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title: "European Plate Decoder Expansion"
description: "Broader and more reliable plate decoding across Romania, Taiwan, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and Estonia."
canonical_url: "https://docs.carsxe.com/docs/changelogs/2026-04-29"
markdown_url: "https://docs.carsxe.com/docs/changelogs/2026-04-29.md"
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# European Plate Decoder Expansion
URL: /docs/changelogs/2026-04-29
LLM index: /llms.txt
Description: Broader and more reliable plate decoding across Romania, Taiwan, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and Estonia.

## Added

- Plate decoder support for Romania and Taiwan.
- Improved results for the Netherlands, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, and Portugal.

## Fixed

- Restored reliable Estonia plate lookups (now including VIN details when available).
- Fixed a Canada plate-lookup routing issue and an Albania connection issue.
  {/* - Fixed UK MOT lookups that could fail due to a missing secure URL prefix. */}

## Improved

- Plate decoding automatically falls back to alternative data sources when a primary source is unavailable.

## Notes

- See the full list of [supported countries](/docs/guides/supported-countries), or check out the [Plate Decoder](https://carsxe.com/vehicle-plate-decoder) product page.

## Sitemap

See the full [sitemap](/sitemap.md) for all pages.
Docs-scoped sitemap: [/docs/sitemap.md](/docs/sitemap.md).
Well-known sitemap: [/.well-known/sitemap.md](/.well-known/sitemap.md).