On Spanish roads and streets it is increasingly easy to find a multitude of types of license plates. In addition to the traditional ones, with four digits and three letters, it is possible to find plates in colors and with different combinations of letters. For example, taxis and VTCs have a blue license plate, with white numbers and letters. The trailers and semi-trailers have a license plate with a red background with three groups of characters in black.
It is even possible to find tourist plates. In this case, as occurs with the license plates of trailers or semi-trailers, they have three groups of characters, although with a white background and black characters, and with a red band on the side that indicates the month and year of registration. plate expiration. The diplomatic corps also have a plate with a red background and three groups of characters in white. And historic vehicles show a white plate with black letters, with a letter H, a group of four numbers and another of three letters.
But surely you have also come across some kind of plaque that presents the green backgroundwhich are used when a vehicle that is pending final registration is granted a temporary permit to circulate. These are usually cars purchased with non-Spanish registration in Spain or abroad, that have been purchased abroad without registration, that have been awarded without registration (at auction or by court ruling) or that have been purchased without a bodywork.
In all these cases, the permissions are valid for 60 days. If it has not been possible to register within that period for reasons beyond the control of the interested party, there is a possibility of extension.
In addition, according to the DGT page, there are two other cases in which a green license plate can be requested: for new vehicles that are going to be registered in the Canary Islands, Ceuta or Melilla and have been purchased in another province (here, the term is ten days) and to transfer vehicles, previously deregistered for export, to the European Union or abroad, where they will be re-registered (here, the term is normal: 60 days).
The agency also recalls that «the vehicle must be insured and with the ITV up to date to be able to circulate with it; In most insurers you can take out temporary insurance».