Who pays the toll
The toll is paid by motor vehicles and vehicle combinations that are intended or used for road haulage and whose technically permissible maximum laden mass exceeds 3.5 tonnes, on federal motorways and federal highways (BFStrMG § 1 Abs. 1). For combinations, the toll obligation only applies if the motor vehicle itself has more than 3.5 t; the maximum laden mass of a combination is the sum of those of the individual vehicles.
The toll is the distance on toll roads multiplied by the toll rate per kilometre. It is calculated per toll section: the section length is rounded to the nearest 100 metres, the result per section to the nearest cent (§ 3 Abs. 2 and 4).
Toll component rates
Infrastructure and noise (Anlage 1 Nr. 1 and 3), euros per km
| Maximum laden mass | Infrastructure | Noise |
|---|---|---|
| over 3.5 to under 7.5 t | 0.052 | 0.014 |
| 7.5 to under 12 t | 0.066 | 0.016 |
| 12 to 18 t | 0.107 | 0.016 |
| over 18 t, up to 3 axles | 0.141 | 0.016 |
| over 18 t, 4 axles or more | 0.155 | 0.012 |
Air pollution by emission class (Anlage 1 Nr. 2), euros per km
| Category | over 3.5 to under 7.5 t | 7.5 to under 12 t | 12 to 18 t | over 18 t, up to 3 axles | over 18 t, 4 axles or more |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A: EURO VI | 0.011 | 0.015 | 0.015 | 0.022 | 0.023 |
| B: EURO V and EEV class 1 | 0.043 | 0.043 | 0.052 | 0.062 | 0.062 |
| C: EURO IV | 0.055 | 0.059 | 0.063 | 0.080 | 0.087 |
| D: EURO III | 0.079 | 0.088 | 0.101 | 0.134 | 0.149 |
| E: EURO II | 0.098 | 0.113 | 0.121 | 0.164 | 0.182 |
| F: EURO I and no class | 0.102 | 0.114 | 0.123 | 0.169 | 0.187 |
| G: cleaner than category A | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 |
CO₂ by CO₂ emission class (Anlage 1 Nr. 4), euros per km
| CO₂ class | over 3.5 to under 7.5 t | 7.5 to under 12 t | 12 to 18 t | over 18 t, up to 3 axles | over 18 t, 4 axles | over 18 t, 5 axles or more |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1, EURO I and worse | 0.080 | 0.080 | 0.104 | 0.158 | 0.158 | 0.162 |
| Class 1, EURO II, EURO III | 0.080 | 0.080 | 0.104 | 0.138 | 0.138 | 0.162 |
| Class 1, EURO IV, EURO V, EEV class 1 | 0.080 | 0.080 | 0.100 | 0.134 | 0.134 | 0.160 |
| Class 1, EURO VI | 0.074 | 0.080 | 0.100 | 0.124 | 0.134 | 0.158 |
| Class 2 | 0.070 | 0.076 | 0.096 | 0.118 | 0.128 | 0.150 |
| Class 3 | 0.067 | 0.072 | 0.090 | 0.111 | 0.120 | 0.142 |
| Class 4 | 0.037 | 0.040 | 0.050 | 0.063 | 0.068 | 0.079 |
| Class 5 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
CO₂ classes 2 and 3 are redetermined every 6 years from first registration (Anlage 1 Nr. 4 Buchstabe b).
Source Bundesfernstraßenmautgesetz, §§ 1–3 und Anlage 1 · gesetze-im-internet.de (nichtamtliche Fassung) · last amended by Art. 3 Abs. 3 G v. 15.5.2026 I Nr. 148; Anlage 1: BGBl. 2023 I Nr. 315 · accessed · checked on
Example calculation
Articulated vehicle over 18 t with five axles, EURO VI, CO₂ emission class 1, on 100 km of motorway:
| Infrastructure, over 18 t, 4 axles or more | €0.155 |
|---|---|
| Air pollution, category A | + €0.023 |
| Noise | + €0.012 |
| CO₂, class 1, EURO VI, 5 axles or more | + €0.158 |
| Toll rate per kilometre | €0.348 |
| 100 km | €34.80 |
Calculated with a round 100 km; the actual toll is charged per toll section, rounded to the nearest cent.
Who is exempt
Under § 1 Abs. 2 BFStrMG, no toll is paid by:
- buses;
- vehicles of the armed forces, police authorities, civil protection and disaster control, fire brigades and other emergency services, and federal vehicles;
- vehicles used exclusively for road maintenance and road operation, including road cleaning and winter road maintenance;
- vehicles used exclusively by showmen and circuses;
- vehicles of non-profit or charitable organisations carrying humanitarian aid to relieve an emergency;
- agricultural or forestry vehicles under § 2 Abs. 1 Nr. 7 Güterkraftverkehrsgesetz (Road Haulage Act) and related empty runs;
- zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles until ;
- zero-emission vehicles up to 4.25 t technically permissible maximum laden mass;
- vehicles under 7.5 t that carry material, equipment or machinery for the driver’s craft or deliver handcrafted goods, if the transport is not commercial.
Vehicles of authorities and emergency services, road maintenance services and showmen must be recognisable as intended for this purpose. For combinations, the motor vehicle is decisive. Also toll-free are the A 6 from the French border to Saarbrücken-Fechingen, the A 5 from the Swiss and French borders to Müllheim/Neuenburg, and privately financed sections with their own toll (§ 1 Abs. 3).
Source Bundesfernstraßenmautgesetz, §§ 1–3 und Anlage 1 · gesetze-im-internet.de (nichtamtliche Fassung) · last amended by Art. 3 Abs. 3 G v. 15.5.2026 I Nr. 148; Anlage 1: BGBl. 2023 I Nr. 315 · accessed · checked on
Toll rates 2027
No change to the toll rates has been promulgated for 2027. Anlage 1 BFStrMG (Federal Trunk Road Toll Act) gives no end date; the daily check reports any change to the legal text.
Source and status
Source Bundesfernstraßenmautgesetz, §§ 1–3 und Anlage 1 · gesetze-im-internet.de (nichtamtliche Fassung) · last amended by Art. 3 Abs. 3 G v. 15.5.2026 I Nr. 148; Anlage 1: BGBl. 2023 I Nr. 315 · accessed · checked on
Unofficial version from gesetze-im-internet.de. The promulgation in the Bundesgesetzblatt (Federal Law Gazette) is authoritative. Texts and tables from Toll Collect are not reproduced.