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In the Czech Republic all vehicles with four wheels and a maximum weight of 3.5 tons have an obligation to purchase an electronic vignette. Buy your digital vignette for the Czech Republic here and you are free to go immediately.
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Important notes for use
The e-vignette for the Czech Republic is not delivered by mail. After successful order, a confirmation voucher is sent immediately by e-mail, which must be printed out and carried in the vehicle.
The start of validity of the e-vignette must be at least two days after the day of the order.
The validity date is determined during the order process.
Motorcycles are exempt from the vignette obligation in the Czech Republic.
No subsequent cancellation or change is possible after placing the order. The e-vignette for the Czech Republic is exempted from te right of withdrawal.
Umlauts, spaces, and hyphens are adjusted according to the toll operator when entering the license plate number.
It is not possible to purchase the Czech Eco prize vignettes at tolltickets.
Validity and Use
Vignette obligation
In the Czech Republic all vehicles with four wheels and a maximum weight of 3.5 tons have an obligation to purchase an electronic vignette. The obligation does not include towed vehicles and motorcycles. Please see below for a list of exemptions.
The electronic vignette is required on most highway stretches in the Czech Republic. A detailed overview of all toll sections and toll-free sections can be found here.
Checks and Fines
The Police of the Czech Republic and Customs Administration of the Czech Republic will perform checks by scanning license plate numbers to see whether the vehicle has a valid electronic vignette or whether it is exempt. The check is performed on the toll road using patrol cars equipped with cameras to scan the license plates, by connecting to control gates, or by checking at rest stops and parking lots.
- A driver found to be on a toll road without a valid electronic vignette (without being exempt) faces a fine of up to CZK 20,000.
Controls also check for abuse of exemptions. If a physical or legal entity submits a notice of exemption without having the right to the exemption, the fine can reach up to CZK 100,000. If a car is eligible for exemption, but the driver did not submit the notice despite the law demanding it, the fine can reach up to CZK 5,000. The same fine can be levied on those who do not announce an end to the right to the exemption within 10 working days.
Exemptions
Vehicles powered by electricity, hydrogen, or a hybrid fuel system (provided CO2 emissions do not exceed 50 g/km) are exempted from the electronic vignette obligation. To apply for an exemption an Exemption notification has to be filled out.
Vehicles registered in the Czech Republic with automatic exemption:
Vehicles powered by electricity, hydrogen, or a hybrid system (provided CO2 emissions do not exceed 50 g/km), if the vehicle is issued a special license plate number (starts with EL).
Vehicles transporting holders of a Czech ZTP (persons with a severe health disability) or ZTP/P (persons with a severe health disability and a guide) identity card. In the case of a roadside check, the holder of a ZTP or ZTP/P card must be present in the vehicle, otherwise the vehicle is not exempted. It will suffice to simply present the relevant card during the roadside check. Citizens with such identity cards issued outside the Czech Republic are required to pay for the electronic vignette.
Vehicles transporting dependent children being treated for cancer or hemoblastosis. Presentation of health records or other medical certification will be sufficient for roadside checks.
Historic vehicles with a special license plate and a historic vehicle license.
Vehicles registered in the Czech Republic exempted after submitting a notice:
Vehicles powered by electricity, hydrogen, or hybrid fuel systems (provided CO2 emissions do not exceed 50 g/km) without a special license plate
Vehicles operated by homes for handicapped individuals provided they serve to transport these individuals.
Vehicles registered abroad exempted after submitting a notice:
Vehicles powered by electricity, hydrogen, or a hybrid fuel system (provided CO2 emissions do not exceed 50 g/km).
Applying for an exemption
To submit a notice of exemption, it is necessary to fill out a PDF form, which you can send in the following ways:
To the designated data box for the Electronic Vignettes agency with the identifier ws5mh9w at the web address https://mojedatovaschranka.cz/.
By e-mail to epodatelna@edalnice.cz (digitally filled in .PDF form of a scanned filled in .PDF form provided with an electronic signature that is acknowledged by a special legal regulation to be equal in effect to a handwritten signature; or an electronic conversion of a printed out and filled in form, acquired at any official Czech Point).
In paper form via an operator providing postal services with an officially certified signature to the address: Státní fond dopravní infrastruktury, Sokolovská 1955/278, 190 00 Prague 9, Czech Republic.
If you do not have access to the Internet, you can write a free-form notification containing the particulars required by law and an officially verified signature or power of attorney, and send it to the address of the State Fund for Transport Infrastructure (SFDI) headquarters.
