A. Road Charge
B. Fees for Excess Weight and Dimensions
C. Road Use Charge/Tolls
D. Fees for Customs Clearance
E. Dues for Disinfection of Vehicles

A. Road Charge

The road charge levied on foreign vehicles entering or transiting through Bulgaria and registered in countries outside the European Union, using a permit with road charge payment is the following:

• goods vehicle with 2 axles - EUR 58
• goods vehicle with 3 axles or more - EUR 43

This charge is collected at border crossing points, on each entry into Bulgaria.

All heavy and bulky convoys, which exceed the maximum authorised weights and dimensions, are subject to the following charges regardless of the vehicle's country of registration:

1. Excess weight

Exceeding the gross vehicle weight by	Tax (EUR/km)
- from 0.10 t to 5.00 t incl.	0.25
- over 5.00 t to 10.00 t incl.	0.50
- over 10.00 t to 20.00 t incl.	0.83
- over 20.00 t to 30.00 t incl.	1.32
- over 30.00 t to 40.00 t incl.	2.05
- over 40.00 t to 50.00 t incl.	2.76
- over 50.00 t to 60.00 t incl.	3.68
- over 60.00 t	3.68 + 3.28 per each additional 10 t over 60 t

2. Excess Size

Exceeding the maximu authorised width by	Tax (EUR/km)
- from 0.01 m to 0.50 m incl.	0.18
- over 0.50 m to 1.00 m incl.	0.26
- over 1.00 m to 1.50 m incl.	0.41
- over 1.50 m to 2.00 m incl.	0.59
- over 2.00 m to 2.50 m incl.	0.77
- over 2.50 m to 3.50 m incl.	1.14
- over 3.50 m	1.14 + 1.00 per each additional metre over 3.50 m

Exceeding the maximum authorised height by	Tax (EUR/km)
- from 0.01 m to 0.15 m incl.	0.04
- over 0.15 m to 0.30 m incl.	0.08
- over 0.30 m to 0.50 m incl.	0.25
- over 0.50 m t0 1.00 m incl.	0.44
- over 1.00 m	0.44 + 1.8 per each additional metre over 1.00 m

Exceeding the maximum authorised length by	Tax (EUR/km)
- from 0.01 m to 1.00 m incl.	0.08
- over 1.00 m to 2.00 m incl.	0.15
- over 2.00 m to 3.00 m incl.	0.33
- over 3.00 m to 10.00 m incl.	0.44
- over 10.00 m to 15.00 m incl.	0.81
- over 15.00 m	1,62

3. Excess Axle Load

NB: If, at the same time, a vehicle exceeds the norms for weight, width, height, length or axle load taxes are levied separately for each of the parameters exceeding the norms.

4. Vehicle weighing fee

Payable only in case of exceeding of the maximum permited weight and/or axle load or if the weighing is upon request of the vehicle's owners or of the persons carrying out the transport - EUR 5.00 per truck.

5. Permits

In accordance with Ordinance 11/2001, Official Journal No. 67/2007, last amended No. 19/2010, heavy and/or bulky convoys using the Bulgarian road network, having total mass over 45 tones or weight per axle, exceeding with more than 30% the allowable axle loading for the respective road category, as well as oversized vehicles with dimensions: width – over 3.30 m, height – over 4.30 m and length over 22 m, must obtain a permit from

Agency „Road Infrastructure” 
3 Makedonia Place
1606 SOFIA
tel.: (+359 2) 917 34 65 

The price of a permit for a vehicle exceeding the maximum permitted weights and dimensions is EUR 36. The sum, which must be paid for all foreign-registered vehicles, regardless of the country of registration, is payable on application for the authorisation. The administration managing the road issues the permit within 5 working days or gives a motivated refusal. An additional charge is levied for rapid delivery of the permit: the supplement amounts to EUR 36 for delivery in three working days, and to EUR 72 in case of urgent elaboration of the document within one working day.

Vehicles exceeding the maximum authorised weights, having total mass over 60 tones, as well as oversized vehicles with dimensions: width – over 3.50 m, height – over 4.70 m and length over 24 m, should be escorted.

C. Vignette/Toll

I. E-Vignette

In 2019 electronic vignettes are introduced for the use of the paid road network by all passenger transport vehicles with not more than 8 seats and freight vehicles and/or vehicles for transport of passengers and goods with maximum permitted gross weight up to 3,5 t.

There are no longer any need to put paper vignette sticker on the windscreen of the vehicle. During a roadside check by the control authorities the owners and the users of the vehicles shall not be obliged to present a document proving the purchase of a vignette.

Electronic vignettes can be purchased in several easy ways:

• On the internet at the following address: https://web.bgtoll.bg/

• Through a mobile application

• Through self-service terminals in retail outlets and in the offices of the Road Infrastructure Agency

• At cash desks at the points of sale and in the regional offices of the Road Infrastructure Agency

Points of sale: https://www.bgtoll.bg/en/pos

Vignette prices 2025 in EUR:

Weekend - 5, Weekly - 7, Monthly - 14, Quarterly - 24, Annual - 44

Validity of the vignette:
- weekend vignette - valid from 12:00 on Friday to 23:59 on Sunday;
- weekly vignette - valid for seven consecutive days from the day indicated on the vignette;
- monthly vignette - valid for one month from the day indicated on the vignette;
- quarterly vignette - valid for 3 months from the day indicated on the vignette;
- annual vignette - valid for one year from the day indicated on the vignette.

Penalties: the lack of a valid vignette shall be punished with a penalty in the amount of 300 BGN.

II. Toll

All motor vehicles with a total technically permissible maximum weight of over 3,5 tonnes are charged when using the paid sections of the republic road network on the grounds of the distance travelled.

The amount of the toll charges depends on the total technically permissible maximum weight of the motor vehicle, its ecological category and the number of axles as well as the type of the road – motorways, first-class or second-class roads.

The registering and the payment of the kilometers travelled may be done in two ways – by means of a contract with the company – a national service provider or through a route card.

Detailed information about the functioning of the system, toll road network, toll prices, methods of payment etc. can be found here:  https://www.bgtoll.bg/en/toll-en

Danube Bridges

- The tolls levied for the bridges across the Danube [between the towns of Rousse (Bulgaria) and Giurgiu (Romania) and between the towns of Vidin (Bulgaria) and Kalafat (Romania)] are as follows:

• goods vehicles with a with maximum permitted gross weight of 
         o  3.5t or less – EUR 6.00 
         o  over 3.5t and less then 7.5t – EUR 12.00 
         o  of 7.5t or more and less then 12.0t – EUR 18.00 
         o  of 12.0t or more and maximum 3 axles – EUR 25.00 
         o  of 12.0t or more and minimum 4 axles – EUR 37.00