Federal Highway Toll Act
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Law on the collection of route-related fees for the use of federal motorways and federal highways |
| Short title: | Federal Highway Toll Act |
| Abbreviation: | BFStrMG |
| Type: | Federal law |
| Scope: | Federal Republic of Germany |
| Legal matter: | Tax law , traffic law road freight transport |
| References : | 9290-16 |
| Issued on: | July 12, 2011 ( BGBl. I p. 1378 ) |
| Entry into force on: | July 19, 2011 |
| Last change by: |
Art. 5 G of June 29, 2020 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1528, 1529 ) |
| Effective date of the last change: |
July 4, 2020 (Art. 8 G of June 29, 2020) |
| GESTA : | J024 |
| Weblink: | Text of the law |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
The Federal Trunk Road Toll Act (BFStrMG) is the legal basis for collecting truck tolls in Germany . Since July 19, 2011, the law passed on July 12, 2011 as § 1 of the "Law on the New Regulation of Toll Regulations for Federal Highways " (AutoBahnMautNeuregelungsGesetz - ABMNG) from the amalgamation of the Autobahn Toll Act for heavy commercial vehicles (Autobahn Toll Act - ABMG) and the Toll Height Ordinance ( MautHV), which both expired on the same day in accordance with Section 6 ABMNG. ( BGBl. I p. 1378).
The beginning of the collection of the toll on federal highways according to § 13 of the law was set for August 1, 2012.
The covers
- of the Road Traffic Act (StVG amended by Section 2 ABMNG),
- the truck toll regulation (LKW-MautV amended by § 3 ABMNG),
- the toll route extension ordinance (MautStrAusdehnV amended by § 4 ABMNG) and
- of the Vehicle Registration Ordinance (FZV changed by § 5 ABMNG), which previously referred to the ABMG, now refer to the new law.
Payment of the toll
The vehicle driver, owner, keeper and haulier are jointly and severally liable for paying the toll. The toll must be paid before using the relevant route. The toll debtor is obliged to properly use the technical facilities provided for collecting the toll. The toll debtor is obliged to prove to the Federal Office for Goods Transport that the toll has been paid. The toll will be reimbursed if the trip for which it was intended was not carried out.
Privacy Policy
The operator of the toll system and the Federal Office for Goods Transport may only use the data collected and transmitted to one another for the purposes of toll collection and billing. The law also stipulates that this data may not be transmitted to third parties and may not be confiscated. The information that arises during the collection and control of the toll must be deleted within certain periods of time. The location data must be anonymized immediately after they have been recorded .
literature
- Olaf Hartenstein, Fabian Reuschle: Handbook of the specialist lawyer for transport and forwarding law. 3rd edition, Heymanns, Cologne 2015, Chapter 20 D: HGV toll / road usage fee . ISBN 978-3-452-28142-5 .
- Mielchen: § 55 - Transport law, dangerous goods and truck tolls. In: Buschbell (Hrsg.): Munich lawyers handbook road traffic law. 4th edition, Munich 2015.
Web links
- Text of the Federal Trunk Road Toll Act (BFStrMG)
- Questions and answers about the German truck toll on the website of the Federal Office for Goods Transport
Individual evidence
- ↑ Expansion halved: Federal government slows truck tolls for federal highways. In: Handelsblatt . March 23, 2011, accessed July 26, 2011 .
- ↑ Toll table version 1.0 for federal highways valid from August 1, 2012 , accessed on August 2, 2012
