{"id":679,"date":"2010-05-28T21:22:03","date_gmt":"2010-05-28T21:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.image-reg.com\/blog\/?p=679"},"modified":"2010-05-28T21:22:03","modified_gmt":"2010-05-28T21:22:03","slug":"french-number-plate-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/28\/french-number-plate-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"French Number Plate Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.org\/counter192.js'><\/script>Following a decision by the French government in 2009 to change the  number plate system in France to one that seems much simpler, there has  been fierce disgruntlement amongst French motorists.<\/p>\n<p>The old system required car owners to change their number plates every  time they moved addresses to a different French \u2018department\u2019 or  government administrative division. 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