The toll is paid for using of main and regional road stages of the state by freight vehicles with full mass exceeding 3,000 kilograms, and freight vehicles and their combinations with full mass exceeding 3,500 kilograms, and which are intended or are used for freight transport.

A toll payment is saved electronically in the State Register of Vehicles and Drivers of Latvia and it serves as the only control mechanism. Printouts about payment of the Road toll have only an informative nature, for example, for company accounting.

The toll shall not be paid:

• for crossing of main and regional roads of the state, including roundabouts
• for driving only within the borders of a city
• for vehicles of authorities subordinated to the Ministry of Interior and educational institutions subordinated to these authorities
• for vehicles of institutions subordinated to the Ministry of Defence and the National Armed Forces
• for vehicles of municipal police authorities

The payment of daily toll rate entitles to use main roads of the state for 24 hours from the starting time indicated by the payer.

The payment of weekly toll rate entitles to use roads 7 days without interruption starting from the date indicated by the payer.

The payment of monthly toll rate entitles to use roads 30 days without interruption starting from the date indicated by the payer.

The payment of yearly toll rate entitles to use main roads of the state for one year without interruption from the starting date indicated by the payer. This is the maximum toll payment period.

The control of payment of road toll is performed only by the State Police, inspecting freight vehicles involved in road traffic on the main roads of the state.

Section 149(40) of the Administrative Violations Code of Latvia provides for a fine:

• for the vehicle driver from EUR 60 up to EUR 120, and for the carrier - from EUR 300 up to EUR 500, if the toll is paid in an insufficient amount;
• for the vehicle driver from EUR 180 up to EUR 360, and for the carrier - from EUR 500 up to EUR 1,000, if the toll is not paid;

The imposed fine shall not exempt from the obligation to pay the Road toll.

Conformity of a vehicle with the relevant emission class is certified by:

• a certification issued by the representative of the vehicle manufacturer. The Law On the Toll for the Use of Roads does not stipulate a precise form and contents;
• For vehicles registered in Latvia, information is available in the State Register of Vehicles and Drivers;

If the level of vehicle engine emissions is unknown or there is not available a certification on conformity of vehicle engine emissions with a specific level of emissions, issued by the vehicle manufacturer or its representative, what is the rate of Road toll according to specific rates determined for “EURO 0” level.

The toll is reimbursed in the following cases:

• if a vehicle, which registered in Latvia, is removed from accounting for export from Latvia or writing off. In this case a part of the amount of toll yearly rate is reimbursed;
• if the daily, weekly, monthly or yearly toll rate for one and the same period and for one and the same vehicle or vehicle combination is paid twice or more times, or a larger amount of toll is paid than it is determined in the Law On the Toll for the Use of Roads. In this case the amount which exceeds the rate for the respective vehicle, determined in the Law On the Toll for the Use of Roads, is reimbursed.

According to the Law On the Toll for the Use of Roads, a decision on reimbursement of toll is adopted by the State Revenue Service. Informative phone number +371 67120000.

The toll can be paid by any person disregarding the citizenship.

No. The toll shall not be paid.

The road toll is regulated by the Law On the Toll for the Use of Roads, and the Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 272 of 26.05.2014 “Procedures for Payment, Collection and Administration of Road Tolls”.