In Albania, vehicle registration plates are issued by the General Directory of Road Transport Services (DPSHTRR). Current Vehicle Series Private Vehicles A new format similar to the post-1994 Italian and post-2009 French plate designs has been introduced since 16 February 2011. The plates start with a blue strip at the left with 'AL' and redesigned double-headed eagle in white, 2 serial letters, security hologram, 3 digits, 2 serial letters on a rectangular white background, and end on the right with a blue strip that's supposed to show year of registration and regional code in white on. It has been observed that the last two identification elements are de facto not included while the font is more emphasized than the post-2002 one. Plates of all vehicles would experience a similar change. Critics claim that the color of the double headed eagle and strip is not representative of red and black colors of the Albanian flag. Private vehicle license plates have black borders and black texts on a white background. They follow a format [AB 123 FG]. This format is national, irrespective of the vehicle's registered district. Standard sized License Plate, 520 x 110 mm 2-Lined License Plate, 254 x 205 mm Starting in 2022, license plates may also be issued in a smaller 360 x 100 mm format for the front and a 305 x 153 mm format for both front and rear plates. These are issued due to an increase of imports from Italy, Switzerland and the United States, which do not always issue EU-standard plates. In Albania, "repetitive" license plates have red borders and texts on a white background. These are additional license plates to install, if there's an object such as a bike carrier rack blocking the original license plate of a private vehicle. Standard sized License Plate, 520 x 110 mm 2-Lined License Plate, 254 x 205 mm Agricultural vehicles Agricultural vehicle registration plates in Albania have white borders and white texts on a green background. They follow the format [AA MB 00], where MB stands for Makinë Bujqësore which means Agricultural Vehicle. Standard sized License Plate, 520 x 110 mm 2-Lined License Plate, 254 x 205 mm Agricultural trailer registration plates in Albania have white borders and white texts on a green background. They follow the format [AA RB 00], where RB stands for Rimorkio Bujqësore which means Agricultural trailer. Standard sized License Plate, 520 x