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User charge (vignettes)
Road users must have a valid electronic vignette before entering the tolled sections of highways A1-A20 by buses (vehicle categories M2-M3), heavy vehicles (vehicle categories N1-N3) and their combinations and special road vehicles.
Electronic vignette is an electronic entry in the National Traffic Information System (hereinafter – EIS) that confirms the fact of payment of a road user charge and gives the right to drive the vehicle on tolled road sections for a specified period of time.
Form and general requirements for electronic vignettes:
4.* An electronic entry contains information stored by EIS about:
4.1. the date of acquisition of the vignette and the date of expiry (as to the accuracy of hours and minutes).
4.2. data of the vehicle:
4.2.1. country of registration and national registration number;
4.2.2. category and class, as well as pollution emission class, when it is specified when purchasing an electronic vignette;
4.3. other electronic vignette data:
4.3.1. unique number of electronic vignette;
4.3.2. the place of sale of the electronic vignette and the transaction number of the sale of the vignette.
5. There are four types of electronic vignettes: daily, weekly, monthly and yearly. An electronic vignette that is valid for a day (daily) expires after 24 hours counting from the start of the validity period of an electronic vignette; an electronic vignette that is valid for a week (weekly) expires after 7 days inclusive counting from the start of the validity period of an electronic vignette; an electronic vignette that is valid for a month (monthly) expires on the same day of the next month counting from the start of the validity period of an electronic vignette; an electronic vignette that is valid for one year (yearly) is valid for a period of 12 months counting from the start of the validity period of an electronic vignette.
6. A road user shall set up the start date and time of an electronic vignette.
Road users are responsible for the accuracy of the information provided at the time of purchasing an electronic vignette.
*numbering corresponds to the Order Description, approved by the Minister of Transport of the Republic of Lithuania on 23.03.2007 by order No. 3-97.
The following legal acts regulate the user charge (available only in Lithuanian):
Law on Financing the Road Maintenance and Development Programme of the Republic of Lithuania
Valid from 10-01-2015:
Note. Road users purchase vignettes according to the vehicle‘s category and class indicated in the document, which confirms the registration of the motor vehicle, or according to the permissible maximum mass of the vehicle and/or the number of seats in cases where the vehicle category and class are not indicated.
User charge shall be paid for using the following roads of the highest category (main roads) from A1 to A20:
- A1 Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda (10.00–91.00 km; 103.00–304.00 km);
- A2 Vilnius–Panevėžys (12.00–132.55 km);
- A3 Vilnius–Minsk (6.65–32.91 km);
- A4 Vilnius–Varėna–Grodno (15.57–133.91 km);
- A5 Kaunas–Marijampolė–Suwalki (7.60–96.74 km);
- A6 Kaunas–Zarasai–Daugavpils (5.95–66.80; 72.44–185.24 km);
- A7 Marijampolė–Kybartai–Kaliningrad (2.50–41.92 km);
- A8 Panevėžys–Aristava–Sitkūnai (7.50–87.86 km);
- A9 Panevėžys–Šiauliai (5.00–75.29 km);
- A10 Panevėžys–Pasvalys–Riga (4.57–66.10 km);
- A11 Šiauliai–Palanga (2.65–146.52 km);
- A12 Riga–Šiauliai–Tauragė–Kaliningrad (0–49,74 km; 59,49–151,82 km; 155,80–185,97 km);
- A13 Klaipėda–Liepaja (11.00–43.83 km);
- A14 Vilnius–Utena (10.66–95.66 km);
- A15 Vilnius–Lida (10.78–48.83 km);
- A16 Vilnius–Prienai–Marijampolė (15.56–135.42 km);
- A17 Panevėžys bypass (0–22.24 km);
- A18 Šiauliai bypass (0–17.13 km).
- A20 Ukmergė bypass (0,02–7,64 km).
This sign (No 840), specified in Annex 1 to the Road Traffic Regulations, approved by Resolution No 1950 of the Government of the Lithuanian Republic, mounted with the road number, marks the beginning of the toll road, for which bus or heavy vehicle‘s owners or holders shall pay the road user‘s charge.
Electronic vignettes are available at vignette distribution points, on the website designed for vignette distribution and via a mobile app.
Vehicle owners or users (drivers) can pay a vehicle user charge and purchase a vignette(-s) in the petrol stations as well as at the border crossing points of the Republic of Lithuania and in other places marked with special signs.
Information sign marking vignette selling points:
An electronic vignette is invalid and the payment of a vehicle user charge shall be considered not to have been made if:
- The electronic vignette is used for a vehicle of another category and/or pollution emission class, except in cases where the user fee paid is the same as required for a vehicle of this category or higher.
- Incorrect data is entered.
Road users are responsible for the accuracy of the information provided and entered when purchasing an electronic vignette. The responsibility for the use of an electronic vignette of a wrong type, category or inaccurately completed lies within the road user.
In case any of the requirements above is not met during the inspection of the vehicle, the sanctions provided for by the Code of Administrative Law Violation of the Republic of Lithuania shall be imposed upon the owners and/or users (drivers) of the vehicle.
Important information
Amendment, replacement of electronic vignettes and money refund
It is possible to correct, transfer or refund for the electronic vignette in the cases listed below, by submitting a request and other necessary documents (all in one letter) by e-mail to the address .
13.* Electronic vignettes (daily, weekly, monthly and yearly) can be adjusted:
13.1. by changing the sign of the vehicle’s state registration number;
13.2. in case of a mistake when entering the state registration number of the vehicle or the country of registration; in this case, the electronic vignette can be changed only once for the entire period of its validity, and the erroneous data of the electronic vignette is changed retroactively;
13.3. after purchasing a cheaper electronic vignette that corresponds to the wrong category or the wrong pollution class, the vignette information is corrected when the road user transfers the missing amount to the AB Lithuanian Road Administration (hereinafter – Road Administration) account no. LT38 7300 0100 0169 8133.
