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These plates were actually not "registration plates", but proofs of payment of the bicycle tax — so you had to renew them every year. The bicycle tax has been removed from 1986 to 1998 (...

In Switzerland liability insurance for bikes was mandatory. Until 1989 a metal number plate had to be mounted to the bike (Velonummer). From 1989 to 2011 bikes had to have a sticker (Velovignette). ...

In Belgium one of the reasons why the scheme was scrapped was that it cost more to collect the tax, issue the plates and have the police check the validity than it would produce income for the state.