New toll tariffs and a CO2 toll will be introduced as a result of the German government's Toll Amendment Act. The toll exemption for natural gas-powered vehicles will be abolished and vehicles over 3.5 tonnes will also be subject to tolls.
Offers and prices for transport logistics services will be adjusted to the toll increase on 1 December 2023.
Step-by-step increase in detail:
01.01.2023:
HGV toll increase due to a new infrastructure cost report
The toll rate in cents per kilometre for an articulated lorry with more than 4 axles, emission class 6 and a gross vehicle weight of over 18 tonnes is 19 cents.
01.12.2023:
A CO2 surcharge will be levied for the HGV toll: a surcharge of €200.00 per tonne of CO2 will be payable. A new tariff feature will be introduced in the form of the CO2 emission class. This means that for vehicles with a technically permissible gross weight of 7.5 tonnes or more, a partial toll rate for CO2 emissions will be added to the existing toll.
The toll rate in cents per kilometre for an articulated lorry with more than 4 axles, emission class 6 and a gross vehicle weight of over 18 tonnes will then total 34.8 cents from 01.12.2023.
01.01.2024:
The toll exemption for natural gas-powered vehicles will be abolished on 31.12.2023. From 1 January 2024, natural gas-powered vehicles will be divided into pollutant classes in the same way as diesel-powered vehicles and will be subject to tolls.
01.07.2024:
From 1 July 2024, all vehicles with a technically permissible total mass of more than 3.5 tonnes will be subject to tolls.
01.01.2026:
Emission-free vehicles will remain exempt from the toll until 31 December 2025.
