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From: smh@rduxb.UUCP (henning)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Stickers on cars in Europe
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Date: Sat, 21-Sep-85 14:22:23 EDT
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From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA rduxb!smh

In Europe, all cars crossing frontiers (borders) are required to display
a plaque (sticker) showing their country of origin (where registered).

> A	Austria			B	Belgium
> CH	Switzerland    		D	Germany (Deutschland)
> DK	Denmark			F	France
> I	Italy			L	Luxembourg
> N	Norway			NL	Netherlands
> P	Portugal		S	Sweden
> SF	Finland (Suomi-Finland) 
> SU	Soviet Union

Others include

AL	Albania			AND	Andorra
BG	Bulgaria		CS	Czechoslovakia
E	Spain			ET	Egypt
FL	Liechtenstein		GB	Great Britain
GBZ	Gibraltar		GR	Greece
IL	Israel			IRL	Ireland (Republic of)
MC	Monaco			PL	Poland
R	Rumania			TR	Turkey
USA	guess			YU	Yugoslavia

This information is supplied by the AAA and is said to be representative
of most cars seen.  I note it doesn't have many overseas countries except
the US.  Perhaps only Americans are dumb enough to take a car over.