Vignette Check

Road Toll Verification

Faq

Find answers here to the most frequently asked questions about the services and activities of the National Road Infrastructure Management Company (CNAIR).

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Which road network is subject to the road toll (vignette)?

The road toll applies to Romania’s national road network, except for sections of national roads located within the built-up areas of municipalities, between the signs marking entry into and exit from these areas.

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In the event of the sale of the vehicle, does the vignette remain valid?

According to LAW no. 226 of 14 July 2023 on the application of road tariffs on the national road network in Romania


Art. 10.


(1) In the event of a change in the user of the vehicle, the vignette retains its validity.


(2) In the case of vehicles registered in Romania, upon assignment of another registration number, the
vignette retains its validity. The Directorate-General for Driving Licences and Vehicle Registration shall
ensure, on the basis of a protocol, daily access of CNAIR to data relating to the change of registration
numbers in the National Register of Driving Licences and Registered Vehicles.


(3) In the event of registration of the vehicle in another country, the vignette retains its validity only
under the condition that the user informs CNAIR in writing regarding the change of the registration
number in order to record the modification in the database of the SER.

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What must I do so that vehicles exempted from the payment of the vignette, pursuant to the legal provisions in force, are registered in the database as exempt?

According to LAW no. 226 of 14 July 2023 on the application of road tariffs on the national road network in Romania


Art. 9.


(1) The following vehicles are exempted from the payment of the vignette:
a) owned or, as the case may be, used under a legal right, according to the data entered in the vehicle
registration certificate, by:
    (i) units of the Ministry of National Defence;
    (ii) units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs;
    (iii) units of the Romanian Intelligence Service;
    (iv) units of the Foreign Intelligence Service;
    (v) units of the Protection and Guard Service;
    (vi) units of the Special Telecommunications Service;
    (vii) the National Administration of Penitentiaries and its subordinate units;
    (viii) community public services for emergency situations, regulated by Government Ordinance no.
88/2001 on the establishment, organization, and operation of community public services for emergency
situations, approved with amendments and additions by Law no. 363/2002, with subsequent
amendments and additions;
    (ix) the National Company for Road Infrastructure Administration - S.A. and its subunits;
    (x) the State Inspectorate for Road Transport Control;
    (xi) the Romanian Red Cross National Society;
b) provided as being exempted under international agreements and treaties to which Romania is a
party;
c) used in local public passenger transport by regular services;
d) authorized to perform school transport;
e) ambulance-type vehicles owned by public authorities/entities.


(2) The vehicles provided for in paragraph (1) point a) items (viii)–(xi) and points b)–e) are exempted
from the payment of the user charge only if they are registered, as exempted vehicles, in the database
of the SER.


(3) The vehicles provided for in paragraph (1) point a) items (i)–(vii) are exempted from the payment of
the vignette only if they are marked, by the Directorate-General for Driving Licences and Vehicle
Registration, in the National Register of Driving Licences and Registered Vehicles, as exempted from the
payment of the user charge.


(4) The obligation to request the marking/removal of vehicles in/from the National Register of Driving
Licences and Registered Vehicles and, as the case may be, the registration/removal in/from the
database of the SER rests with their holders.


(5) The countervalue of the roviniete issued, on the basis of the request submitted to CNAIR by the
Ministry of Internal Affairs, through the Department for Emergency Situations, for vehicles carrying out
transport operations within civil protection missions or humanitarian missions on the territory of
Romania or transiting Romania for this purpose, shall be reimbursed biannually to CNAIR by the Ministry
of Transport and Infrastructure, from the amounts allocated from the state budget, provided with this
destination in the annual budget laws, on the basis of the statement submitted by the 15th day of the
first month of each semester, for the preceding semester.


(6) The request provided for in paragraph (5) shall include the list of vehicle registration numbers,
accompanied by copies of their registration certificates, as well as the period of execution of the
transport operations on Romanian territory.

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