Eurovignette Meaning: Truck Toll in Europe

The Eurovignette is a time-based toll vignette for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) weighing 12 tonnes or more. It is required on specific motorways and toll roads in Luxembourg and Sweden. The Netherlands left the scheme on 1 July 2026: the Dutch heavy-vehicle tax (bzm) was repealed and replaced by the vrachtwagenheffing, a distance-based charge on N2 and N3 vehicles over 3,500 kg paid through an on-board unit. Previously, Denmark was also part of the Eurovignette system but replaced it with a national kilometre-based truck toll in 2025.

Transport companies buy the Eurovignette for a chosen validity period (for example a day, week, month or year), rather than paying for each individual section of road. The charge depends on the truck’s emission or CO₂ class, its number of axles and the selected duration. In recent years, tariffs have been updated to reflect CO₂ performance, so cleaner vehicles can benefit from lower costs.

The Eurovignette applies to motor vehicles and articulated combinations with a total weight of 12 tonnes or more carrying goods. Sweden goes further: trucks from 7 tonnes fitted with a towing device are also liable, and for a Swedish vehicle with a towing device the charge is assessed on the maximum permissible weight of the whole combination. Cars and light vehicles do not use the Eurovignette, but in many European countries they still need national vignettes or toll systems when using motorways.