Who has to pay toll?

Vehicles equipped for firefighting and rescue tasks that are only used for rescue tasks.

If vehicles are used for other purposes, such as transporting a vehicle from a body shop to a paint shop or for transportation between body shop and car dealership, this does not constitute a rescue task. Such use will be contrary to the terms of the exemption and may result in a fine according to sections 16 and 17 of the Road Toll Act and, depending on the circumstances, termination of the exemption.

Rescue vehicles and sweepers (also known as flatbed trucks) that are not only used for rescue callouts in connection with accidents and breakdowns, but also for transporting vehicles from one place to another, are not exempt from road toll.

The public roads administration is regarded as a public authority responsible for road maintenance in Denmark. 

A business that is wholly owned by a public authority that forms part of the public roads administration is also regarded as part of the public roads administration.  

If a vehicle is owned by a municipality that has the public roads administration as an integrated department in the municipal administration, a specific assessment will be made of whether the vehicle can be regarded as being owned by the public roads administration in the municipality based on its organisational status and actual use.

Vehicles belonging to the armed forces and the police.

Vehicles that have the character of a work tool and are used solely as a work tool and not for goods transport, although they may be registered in the Danish Register of Motor Vehicles (Motorregistret) with a use that may indicate this. It will depend on a specific assessment whether your vehicle is regarded as a work tool that is not used for goods transport.

Examples of vehicles that are regarded as work tools:

• Gully emptiers
• Mobile cranes

Vehicles fitted out as libraries or dental clinics are also not regarded as vehicles that are used for goods transport. The same applies to trucks that are only used by driving schools for school and practice driving as well as trucks registered with a fun fair or circus as the owner/user and which are only used for transporting the business’s equipment and not for goods transport.

Refuse collection trucks and mobile compactors equipped with a refuse collection unit are specially designed vehicles that are used solely for collecting and compacting waste.

Refuse is ordinary household waste generated by individuals and businesses. This includes food waste, glass, bottles, cardboard, paper and ordinary residual waste that cannot be sorted into these categories. Bulky waste, construction waste and other waste are not covered by the rules on sorting of waste for private households.

It is of no importance whether the car is owned by, for example, a municipality or a private business.

Gully emptiers are specially designed vehicles for cleaning sewers and drainpipes, and they are not used for goods transport within the meaning of the Road Toll Act, even though they may be registered in the Danish Register of Motor Vehicles with a use that may indicate this.

Vintage trucks may be exempted if they are not used for goods transport.

You can apply for exemption regardless of whether the truck was registered for the first time 30 or 35 years ago or is registered with a permit for vintage vehicle driving.

You do not need to pay road toll if the goods are exclusively part of the decoration/theme of the truck. 

If the goods are in the truck for the purpose of transporting them from place A to place B, this constitutes goods transport, and road toll will be payable for the truck. 

It constitutes goods transport if the items are to be used for exhibition or other purposes on site, for example at a meet or rally. That is if you are transporting a vintage tractor to exhibit it or drive around in it at a meet or rally, this constitutes goods transport. This applies regardless of whether the transported vehicle is exhibited on the vintage truck or elsewhere.

If you can document that the information in the Danish Register of Motor Vehicles (DMR) about your truck does not match the information on the registration certificate or the customer information file, you can register the truck for an inspection.

You must bring the customer information file (CIF) or the certificate of conformity (CoC) document for your truck to the inspection.

The inspection company can subsequently update the Danish Motor Register with the correct information.

If the updated information affects the CO2 emission class classification, the classification in the Danish Register of Motor Vehicles will reflect the information from the inspection.

No, you do not have to pay toll. You are only allowed to drive with a temporary license plate if you are not transporting cargo.