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On 25 November 2022, the Bundesrat approved the fifth amendment to the German Federal Trunk Road Toll Act (BFStrMG), which contains the toll rates applicable with effect from 1 January 2023. Publication of the act in the Federal Gazette signifies the conclusion of the legislative process.

You will probably have already noticed that we have completely revised our website.

A draft bill by the German government to amend the German Federal Trunk Road Toll Act (BFStrMG) provides for a change to toll rates.

Toll Collect has ceased operation of toll terminals. The last devices were removed at the end of June. Log-ons via the terminals had been continuously declining in recent years.

Simplified cash closure and Romanian for Bosch OBUs

New toll rates come into effect as of 1 October 2021. The toll rate proportion for infrastructure costs lowers retroactively from the day of the ECJ verdict on 28 October 2020.

From 1 October 2021, the toll-exempt status for trucks powered by natural gas shall only apply to natural gas vehicles delivered from the factory for operation with CNG (compressed natural gas), LNG (liquefied natural gas) or for operation as dual fuel engines with LNG/diesel, and which have system approval in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 595/2009.

Natural gas vehicles should originally only have been exempt from the truck toll until the end of 2020. This exemption has now been extended until 31/12/2023.

From the end of August 2020, an update to the OBU software will provide drivers and operators with various new features. The information for the driver will be clearer and more informative. The update will be transferred to the OBU via the mobile network. No trucks will have to go into the workshop.

Since 1 October 2019, bivalent natural gas vehicles will benefit from the toll exemption only if they can prove a minimum natural gas tank volume of 300 litres or 115 kg of LNG.

The government is planning to introduce new tariffs for the truck toll from 1 January 2019. There are new duties to cooperate for drivers in the draft law.

As of today, all federal trunk roads in Germany are subject to toll for motor vehicles and vehicle combinations with a gross vehicle weight of 7.5 tonnes or more. The toll road network in Germany now includes around 52,000 kilometres of motorways and federal trunk roads.

As of 1 June 2018, the new weight classes will be visible on the On-Board Units.