Romania to link road fees to vehicle pollution levels
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Beginning October 1, Romanian drivers will pay road fees, called the rovinietă, based on how much pollution their vehicles produce.
The government of Romania is changing how it calculates the rovinietă price, moving from a system based only on time to one that considers a vehicle’s Euro standard for emissions.
Cars with the newest Euro VI standards or those that are electric will pay the lowest fees, while older vehicles, Euro III or earlier, will pay approximately 25% more for the same period. This change is part of a larger legislative reform of the road toll system, including the future implementation of TollRo in 2026, a new per-kilometer toll for freight vehicles. Currently, a 30-day rovinietă costs a standard 49.95 lei.
Starting October 1, that same period will cost between 48 and 62 lei, depending on the vehicle’s emission standard. The government expects to collect around 1.1 billion lei from both the rovinietă and TollRo in the first three months of the new system, from October to December 2026. Romania is also eliminating separate tolls for crossing certain bridges over the Danube River, including those at Fetești and Giurgeni-Vadu Oii.
The fee for crossing the bridge from Giurgiu to Ruse, however, will continue to be collected by Bulgarian authorities.
