Please be informed that e-vignettes are available in 2010 at the 2009 prices until a further decision is made.
 
The amount of the toll depends on the category of the motor vehicle. The toll categories are as follows:
 
•    D1: motorcycles, and motor vehicles with a maximum total permissible weight of 3.5 tons, including any trailers
 
•    D2: motor vehicles and motor vehicles with trailers (long vehicles) with a maximum total permissible weight of over 3.5 tons, but not more than 7.5 tons
 
•    D3: motor vehicles and motor vehicles with trailers (long vehicles) with a maximum total permissible weight of over 7.5 tons, but not more than 12.0 tons
 
•    D4: all motor vehicles that do not fall in categories D1, D2 or D3.
 
The 4-day toll for motorbikes is 50% of the 4-day toll for vehicles in category D1.
 
Buses, with or without trailer, with a total permissible weight of over 7.5 tons shall fall into the category below the one they would belong to based on their total permissible weight.
 
The maximum total permissible weight of a motor vehicle and its trailer is established on the basis of the official entry in the vehicle registration document.
 
It is important to note that road usage rights shall not be valid for a time period before the e-vignette was purchased. Permits are not valid retrospectively.
 
The prices of authorisation, including VAT, are as follows:

* A 4-day vignette costs 1,530 HUF between 1 May and 30 September 2010. During the remaining period of the year a price of 1,170 HUF is applicable.
** Weekly vignettes are valid for 10 days
 
IMPORTANT! Motorists must have a valid vignette when entering a toll road!

Based on Article 33/B Section (8) of Act no. I. of 1988 on the Transport on Public Roads, the National Transport Authority (NKH) is responsible for controlling road use authorisations.
 
In the event of an inspection based on stopping vehicles, the driver must stop the vehicle and show the vehicle’s (and the trailer’s) documents to the inspector for toll category verification.
 
The State Motorway Management Company Ltd can perform inspections on any toll sections, including the adjoining rest stops, as well as junction exit and entrance roads that are accessible only from, or leading to, toll sections.
 
The sales points located along toll road sections are not intended to sell authorisations for the current trip, but to make the purchase easier for future trips. This means that the mobile groups can also check motorway authorisations at the sales points alongside the toll sections. In such occasions, the indication of the intention to purchase road-use authorisation does not exempt the driver from the obligation to pay an excess charge.

Driving without valid road-use authorisation on a toll road section qualifies as unauthorised road use!

A road-use authorisation is invalid:
- if the motorway vignette has been issued for a lower toll category than required for the motor vehicle (long vehicle) being checked;
 - if the registration number indicated on the voucher or in the confirmation message is not identical to the actual registration number of the vehicle;
- if the vignette has expired, or the validity period has not yet started.
 
Road use is made legal by the voucher or, for electronic toll payment, by the confirmation message.
 
Amounts of the excess charge

If a vehicle has no valid authorisation for road use at the time of inspection, or, in the case of electronic purchase, the driver does not have a confirmation message sent by the provider, the motorist must pay an excess charge established on the basis of the vehicle’s toll category. The excess charge can be paid on the spot by bank card, at any customer service office, by postal money order, or through bank transfer. With regard to electronic inspection based on the identification of the registration number, the excess charge can be paid at any customer service office or else by postal money order or through bank transfer after receiving the excess charge notice (the information regarding these options is detailed in the excess charge notice, in its information section). Grace periods are calculated from the date of inspection in the case of on-site inspections, and from the receipt of the excess charge notice in the case of electronic inspections.
 
The registered owner of the motor vehicle (the operator) is liable to pay the excess charge!

Information for tranfer of excess charge

Name of account holder and account number: State Motorway Management Company Ltd. / 10402142-49555557-57541179

For international wire transfers: KERESKEDELMI ÉS HITELBANK
IBAN: HU58 10402142-49555557-57541179
SWIFT: OKHBHUHB
Code of cost bearer: OUR / BEN

In the Comments box: - The word ”Pótdíj” (excess charge), The serial number of the report taken during the inspection or the identification code of the payment notice in the event of an electronic inspection, date of inspection, toll category (D1, D2, D3, D4).

Should you have any questions or comments regarding toll payment and inspection, please contact our customer service centre at +36 40 40 50 60 (local-rate number, 7/24), or write an e-mail to ugyf@autopalya.hu.

MOTORCYCLE E-VIGNETTE
 
As decreed by the Ministry of Economy and Transport, from 1 January 2008, D1 category, 4-day e-vignettes have been available for motorcyclists at half-price, i.e. for 765 HUF between 1 May and 30 September and for 585 HUF during the rest of the year. Riders can purchase authorisation for road use through the existing channels, that is, at SMMC's customer service centres, through the company’s retail network, and via electronic sales channels (Internet, text message, phone call and bank card payment).
 
The decision was preceded by an experimental period between 1 May and 30 September 2007, during which riders could purchase 4-day motorway vignettes at half price. The scheme was the result of a series of negotiations between the motorcycling advocacy organisation RRACE MONO, the Ministry of Economy and Transport, and the State Motorway Management Company Ltd. As part of the trilateral agreement, the motorcyclists' organisation was required to launch a campaign encouraging compliance with traffic regulations. Our experience up to that time showed that a high percentage of motorcycle riders were not using Hungarian toll motorways due to the price levels. Riders’ associations had found it unfair to impose the same tolls on motorcycles as on cars, citing that, owing to their size and weight, motorbikes affect the condition of roads to a significantly lesser extent than larger vehicles.
 
Motorcycle vignettes were on sale exclusively through the Internet, via phone call or text messages (available only for T-Mobile and Telenor subscribers), and using a bank card during the experimental period. With sales data and accident statistics indicating the success of the scheme, the Ministry of Economy and Transport decided to extend the discount for the whole year as of 1 January 2008. Earlier, the introduction of 4-day vignettes was also preceded by a similar experimental period.