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QATAR

قطر

CURRENT SERIES

(a) Since April 1997 private vehicle plates have been black on reflective white, 303×153 mm, with قطر (“Qatar”) above the Arabic number above the smaller western number. Single line plates are 520×112 mm and have قطر over the small western number to the left of the Arabic number. Both types have ٠١ (“01”), the vehicle class number, in the top left corner. A sticker showing the expiry date of the licence should be placed on the rear plate. Interesting or low numbers may be purchased and surrendered numbers are reissued.
Royal household plates are in the same format except the left portion of the plates is maroon with a “saw-tooth” line simulating the national flag.

(b)     Since 1983 all other vehicles have had reflective plates 320×160 mm and in a typical quartered Arabic style.   The upper left section has the name of the country above the vehicle class and the upper right has the serial number, all in Arabic, with the western equivalents below.
        Private transport vehicles with numbers up to five digits have black on green plates with قطر (“Qatar”) over نقل خاص (“private transport”) at top left.   At bottom left is QATAR over PRIV. TRANS.   When the number is six digits, the plates have قطر over ن‌/‌خ (“Kh/N”) at top left and QATAR over PRIV. T at bottom left.
        Large commercial trailers have plates which are black on orange to the left and black on white to the right. قطر (“Qatar”) over مقطورة (“trailer”) is at the top left and QATAR over TRAILER is at the bottom left.   The orange on these plates regularly fades away completely.
        Other vehicles have the following similar plates:

colour	top left	bottom left
white on red	قطر over نقل عام (“public t’port”)	QATAR over PUB. TRANS
red on white 04-	قطر over التصدير (“export”)	QATAR over EXPORT
white/black (left)	قطر (for new car dealers)	تجارية (“commercial”)
and black/white (right)
black on red (left)	قطر (for used car dealers)	تحت التجربة (“on test”)
and white (right)
black on white	قطر over ق . ح (for government)	QATAR over G.Q
white on black	قطر over آليات (“machinery”)	QATAR (plant and eqpt)
black on yellow	قطر over أجرة (“taxi”) (see	QATAR over TAXI -06
black on white or pale-grey	قطر over أجرة (“taxi”) para.(c))	QATAR over TAXI 06-

(c) Superior taxi plates were first introduced on 1st January 2006 and were black on white. By March they had become black on pale grey. General taxi plates (black on yellow) ceased to be legal on 31st December 2006.

(d) Motorcycle plates are 170×120 mm, black on reflective white, quartered, with قطر (“Qatar”) and the Arabic number above Q and the western number.

(e) Since the 1960s diplomatic plates have been cast aluminium, black on white with a three digit Embassy code in western script at the top left and in Arabic at the top right. Details are unknown other than 101 = United Kingdom. In the middle of the plate is هيئة سياسية (“diplomatic corps”) above CD above قطر above QATAR with the individual serial number in black on yellow in the lower corners of the plate.
U.N. vehicles (code number 130) have similar plates but with منظمات دولية (“international organizations”) instead of diplomatic corps and UN instead of CD.

(f) Police vehicles, including the civil defence (fire service), have white on blue, all Arabic reflective plates with the number above a horizontal line above قطر (“Qatar”) to the left and شرطة (“police”) to the right in separate panels.
Since December 2006, the police unit that looks after the Emir have had printed red on yellow-ochre plates with a four digit western number above a line above لخويا (“for my brothers”) above ISF.

(g) Since late 2006 military vehicles have had black on light brown plates with QAF القوات المسلحة القطرية (“the Qatari Armed Forces”) above a horizontal line above a five digit Arabic serial number above its smaller western equivalent.

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