Vehicles exempt from vignette payment

Vehicles exempt from vignette payment are vehicles that are not obliged to pay for a vignette for the use of specified road sections. Pursuant to the provision of Section 7(1) of Act No. 488/2013 Coll. on Vignette and on amending certain acts as amended, vehicles and vehicle combinations exempt from vignette payment include those of:

• the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic, including the budgetary organisations designated by the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic and the Police Force;
• the Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic (hereinafter referred to as the "Ministry of Defence"), including budgetary organisations under its authority designated by the Ministry;
• the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic and NATO;
• the armed forces or civil units of the sending country for the purpose of performing duties under special regulations;
• the basic rescue units of the integrated rescue system, city or municipal fire departments, municipal police and the Slovak Red Cross;
• the administrators of motorways and roads owned by the government except for the concessionary;
• the Prison and Court Guard;
• those vehicles that were registered by a person who holds a parking pass for severely disabled in accordance with Section 17 of Act no. 447/2008 Coll. on Cash Benefits to Compensate Severe Disability and on amending and supplementing certain acts as amended;
• those vehicles that are operated by a person who uses the vehicle to provide social services according to Act No. 448/2008 Coll. on Social Services and on amending and supplementing Act No. 455/1991 Coll. on Trade Licensing (Trade Licensing Act) as amended by Act No. 50/2012 Coll. as amended and does not provide the social services to achieve profit and he/she includes this vehicle in its accounts according to Act No. 431/2002 Coll. on Accounting as amended;
• those vehicles that are operated by a facility for social protection of children and social guardianship under Act no. 305/2005 Coll. on Social and Legal Protection of Children and Social Curatorship and on amending and supplementing certain acts as amended;
• foreign nationals exempt according an interstate agreement under the condition of reciprocity;
• historic vehicles under a special regulation;
• financial administration under a special regulation;
• the National Security Authority;
• the Slovak Information Service;

Vehicles exempt from vignette payment obliged to register in the system

The exemption from vignette payment applies to operators of selected groups of vehicles or vehicle combinations only if these vehicles/vehicle combinations are registered in the system of the Vignette Payment Collection Administrator (National Motorway Company) pursuant to Section 7(3, 4) of Act No. 488/2013 Coll. on Vignette as amended. The obligation of registering in the central records of vignette payments applies to the following vehicles or vehicle combinations:

• basic rescue units of the integrated rescue system, city or municipal fire departments, municipal police and the Slovak Red Cross;
• administrators of motorways and roads owned by the government except for the concessionary;
• vehicles that were registered by a person who in accordance with Section 17 of Act No. 447/2008 Coll. on Cash Benefits to Compensate Severe Disability and on amending and supplementing certain acts as amended;
• vehicles that are operated by a person who according to Act No. 448/2008 Coll. on Social Services and on amending and supplementing Act No. 455/1991 Coll. on Trade Licensing (Trade Licensing Act) as amended by Act No. 50/2012 Coll. as amended and he/she includes this vehicle in its accounts according to Act No. 431/2002 Coll. on Accounting as amended;
• vehicles that are operated under Act No. 305/2005 Coll. on Social and Legal Protection of Children and Social Curatorship and on amending and supplementing certain acts as amended;
• foreign nationals exempt according to an interstate agreement under the condition of reciprocity;
• historic vehicles under a special regulation;
• financial administration under a special regulation.

An operator of a vehicle or vehicle combination specified above exempt from vignette payment is obliged to submit to the System Operator (Národná diaľničná spoločnosť, a.s.) a request for registering the vehicle/vehicle combination in question in the central registry of vignette payments, namely using the form "Request for registering a vehicle exempt from vignette payment". The operator of a vehicle and/or vehicle combination exempt from vignette payment is also obliged to submit documents certifying the operator of the vehicle and/or the vehicle combination is exempt from vignette payment and the reasons for exemption.

The Vignette Payment Collection Administrator (National Motorway Company) will decide on the evaluation and resolution of the request for registering vehicles/vehicle combinations exempt from vignette payment. It is also in charge of delivering the relevant decision/confirmation of registration and/or rejection of the registration of the vehicle/vehicle combination exempt from vignette payment to the operator of the vehicle/vehicle combination in question.

The vehicle or vehicle combination operator/driver exempt from vignette payment may only use the specified road sections without vignette payment based on a certificate of registration of the vehicle/vehicle combination exempt from vignette payment issued by the Vignette Payment Collection Administrator.

The exact list of documents and details necessary to submit the request for registration of vehicles/vehicle combinations exempt from vignette payment as well as the process of registration itself is specified in the Customer Services section, subsection Registration of Vehicles Exempt from Vignette Payment. The "Request for registration of vehicles and/or vehicle combinations exempt from vignette payment" form is available in the Customer Services section, subsection Documents for Download.

Vehicles exempt from vignette payment, pursuant to the provision of Section 7(1) (d) of Act No. 488/2013 Coll. on Vignette as amended, also include vehicles and/or vehicle combinations of armed forces or civil units of the sending state for the purpose of performing duties under a special regulation (hereinafter referred to as "vehicle/vehicle combinations of armed forces or civil units“).

The Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic is obliged to register vehicles/vehicle combinations of armed forces or civil units exempt from vignette payment before the use of the specified sections of motorways and expressways. The exact list of details necessary for the registration of these vehicles and/or vehicle combinations is specified in the Customer Services section, subsection Registration of Vehicles Exempt from Vignette Payment.

All other rights and obligations of the operators of vehicles and/or vehicle combinations exempt from vignette payment are regulated by the relevant provisions of Section 7(1) of Act No. 488/2013 Coll. on Vignette as amended.