may be reserved on completion of form VRT15A and payment of €1,000. Thus, for example, in the year 2008, Lord Mayor Cllr. Paddy Bourke, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, was entitled to receive the registration plate