Car number plates in SFR Yugoslavia showed the place where the car carrying them was registered, in the form of a two-letter code and 3x2 digits numerics, for example: BG 123-456. The letter codes matched the municipalities of Yugoslavia.

The states that emerged on its territory following the Yugoslav Wars

Yugoslav wars

The Yugoslav Wars were a series of wars, fought throughout the former Yugoslavia between 1991 and 1995. The wars were complex: characterized by bitter ethnic conflicts among the peoples of the former Yugoslavia, mostly between Serbs on the one side and Croats and Bosniaks on the other; but also...

 of the 1990s all replaced the red star

Red star

A red star, five-pointed and filled, is an important ideological and religious symbol which has been used for various purposes, such as: state emblems, flags, monuments, ornaments, and logos.- Symbol of communism :...

 with a new emblem. They also amended the format variously:

• Vehicle registration plates of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Vehicle registration plates of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Bosnia and Herzegovina vehicle registration plates have held their current form since 1998. Currently the Bosnia and Herzegovina vehicle registration consists of seven characters: five numbers and two letter arranged in the following order X00 - X - 000...
  
  
  • Changed to a completely different format in 1998 that does not use geographically based two-letter codes
• Vehicle registration plates of Croatia
  • Kept most of the old two-letter codes
  • Renamed cities such as Požega
    Požega, Croatia
    Požega is a city in western Slavonia, eastern Croatia, with a total population of 26,403 . It is the administrative center of the Požega-Slavonia County.-Geography:...
    
     caused SP to change to PŽ
  • The random part of the plate is different
• Vehicle registration plates of Kosovo
  Vehicle registration plates of Kosovo
  In Kosovo, plates are issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kosovo, and as of 1 November 2011, old Serbian plates in Northern Kosovo will be replaced with UNMIK plates as part of the Belgrade-Pristina negotiations arrangements....
  
  
  • Switched away from the old two-letter codes to a single "KS" code between numbers in 1999
  • Switched to numbers indicating districts in 2010
• Vehicle registration plates of Macedonia
  Vehicle registration plates of Macedonia
  Car licence plate codes in the Republic of Macedonia consist of a two-letter region code, followed by a 3-digit numeric and a 2-letter alpha code . Several cities like Kičevo, Struga and Resen all use the region code of Ohrid but the plates can be divided by looking at the last 2 letters...
  
  
  • Kept most of the old two-letter codes
  • The renamed city of Veles
    Veles (city)
    Veles is a city in the center of the Republic of Macedonia on the Vardar river. The city of Veles is the seat of Veles Municipality.-Name:The city's name was Vylosa in Ancient Greek and before the Balkan Wars, it was a township with the name Köprülü in the Üsküp sandjak, Ottoman empire for 600...
    
     (TV to VE)
  • The random part of the plate is different
  • Plans to add new codes for new municipalities
• Vehicle registration plates of Montenegro
  • The TG for Titograd was replaced with a new code for Podgorica
    Podgorica
    Podgorica , is the capital and largest city of Montenegro.Podgorica's favourable position at the confluence of the Ribnica and Morača rivers and the meeting point of the fertile Zeta Plain and Bjelopavlići Valley has encouraged settlement...
    
    
  • New format with different random part since 2008
  • Many new municipalities got their own codes
• Vehicle registration plates of Serbia
  • Kept most of the old two-letter codes
  • New format with different random part since 2011
  • Many new municipalities got their own codes in 2008
• Vehicle registration plates of Slovenia
  Vehicle registration plates of Slovenia
  Slovenian car number plates are license plates found on Slovenian cars.The license plates are made of metal. On the left there is a blue bar like in other EU countries ; the text is in black letters on a white background...
  
  
  • Kept most of the old two-letter codes
  • The random part of the plate is different
  • Made small adjustments for the EU in 2004