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E-Vignette User Guide E-VIGNETTE USER GUIDE 2016 E-VIGNETTE ROAD USE AUTHORIZATION The e-vignette user charge system applies to motorcycles, passenger cars and their trailers, as well as cargo vehicles with a maximum permissible gross weight of 3.5 tons, campers and buses, and their trailers. These vehicles are authorized to use the Hungarian toll speedway network’s roads exclusively with pre-purchased – purchased prior to entering a toll speedway section – road use authorization, i.e. e-vignettes. The amount of toll charges depends on the category of the vehicle and the type of the e-vignette. The category of the motor vehicles must be determined according to the official entry that appears in the vehicle registration certificate, based on the maximum permissible gross weight of the motor vehicle and the number of persons it is allowed to transport. From 1 January 2016, changes have been introduced with respect to the toll speedway network and the toll-free sections, therefore, we request you to study the information below in detail. For further details, please visit the www.toll-charge.hu website, where you find the maps of the toll speedway network that may be used with an e-vignette. For additional information, please call our Call Center at +36 (36) 587-500. TOLL-FREE SECTIONS According to the decree in force, the following road sections can be used toll free: • the entire section of the M31 motorway, • the Pécs south-west loop section of the M60 motorway between roads no. 58 and 5826, • the section between the Csorna-East junction of the M85 expressway and the M85-M86 diverging junction. • the M86 expressway, • the M8 motorway, • the M9 expressway on its section between Main Road 6 and Main Road 51, • the Kaposvár loop section of M9 expressway (sign of Main Road 61), • the M4 expressway (sign of Main Road 4) on the section between Vecsés and the road leading to Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (between km sections 19+550 and 20+518), • the following sections of the M0 expressway: ◦ the section between Main Road 1 and the M5 motorway, ◦ the section between the M4 expressway (Main Road 4) and the M3 motorway, ◦ Megyeri Bridge (the section between Main Road 11 and Main Road 2). E-VIGNETTE SCHEDULE NATIONAL ANNUAL VEHICLE CATEGORY / PERIOD WEEKLY MONTHLY NATIONAL REGIONAL (10-DAY) D1M (motorcycles) HUF 1,470 - - - D1 (motorcycles, ≤ 3.5 tons passenger cars for up to 7 HUF 2,975 HUF 4,780 HUF 42,980 HUF 5,000 persons, including any trailers) D2 (passenger cars not included in Category D1, for more HUF 5,950 HUF 9,560 HUF 42,980 HUF 10,000 than 7 persons, ≤ 3.5 tons cargo vehicles and campers) U (trailers of D2 and B2 categories) HUF 2,975 HUF 4,780 HUF 42,980 HUF 5,000 B2 (bus) HUF 13,385 HUF 21,975 HUF 199,975 HUF 20,000 E-vignette schedule valid from 01.01.2016. The tolls are gross amounts, inclusive of VAT. Monthly and annual national and annual regional e-vignettes for motorcycles are available for prices in vehicle category D1. VEHICLE CATEGORIES D1 vehicle category: motorcycles, as well as passenger cars with a maximum permissible gross weight of 3.5 tons and for up to 7 persons including the driver of the passenger car, and their trailers; D2 vehicle category: all passenger cars not included in category D1 – which, for example, are allowed to transport more than 7 persons – as well as cargo vehicles of a maximum permissible gross weight of 3.5 tons and campers; B2 vehicle category: buses – motor vehicles for the purpose of transportation of passengers, having more than 9 permanent seats, including the seat of the driver; Vehicle category U: trailers of vehicles in vehicle categories D2 and B2, for which authorization must be purchased for the registration number of the trailer in any case. D1M D1 D2 U B2 VALIDITY PERIODS OF E-VIGNETTES Weekly authorization: valid on the starting day designated by the customer and 9 consecutive days, for a total of 10 consecutive calendar days until midnight of the 10th day. Monthly authorization: valid from the starting day designated by the customer until midnight of the day of the same number in the following month. If there is no such day in the month of expiry, then to midnight of the last day of the month. Annual authorization: valid from the first day of the relevant year to midnight on 31 January of the following year (for a total of 13 months if the purchase takes place on 1 January of the relevant year). The annual vignette authorizes road use from the time of purchase and is not valid retroactively. REGIONAL E-VIGNETTE In addition to the usual time-based national vignettes (weekly/10-day, monthly and annual), there is also a