14. Electronic vignettes (weekly, monthly and yearly) can be transferred to other vehicles:
14.1. when the vehicle for which the electronic vignette was purchased breaks down or is damaged during a traffic accident, natural disaster, or fire and will not be repaired during the validity period of the vignette;
14.2. due to the theft of a vehicle for which an electronic vignette was purchased;
14.3. after selling a vehicle for which an electronic vignette was purchased.
15.In order to clarify the electronic vignette or transfer it to another vehicle, road users should send an e-mail to the Road Administration by mail and must submit the application and the following documents:
15.1. In the case provided for in clause 13.1 of the Description:
15.1.1. a copy of the document certifying the loss or change of the vehicle’s state registration number plate;
15.1.2. a copy of the vehicle’s new registration certificate;
15.1.3. a copy of the document confirming the purchase of the electronic vignette;
15.2. In the case provided for in clause 13.2 of the Description:
15.2.1. a copy of the document confirming the purchase of the electronic vignette;
15.2.2. a copy of the registration certificate of the vehicle for which the electronic vignette is to be purchased;
15.3. In the case provided for in clause 13.3 of the Description:
15.3.1. a copy of the order, the purpose of payment of which is the state registration number of the vehicle;
15.3.2. a copy of the registration certificate of the vehicle for which the electronic vignette was purchased;
15.3.3. a copy of the document confirming the purchase of the electronic vignette;
15.4. In the case provided for in clause 14.1 of the Description:
15.4.1. copies of documents proving that the vehicle for which the electronic vignette was purchased is broken or damaged in the event of a traffic accident, natural disaster or fire;
15.4.2. a copy of the registration certificate of the vehicle for which the electronic vignette is requested to be transferred;
15.4.3. a copy of the document confirming the purchase of the electronic vignette;
15.5. In the case provided for in clause 14.2 of the Description:
15.5.1. a copy of the document confirming the purchase of the electronic vignette;
15.5.2. a document issued by the insurance company or the police about the investigation of the incident in which the vehicle for which the electronic vignette was purchased was damaged;
15.5.3. a copy of the vehicle registration certificate, if it was not lost during the incident;
15.5.4. a copy of the registration certificate of the vehicle for which the electronic vignette is requested to be transferred;
15.6. In the case provided for in clause 14.3 of the description:
15.6.1. a copy of the vehicle purchase and sale agreement;
15.6.2. a copy of the registration certificate of the vehicle for which the electronic vignette was purchased;
15.6.3. a copy of the registration certificate of the vehicle for which the electronic vignette is requested to be transferred;
15.6.4. a copy of the document confirming the purchase of the electronic vignette.
16. The validity period of electronic vignettes revised or transferred to another vehicle is not extended.
17. Electronic vignettes are revised or transferred to another vehicle during their validity period.
18. If a road user mistakenly purchases an electronic vignette for a vehicle for which the road user fee has already been paid, the time of entry into force of the second and all subsequently purchased vignettes may be adjusted taking into account the time specified in the road user’s request.
19. In the case specified in point 18 of the Description, road users shall send an e-mail to the Road Administration. by mail and must submit a request specifying the exact time (date and hour) when the electronic vignette must take effect, and the following documents:
19.1. copies of documents confirming the purchase of electronic vignettes;
19.2. a copy of the vehicle registration certificate.
20. The time of entry into force of the electronic vignette and the state registration number of the vehicle may be changed only after the electronic vignette has not entered into force.
21. Electronic vignettes are corrected and transferred to another vehicle free of charge within 3 working days of submitting the documents. The responsible employee of the Road Administration, who has examined the road user’s application regarding the correction, transfer or change of information of the electronic vignette and the received documents, informs the road user about the decision by the specified e-mail.
Refund
22. The paid road user fee can be refunded only for electronic vignettes for the year, when the vehicle is deregistered from the vehicle register (after selling the vehicle, getting into a traffic accident, irreparably damaging the vehicle or for other reasons).
23. Pursuant to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania on 21 April 2005 by resolution No. 447, approved Procedure Description, the refundable amount of the road user tax is calculated at the request of the vehicle operator and the overpaid road user tax is returned to the vehicle operator within 30 calendar days be the Road Administration.
24. Vehicle manager to the Road Administration by e-mail , submit a request to return the remaining unused part of the road user fee, in which he specifies the details and the number of the account to which the funds must be transferred, and the following documents:
24.1. a copy of the vehicle registration certificate;
24.2. a copy of the document confirming the purchase of the electronic vignette;
24.3. a document confirming the fact of deregistration of the vehicle from the register of road vehicles.
25. When the road user tax paid is the same as that required for that category of vehicle or higher, the road user tax is considered paid and compensation is not provided in this case.
26. An electronic vignette purchased at a physical point of distribution of electronic vignettes can be corrected or canceled and the full amount of the value of the electronic vignette is returned to the vehicle owner within 1 hour of the purchase of the electronic vignette only at the same physical point of distribution of electronic vignettes.
*numbering corresponds to the Order Description, approved by the Minister of Transport of the Republic of Lithuania on 23.03.2007 by order No. 3-97.
Administrative Misdemeanour Code of the Lithuanian Republic, Article 463. Failure to pay the vehicle owner‘s or user‘s charge for the use of roads
Failure to pay the vehicle owner‘s or user‘s charge for the use of state significance toll roads imposes a fine between 700 (seven hundred) and 1000 (one thousand) Euro for drivers or vehicle owners/operators, whether natural persons or managers of legal persons.