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"The common EU format of having a blue section on the extreme left with EU circle of stars and the country code was introduced by Council Regulation (EC) No 2411/98 of 3 November 1998[1] and entered into force on the 11 November 1998."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of...

Maybe not all countries adopt the EU standard, but it makes sense that there is an "eu" mode.

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Here in the UK it is fairly common for vehicle plates not to have the blue EU section. The window next to me overlooks an office carpark, and of the twelve vehicles with visible plates only three have the EU section. The rest are plain, unadorned plates.

Edit: UK plates may also have a "national emblem" [1] instead of the EU logo.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of...

Yes, that are common plates. But there are also special ones. Look at the personalized plates in austria.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of...

As an Australian living in Japan all of those plates look remarkably similar. It wouldn't surprise me if all of them were covered under the 'eu' directive.

Of course, my point was simply that there IS an EU rule, and therefore it makes sense to simply have an 'eu' mode that acts upon the rule even if it doesn't cover all EU plates.

My experience with other (commercial) NPR is, that it's better to narrow down your expected search results to those countries you are looking for. The whole EU would be too wide...

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