How much does the road tax cost for trucks and how big is the fine?

What the law says (in brief)

• The road tax is governed by Ordinance 15/2002, as amended, which sets the tariffs and sanctions by category.
• It can be bought for one day, 7 days, 30 days, 3 months, 6 months or one year.
• The road tax is linked to the registration number, not to the driver or the carrier.
• Paying the fine within 15 calendar days of notification allows payment of half the minimum.
• The toll for the Danube bridges is paid separately from the road tax.

Practical example

Example: a fleet of 6 trucks over 12 tonnes pays about 8,550 euro a year in road tax alone, that is over 40,000 lei. A single truck caught without it can bring a fine as large as the annual road tax of two vehicles. An alert 7 days before expiry costs nothing and removes the risk.

Common mistakes

• Buying the road tax for the wrong category compared to the maximum authorised mass in the vehicle documents.
• Forgetting the road tax on a vehicle brought back into the fleet after a period of standstill.
• Not including the road tax and the bridge toll in the trip cost per kilometre.
• Assuming the Romanian road tax also covers tolls abroad; each country has its own system.

How 4transports helps

• You can note the road tax deadline on each vehicle, next to the inspection and insurance expiry.
• The vehicle status (available, on a trip, in service) shows which trucks are actually in operation.
• 4transports does not add road charges to the trip cost automatically and does not send alerts.