Road payment collector company Viapass recently announced that starting from the 1st of July Flanders and Brussels will be increasing their road tolls. These changes will apply to all Belgian and international trucks that weigh more than 3,5t and vehicles that carry semi-trailers and are of the N1 category. The road toll that a truck must pay will depend on its weight, EURO category and the region in which the road is located. Below we display a table indicating the different tax rates for each vehicle category.
| Wallonia | Flanders | Brussels highways | Brussels urban area | |||||||||
| €/km | 3,5-12t | 12-32t | >32t | 3,5-12t | 12-32t | >32t | 3,5-12t | 12-32t | >32t | 3,5-12t | 12-32t | >32t |
| EURO 0 | 0,160 | 0,215 | 0,219 | 0,134 | 0,228 | 0,255 | 0,170 | 0,228 | 0,232 | 0,218 | 0,305 | 0,339 |
| EURO 1 | 0,160 | 0,215 | 0,219 | 0,134 | 0,228 | 0,255 | 0,170 | 0,228 | 0,232 | 0,218 | 0,305 | 0,339 |
| EURO 2 | 0,160 | 0,215 | 0,219 | 0,134 | 0,228 | 0,255 | 0,170 | 0,228 | 0,232 | 0,218 | 0,305 | 0,339 |
| EURO 3 | 0,138 | 0,193 | 0,197 | 0,110 | 0,204 | 0,232 | 0,146 | 0,204 | 0,209 | 0,189 | 0,276 | 0,310 |
| EURO 4 | 0,104 | 0,159 | 0,163 | 0,074 | 0,168 | 0,196 | 0,110 | 0,168 | 0,173 | 0,153 | 0,240 | 0,274 |
| EURO 5 | 0,081 | 0,136 | 0,140 | 0,062 | 0,156 | 0,183 | 0,098 | 0,156 | 0,160 | 0,138 | 0,225 | 0,259 |
| EURO 6 | 0,081 | 0,136 | 0,140 | 0,050 | 0,144 | 0,172 | 0,086 | 0,144 | 0,149 | 0,115 | 0,202 | 0,236 |
When entering these areas it is important to remember the fines applied for violations. If the driver does not have the necessary documents, such as the driver’s card, the fine applied might be up to €500. Tachograph manipulation and not having the record sheets can be fined anywhere between €50 - €10,000 depending on the scale of the violation. If the driver cannot provide the needed record sheets or if the information recorded in them is incorrect, he will receive a fine of €1600. If the information in the record sheets is purposefully falsified, then the driver will face a fine of €2400. Lastly, if the vehicle does not have a tachograph, if it’s not the tachograph that’s necessary for that type of vehicle or if it doesn’t work, then the driver will have to pay a fine of €1200.
