Buy the Romania vignette digitally

Yes. A valid vignette (Rovinieta) is mandatory on motorways, expressways and national roads in Romania, even if you are only passing through, for example on the way to Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Timișoara, Brașov or Constanța. For cars, the toll in Romania is not calculated by the kilometre but via this vignette. No vignette is required on county roads and local roads. Cars, motorhomes, buses and vans up to 3.5 t GVW need a Rovinieta; motorcycles do not.

Since 1 October 2026, the Romania vignette price has depended on the validity period and the Euro emission standard. The official prices for cars (category A) are: 1 day 20 to 29 lei, 10 days 27 to 39 lei (approx. 5.06 to 7.30 €), 30 days 43 to 62 lei, 60 days 68 to 99 lei and 12 months 228 to 330 lei. Electric cars are the cheapest, vehicles with Euro 3 and older the most expensive. All values are listed in the price table. The Vignette Flat Rate refers to the 10-day Rovinieta: instead, you pay a fixed price per month; the price comparison shows how this works out.

If you want to buy a Romania vignette or buy the Romania vignette online, you can do so conveniently directly at europamaut, with no sticker and no queuing at a point of sale. Officially, since 1 October 2026 the Romanian road administration CNAIR has been selling the Rovinieta via the etoll.ro portal, the TollRo app, its own points of sale and border crossings, as well as authorised sales partners. The official website for the Romania vignette is therefore CNAIR's etoll.ro portal. A bank transfer to CNAIR does not count as payment. europamaut is not a government body but a private service provider that handles the registration of the digital vignette for you.

For cars, the Rovinieta is available for 1 day, 10 days, 30 days, 60 days and 12 months. The 1-day Rovinieta is only valid for the selected day, the 10-, 30- and 60-day Rovinieta each from the start day including that day, and the annual Rovinieta until the day before the same date in the following year. With the Vignette Flat Rate, you no longer buy individual vignettes: for each trip, you activate the 10-day Rovinieta for Romania (cars and motorhomes, category A) yourself, at no additional cost.

Since 1 October 2026, the price has depended on the Euro emission standard: electric vehicles pay the least, followed by Euro 6, Euro 4 and 5, and Euro 3 and older. The Euro class is stated in the vehicle documents, in Germany in the registration certificate Part I, field V.9 or 14. If it cannot be determined, the highest rate applies automatically. When booking via europamaut, you therefore state the emission class, and we additionally ask for the vehicle identification number (VIN). More on this under Vehicle classes in Romania.

Trailers and caravans do not need their own Rovinieta; you buy the vignette for the towing vehicle. Motorhomes need the category A Rovinieta like a car; it is also included in the Vignette Flat Rate. The distance-based TollRo toll only applies to goods vehicles over 3.5 t GVW, so motorhomes registered as cars generally remain with the Rovinieta even above 3.5 t GVW. If, on the other hand, a motorhome over 3.5 t GVW is registered as a goods vehicle, the TollRo may apply instead. More on this under Motorhomes in Romania.

No. There is no Rovinieta category for motorcycles, so they don't need a vignette and also don't pay any distance-based toll. At the Calafat-Vidin bridge over the Danube (between Romania and Bulgaria), motorcycles also don't pay a bridge toll, according to the operator. More on this under Special Toll in Romania.

Yes, the Romanian vignette (Rovinieta) is digitally linked to the license plate and the country of registration. There is no sticker and no confirmation that has to be carried in the vehicle. Check the details carefully when booking, because a Rovinieta registered to the wrong license plate is not valid for your vehicle.

Your digital Rovinieta is valid once the registration confirmation has been received, usually within a few minutes. You should only set off once you have this confirmation. When booking the Vignette Flat Rate, you choose whether the first 10-day Rovinieta is valid immediately or from a later day. You activate each further Rovinieta yourself as soon as you need it for a trip, with a start day no more than 7 days in advance and no earlier than the expiry of the previous one. Vehicles with a foreign license plate need the Rovinieta before the journey; it cannot be bought afterwards. You can see whether a vignette is already registered in the free validity check.

Since 1 October 2026, the fine has been two to four times the annual Rovinieta, for a car 456 to 1,320 lei (approx. 85 to 247 €) depending on the Euro class. The amount is adjusted to inflation every year. Checks are carried out with cameras and query devices based on the license plate, including for foreign vehicles. If you could not buy a Rovinieta because of a platform failure, no penalty applies according to CNAIR; more on this in the article No penalty in case of platform failure.

That depends on your route. From Germany, the route often leads through Austria and Hungary: there you need the Austria vignette and the Hungary vignette, and then the Rovinieta in Romania. The free route planner shows which toll products apply on your exact route. You will find information on entering the country under Romania-Hungary border crossing. The Vignette Flat Rate automatically also applies to other European toll countries.

Only at the Calafat-Vidin Danube bridge (between Romania and Bulgaria, in both directions) do cars still pay an additional €6 per crossing on top of the Rovinieta. According to the operator, motorcycles are exempt from the bridge toll there. The bridge toll at the Fetești-Cernavodă (A2) and Giurgeni-Vadu Oii Danube bridges will be abolished as of 1 October 2026. At the Giurgiu-Ruse Friendship Bridge, the Romanian toll in the direction of Bulgaria will be abolished, while the Bulgarian toll from Ruse to Giurgiu remains in place. The bridge toll is not part of the flat rate. You can find an overview at Toll in Romania and Special toll in Romania.

With the Vignette Flat Rate, you book a monthly flat price once and in return receive unlimited 10-day vignettes for Romania (cars and motorhomes, category A), without having to buy a single Rovinieta again for every trip. The official Rovinieta fee is included in the price. In addition, the Vignette Flat Rate automatically also applies to other European toll countries.

No. By booking the Vignette Flat Rate, you initially activate a vignette for the selected country and the specified period. Within the Vignette Flat Rate, you can and must activate vignettes for all further countries and travel periods. Without activating the vignettes, you are not entitled to use toll roads in the respective countries.