territory-based annual e-vignette type, the regional vignette, available for vehicles in Categories D1M, D1, D2, U and B2, with which the toll speedway network of a county may be used. For each vehicle, several regional e-vignettes can be purchased. The validity period of this e-vignette type is the same as the validity period of the annual authorization. The scope of validity of the regional vignette extends outside the relevant county, up to the first junction past the county border. For detailed information on the territorial validity of the regional vignettes according to junction numbers and road section numbers, please see the “Road Network” menu item at the www.toll-charge.hu website. Annual regional vignettes may be purchased for the following counties (having a toll speedway network) Bács-Kiskun County, Baranya County, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Csongrád County, Fejér County, Győr-Moson-Sopron County, Hajdú-Bihar County, Heves County, Komárom-Esztergom County, Pest County, Somogy County, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Tolna County, Veszprém County, Zala County IMPORTANT TO KNOW ABOUT E-VIGNETTES Road use authorization must be purchased prior to entering a toll speedway section. E-vignette purchases may not be applied with retroactive validity. In the case of a purchase within the validity period, the starting date of validity is the date of purchase. If you purchase more than one e-vignette at a time, please make sure that you have specified the dates of your journeys (uses) precisely. UNAUTHORIZED ROAD USE Driving without valid road use authorization on a road section subject to e-vignette toll qualifies as unauthorized road use, and results in excess charge payment in each of the vehicle categories regulated above. Road use is also considered unauthorized • if the road use authorization was purchased for the wrong category, i.e. an additional trailer is towed by a bus with a Category B2 authorization (instead of B2+U), or a Category D1 weekly or monthly authorization was purchased for a passenger car for 8 or more persons instead of Category D2; • if the registration number and/or the country code indicated on the control slip or in the confirming notification is not identical with the actual registration number and/or country code of the vehicle; • if you have an annual authorization for a given county but you do not use it between the junctions specified in the decree, i.e. you use the toll road network of another county. In case of electronic purchase of the road use authorization, the confirming notification serves as a proof of purchase. In order to avoid unauthorized road use, please always check the following on your control slip when making your purchase: registration number, country code, vehicle category and validity period. AMOUNTS OF THE EXCESS CHARGE D1, D2, U B2 DEADLINE FOR PAYMENT HUF 14,875 HUF 66,925 within 30 days HUF 59,500 HUF 267,700 over 30 days Regarding excess charge payment, please see the “E-vignette information and purchase/excess charge” menu item at the www.toll-charge.hu website, or visit any of our customer service offices in person. OPENING HOURS OF CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFICES OPENING HOURS MOTOR- SIDE OF CITY LOCATION KM Mon-Tue, Wednes- WAY MOTORWAY* Sat-Sun NEW! Thu-Fri day Budapest (South Pest) Üllői út 663. - - - 10-18 10-18 - Budapest rest area (Szilas rest area) M3 12 right 0-24 0-24 0-24 Budaörs rest area (Garibaldi u. 1.) M1/M7 9 right 7-19 7-19 8-16 Miskolc Pesti u. 88-96. - - - 8-16 10-18 - Debrecen Kassai út 27. - - - 8-16 10-18 - Szolnok Abonyi út (next to Tesco) - - - 8-16 10-18 - Gyöngyös Atkári út 2. - - - 8-16 10-18 - Nyíregyháza Debreceni út 256. - - - 8-16 10-18 - Békéscsaba Berényi út 93. - - - 8-16 10-18 - Szeged Budapesti út 2. - - - 8-16 10-18 - Pécs Mohácsi út 16. - - - 8-16 10-18 - Lajosmizse rest area M5 67 right 8-16 10-18 - Dunaújváros Venyimi út 8.C - - - 8-16 10-18 - Székesfehérvár rest area M7 59 right 8-16 10-18 - Lébény Motorway engineering bureau M1 142 left 8-16 10-18 - Veszprém Budapest út 89. - - - 8-16 10-18 - Szombathely Körmendi út 100. - - - 8-16 10-18 - Eszteregnye Motorway engineering bureau M7 219 right 8-16 10-18 - Opening hours of official NTPS points of sale Hegyeshalom border crossing M1 - incoming side 0-24 0-24 0-24 Rajka border crossing M15 - incoming side 0-24 0-24 0-24 *right side: Budapest outbound, left side: Budapest inbound We reserve the right to change details. For further information on the opening hours of the customer service offices and other changes, please visit the www.toll-charge.hu website or call our Call Center.
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