As of Saturday 1 July 2023, new tariffs for the kilometer charge will apply in Flanders, Brussels and Wallonia. In Flanders and Brussels, this is an index adjustment. The tariffs for the kilometer charge were indexed in Wallonia on 1 January and Sofico (Société wallonne de financement complémentaire des infrastructures) will implement a tariff adjustment on 1 July. No paying toll roads will be added in the three regions on 1 July.
Given the overall rising costs, and in particular the cost of energy, toll rates will be changed from 1 January 2023 after a prolonged freeze.
In 2016, a kilometer charge for trucks over 3.5 tons was introduced in Belgium. That means that those vehicles must have an activated On Board Unit on board on all Belgian roads. Since the measure was introduced, almost all drivers have been complying with the regulations. Meanwhile, the system and its controls have evolved and can better target some behaviors. We see that a number of things could need clarification.
Brussels, 13 October 2022 – As of Sunday 1 January 2023, new tariffs for the kilometer charge will apply in Wallonia. This is an index adjustment. The tariffs apply to all Belgian and foreign heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) with a gross vehicle weight (GVW) of more than 3.5 tons and semi-trailer towing vehicles of category N1 with body code BC. No paying toll roads will be added on 1 January. The tariffs for the kilometer charge in Flanders and Brussels were indexed on 1 July.
The Kilometer Charge for lorries that has been in force in Belgium’s three regions since 1 April 2016 generated 822.4 million euros in its sixth year of operation, which ran from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022. That is 8.8 percent more than the 755.7 million euros during the previous operating year. The proportion of toll kilometres travelled by trucks in the two cleanest emission categories, Euro 6 and Euro 5, rose further from 95 to 96.6 percent. This was announced by Viapass, the interregional entity that coordinates and monitors the Kilometer Charge for lorries, when it published its annual report for 2021.
From 1 January, only trucks with a test drive plate will not be subject to the kilometer charge. Trucks with one of the other three number plates will be required to have an activated OBU on board on Belgian roads.
From 1 January 2021, an adjustment will be applied to the tariffs for the kilometer charge in Wallonia. This is an index adjustment. The tariffs apply to all Belgian and foreign heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) with a maximum permitted weight of more than 3.5 tons and semi-trailer towing vehicles of category N1 with body code BC.
Viapass strives to provide the users of the kilometer charge with the best possible service. That is why we now have placed a feedback form on our website. If you have complaints about your service provider, about the operation of your On Board Unit, about the distribution of those devices, or about the billing of your rides, you can now pass them on to Viapass through the feedback form. Constructive suggestions are also welcome. You can also go directly to the feedback / complaint form via https://www.viapass.be/en/feedback/. Viapass submits your comments directly to the partners concerned.
As of July 1st 2020 new tariffs will apply for the Kilometer Charge in Belgium. You can find them here.
Beware for phishing emails that are circulating currently. Do check your invoices carefully.
On July 17, exactly five years ago, the creation of the interregional entity Viapass was published in the Official Gazette. Viapass monitors, coordinates and communicates the kilometer charge for heavy goods vehicles in Belgium. For these 3.5 years of actual operation, the kilometer charge in Belgium has become an example throughout Europe. That's why, at Viapass, we are very flattered by Ms. Bulc's praise.
The regional governments of Flanders and Brussels have decided to perform an adaptation to the index of the tariffs for the Kilometer Charge in Flanders and Brussels as of 1 July 2019. It concerns an adjustment of the tariffs to the index of consumer prices, as stipulated in the decree/ordonnance on the Kilometer Charge.
On December 7, Toll 4 Europe has been accepted by the regional governments and by Sofico as aservice provider for the kilometer charge in Belgium. Fleet owners now have the choice between six different service providers where they can order an On Board Unit to have their driven kilometres on payable toll roads in Belgium registered and billed afterwards.
Le gouvernement flamand a décidé d'ajouter 38 kilomètres de routes au réseau routier payant du prélèvment kilométrique des poids lourds à partir du 1er janvier 2019.
The regional governments of Flanders and Brussels have decided to perform an adaptation to the index of the tariffs for the Kilometer Charge in Flanders and Brussels as of 1 July 2018.
Just before the end of 2017, Eurotoll and Total have been accepted by the regional governments and by Sofico as service providers in Belgium.
As of 1st January 2018, the Kilometre Charge in Belgium will be adapted in four different fields. The regional governments in Belgium have decided to adapt the tariffs per kilometre in the three regions. Flanders and Wallonia will expand their network of paying toll roads. The three regional governments have added an additional category of trucks that will need to comply with the Kilometre Charge. Finally, they will also change the fines system.
As of January 1st 2018, semi-trailer towing vehicles of category N1 with body code BC fall under the Kilometer Charge.
As of January 1st 2018 semi-trailer towing vehicles of under or equal to 3.5 tons GVW with a body code BC will be subject to Kilometer Charge in Belgium.
The regional governments of Belgium have made some adjustments in the Kilometer Charge for HGVs of +3,5 tons.
As stipulated in the Cooperation Agreement between the three Regions and the decrees and ordinance on the kilometer charging,
VIAPASS has released its first annual report. The annual report covers the period from July 17, 2014 until December 31, 2015.
Viapass has accredited the French provider Axxès as service provider for the Kilometer Charge in Belgium, which enters into force on April 1.
On April 1st 2016, the Kilometer Charge for heavy goods vehicles (HGV) of over 3.5 tonnes will enter into force in the three Belgian Regions.
In order to avoid bottle-necks at the points of sales of AGES on the Belgian territory during the transition to the Kilometer Charge on April 1 2016, all parties concerned have agreed to allow previous purchase of e-vignettes, valid from April 1st 2016.
On April 1st 2016 the Kilometre Charging System for heavy goods vehicles of more than 3,5 tonnes in the Flemish, Walloon and Brussels regions comes into effect. All these heavy goods vehicles must have a functioning On Board Unit.
The VIAPASS project, the Road Pricing system for HGV’s +3,5T on the territory of the 3 Regions in Belgium is planned to be effective on 01/04/2016.
With the publication of the decree and ordonnance in the official Gazette the kilometer charge has been officially introduced in Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels.
July 17 marks a festive time for everyone involved in Viapass. The organization celebrated that day its first birthday.
On January 31, 2014 the Flemish government has approved the Cooperation Agreement between the three Regions of Belgium (the Flemish Region, the Wallonian Region and the Brussels Capital Region) concerning the introduction of a kilometer charge.
The Regions of Belgium have selected five consortia to compete for the contract for designing, building, financing, maintaining and operating the Viapass toll system for Heavy Goods Vehicles. The selection was made after a competitive public tender procedure.
