The current scheme of regular license plates was introduced in 1985. It has AB1234V formats or AB123VH where AB is the code region, 1234 is the number, and SH is the series. The regular plate has an orange background with black marks. Since 2005, to reflect the German FE font used, on the left side of the plate are the emblems of the Economic Community of Central African States code and the CMR emblem.
Regional coding
The current allocation combinations for regional coding was introduced in 1985. Cameroon has 10 regions.
Cameroon uses number plates made of custom combinations containing information at the request of the owner of the vehicle. These license plates have a 1XXXXXAB2 format, where 1 is the number prefix, XXXXX is an individual combination, AB is the region code, and 2 is the number suffix. The plates have an orange background with black marks, in addition to the same two emblems as regular plates.
Cargo transport
Cargo trucks use formats AB1234VH or ABXX1234E, where AB is the region code, SH is the pointer type, 1234 is the number, and E is the series. These plates have the same basic design as the regular plates and number plates. Pointer types have the following values:
State transport license plates use the format AB1234X where AB is the index, 1234 is the number, and B is the series. These plates have a white background and black characters, with the two emblems on the left.
Postal service
The number plate format for the postal service is RT123456, where RT is Post and Telecommunications, 1234 is the number, and 56 is the series. The plates have black characters on a white background.
Military transport
License plate numbers for Cameroon military units are formatted as 1234567 with a yellow background and black characters. On the left side of the plate is an affixed logo formation. The first figure, the French custom, shows the branch of the military.
Since 1985, police have indexes on the license plates of the SN1234 format, where SN is the national security index and 1234 is the number. Plates have white characters on a red background.
Diplomatic plates
The diplomatic license plates are encoded as belonging to a specific country or organization. For missions, codes are used in the range of 2–99, and for international organizations, the codes are in the range of 102–199.
