With an amendment to the Federal Road Toll Act and the Asfinag Act, Austria will implement the new EU infrastructure costs directive from 1 January 2024. This means that in addition to infrastructure costs and the traffic-related costs of air and noise pollution, the CO2 emissions of vehicles will also be taken into account when calculating the truck toll.
The new pricing system for the distance-based “Go toll” will apply to vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 3.5 tonnes or more. It will be introduced gradually from 2024 to 2026, according to a statement from the Austrian parliament.
The cost of the toll depends on the distance travelled, the number of axles, the emission class of the engine and the CO2 emissions of the engine. Higher rates apply on special toll routes.
| Tariff group | Euro emission classes |
| E | Purely electric or pure hydrogen fuel cell vehicles |
| A | Euro 6 |
| b | Euro 5 and EEV * |
| C | Euro 4 |
| D | Euros 0 to 3 |
* EEV (Enhanced Environmentally Friendly Vehicle) is a European emissions standard for buses and trucks that goes beyond Euro 5 engines. The Euro 6 engine has even lower emissions.
** Source: the Austrian Economic Chamber
CO2 calculator
There will be five CO2 emission classes; with zero-emission vehicles will in class 5. Class 1 includes all vehicles that do not meet the requirements of the other emission classes due to their CO2 specifications.
| Tariff group |
Two axes
|
Three axes
|
From four axes
|
| E (Electric/Hydrogen) | 5.38 | 7.41 | 10.97 |
| A (Euro 6) | 22.78 * | 31.77 * | 47.30 * |
| B (Euro 5 and EEV) | 24.08 | 33.77 | 49.90 |
| C (Euro 4) | 25.68 | 35.57 | 52.50 |
| D (Euro 0 to 3) | 27.08 | 37.67 | 55.40 |
* For Euro 6 trucks registered for the first time after 1 July 2019, a lower toll rate of up to 0.19 to 0.37 cents/km can be charged if the CO2 emissions are particularly low and can be proven to ASFINAG (reduction of up to 0.8%).
** Source: the Austrian Economic Chamber
According to the Austrian motorway operator Asfinag, the vast majority of vehicles – 95 per cent – will not need to take any action. This is because all vehicles are initially classified as emission class 1.
Vehicles registered for the first time before 1 July 2019 will automatically remain in this emission class, as they cannot be assigned to a better emission class due to legal requirements.
For vehicles registered from 1 July 2019, the corresponding better CO2 emission class can be determined by entering the corresponding values in the Asfinag calculator, which the motorway operator has put online. For these vehicles, it is possible to check a cheaper toll rate for the CO 2 price.
Three values are required for the check:
- date of first registration (registration document),
- vehicle subgroup,
- specific CO2 emission value.
CO2 reference values are available for each vehicle subgroup. These can be found in the Customer Information File (CIF).
In some cases, a Certificate of Conformity (CoC) is also required, which will be included in the vehicle documents when a vehicle is purchased in or after 2019.
If these documents are not available, the CIF can be requested directly from the vehicle manufacturer or dealer.
Higher toll on the A 13 and A 12 motorways between Kufstein and Innsbruck
In order to co-finance the construction of the Brenner Base Tunnel, a surcharge of up to 25% of the base kilometre will be levied on the A 13 Brenner motorway and the A 12 Inntal motorway from the state border at Kufstein to the Innsbruck/Amras junction, Asfinag warns.
