Road Tax

Road tax in Austria for freight vehicles

On 1 January 2004, road pricing was introduced in Austria for freight vehicles using the network of larger roads, dependent upon the number of kilometers travelled. The new law affects all road transport vehicles with a maximum permissible weight of more than 3.5 tonnes.

The basis for this law is as follows:

• Road pricing regulation for A-roads of 16.7.2002
• Road pricing regulation of 5.11.2002
• Road pricing exemption regulation of 20.12.2002
• Road pricing regulation of 21.6.2007
• Road pricing regulation of 10.4.2008
• Road pricing regulation of 01.01.2012

The existing special tolls will also continue to be charged.

Road pricing for freight vehicles has the character of a charge for the distance driven. As a result, we cannot bear the additional costs which arise, despite our efforts to optimize transportation.

DHL Freight

In these areas, an additional road pricing charge for freight vehicles has been introduced as of 01 January 2004 for all groupage and part load consignments shipped in Austria.

Road tax for Germany and transit countries

Road tax for trucks was introduced on 1 January 2005 as a public charge on all motorways in Germany. All goods-carrying road vehicles of over 12 tons in total permissible weight are subject to the new charge. The legal basis for road pricing is the Motorway Toll Act, which came into force on 12.04.2002.

Other countries like Switzerland or the Czech Republic for example have also introduced a road tax for trucks.

Road Freight – Groupage, Part- and Full Load
DHL Freight charges the road tax from 1 January 2005 on for all Road Freight transports to Germany and in the following transit countries:

Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, UK, Ireland, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Poland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark.

Road Pricing Tables DHL Freight:

The calculation of road pricing is based on:

• The number of kilometers covered subject to road pricing
• The number of vehicle axles
• The pollutant class of the vehicle

Despite our efforts to optimize transportation, DHL, like every other company in the transport sector, is unable to compensate additional road pricing costs through our transport prices.

The Official Gazette Part II, Regulation number 436 became effective on 21 December 2011. The Regulation determines the road tax charges for Austria.

The following changes have been introduced:

• a new additional tariff group for EURO 6 vehicles
• an extra road charge of 10 % on the Inntal motorway between Kufstein and Innsbruck.

 

On average road tax charges have increased by 2.8 % (EEV + 2,74 %).

Environmentally friendly trucks with EURO-4 and EURO-5 engines have increased to 5,769% due to being reclassified in a lower category. In practice this means a road tax charge increase of 5,4% in relation to the truck fleet mixture.

Road Tax Charge Tables
Please find below the updated road tax charge tables as pdf.

The toll charge affects all vehicles with more than 3,5 hzG and is valid on all Austrian motorways and highways.