The changes apply to cars that will be registered online and through the Diya application.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine has approved changes to the requirements for state vehicle license plates.

According to the department’s order, instead of the letters denoting the region, the designations “ED”, “DC”, “DI”, “PD” are added.

According to the document, if the contract is concluded using the means of the driver’s electronic office of the functional subsystem of the Unified State Register of the unified information system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the letter combinations “ED”, “DC” will be used.

Α also, if the contract is concluded through the Unified state web-portal of electronic services, including using the “Diya” mobile application, the letter combinations – “DI”, “PD” will be used.

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As reported, on October 6, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the Law on Amendments to the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses to increase administrative liability for violations of the procedure for installing and using vehicle license plates (No. 7365).

During July 2022, a month after the cancellation of benefits for customs clearance of imported goods, the market of new passenger cars in Ukraine increased by more than a quarter.