three letters (e.g. FK ∇ 1 ABC in the Feldkirch district), two digits and two letters (e.g. WL ∇ 12 AB in the Wels-Land district) or three digits and one letter. Since 2000 the vehicle registration have been carried out by car insurance companies on behalf of the government. The branch offices of these companies issue the plates, which show three digits and two letters (e.g. XX ∇ 123 AB) in each district or four digits and two letters in state capitals respectively. Army, diplomats, police etc. have a number up to five digits only (starting with 1, incrementing) There are standardized abbreviations for special types of cars. But most of them are in use in Vienna only: BB Bundesbahnen (Federal Railways), only with Index "W", e.g. W ∇ 1234 BB BE Bestattung (funeral services) EW E-Werk (electric power company) FF Freiwillige Feuerwehr (volunteer firemen) FW Feuerwehr (firemen) GW Gaswerk (gas power company) GT Gütertransport (vehicles transporting goods) KT Kleintransport (private vehicles transporting parcels) LO Linienomnibus (public service buses) LR Landesregierung (Local government of Niederösterreich) LV Landesregierung (Local government of Tyrol) MA Magistrat Wien (Local government of Vienna) MW Mietwagen (private hire car or bus service [with driver]) RD Rettungsdienst (ambulance vehicles) RK Rotes Kreuz (Red Cross) TX Taxi (taxis) Personalised plates In Austria, it is possible to obtain a customized registration plate by payment of €228.30 for registration and €21.00 for the plates themselves. The alphanumeric format is XX ∇ ABC 1, which makes them easily distinguishable from standard plates (e.g. G ∇ ASDAP 1) Electric plates Since 2017, electric plates have been introduced in Austria, these special plates are given only to electric vehicles and are exempt from parking charges in Vienna, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Wels, Linz, Graz, Mödling, Zell am See, Klosterneuburg and Krems. Other plates Export transit plates Export transit plates are vehicle plates that are issued to vehicles that are being exported, the plate is used for vehicles that need to get to its desired export destination, but aren't allowed to use regular licence plates because they have been deregistered abroad. For motor vehicles the cost of an export transit plate is €385 excluding VAT, and the cost for trailers is €295. The export transit plates are valid for 21 days. Provisional plates Prefixes History From 1906 until 1919, the plates always composed one letter followed by Roman numerals and three numbers (e.g. "BXV 639"). Temporary