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From: haapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen [DCS])
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Stickers on cars in Europe
Message-ID: <1679@watdcsu.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 17-Sep-85 19:53:06 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 17 19:53:06 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 18-Sep-85 05:47:33 EDT
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Reply-To: haapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen [DCS])
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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In article <55200213@trsvax> gm@trsvax writes:

>I was wondering what the little white, oval stickers are stuck on the
>backs of most cars in Europe. They all have a single black letter in the 
>center which (I guess) shows the country of origin of the car. Some of the 
>ones I have seen are:
> ...
>What is the purpose of these? Are they required by some sort of law in Europe?

They simply identify the contry of origin; they are not required by
law.  You even see cars with German license plates and a "USA"
sticker.  Here's a partial list:

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) SP	Spain
SU	Soviet Union


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