Toll payment enforcement

Toll collection enforcement is provided by the system operator in cooperation with the Custom Administration.

Toll payment enforcement

The toll payment enforcement is carried out by the Customs Administration of the Czech Republic. The driver of the vehicle is obliged, at the request of a customs officer, to enable a toll payment check and the functioning of the electronic device according to the provision of Section 22j(1)(e) of the Act.

The Customs is entitled to stop the vehicle, identify the driver and the vehicle operator, if the driver is not simultaneously its operator, subject the vehicle in the electronic toll system to a check whether it is equipped with an operational electronic device (on-board unit), whether it is registered in the electronic toll system and whether the data entered into the electronic device enable the proper determination of the toll to be correctly determined along with the toll payment enforcement.

 A driver of a vehicle in the electronic toll system commits an offence by violating the provisions of Section 22j of the Act:

  • by using a vehicle not equipped with an operational electronic device;
  • by using a vehicle without entering data into the electronic device or entering the data incorrectly;
  • by using a toll road with a vehicle not registered with the electronic toll system operator;
  • by failing to comply with a police officer's or customs officer's order to check the operability of the electronic device and the toll payment; or
  • by handling the electronic device in an illegal manner;
  • by not providing a toll payment.

You may be fined for the above offence under applicable legislation. 

A legal or natural person as the vehicle operator in the electronic toll system commits an offence by violating the provisions of Section 22j of the Act:

  • by not providing the registration of a vehicle in the electronic toll system and not reporting without undue delay a change ofthe data required for registration;
  • by not providing the installation of a registered electronic device in a vehicle;
  • by not providing a toll payment;
  • by ordering, permitting or entrusting the driving of a vehicle in the electronic toll system that is not equipped with an operational electronic device on a toll road;
  • by using a electronic device intended for a specific vehicle and registered in the  electronic toll system in another vehicle in the electronic toll system; or
  • by not teaching the driver of the vehicles being operated by him/her about the way the electronic device is handled and used.

You may be fined for the above specified offence under applicable legislation.