High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Vehicle registration plates of Latvia consist two letters (trailers plates have one letter), a hyphen and one to four numbers (depending on the age of registration) e.g. AB-1234, or AB-123, or AB-12 or AB-1. Current plates have black characters on white reflective material for both front and rear plates. Since Latvia got its independence in 1991 and till 2004 a small Latvian national flag with the initials LV would have been used on the left-side of the plate. Ever since Latvia joined the European Union, the EU blue label has been included on the license plate with the initials LV.