Vehicles exempt from paying the highway vignette are vehicles that are not obliged to pay the highway vignette for the use of specified sections of highways. In accordance with the provisions of Section 7, paragraph 1 of Act No. 488/2013 Coll. on the highway vignette and on the amendment of certain acts, as amended (hereinafter referred to as “Act No. 488/2013 Coll. on the highway vignette, as amended” or “the Act”),the following vehicles and vehicle combinations are exempt from paying the highway vignette:
- The Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic (hereinafter referred to as “the Ministry of the Interior”), including budgetary organizations designated by the Ministry of the Interior and the Police Force,
- The Ministry of Defense of the Slovak Republic (hereinafter also “the Ministry of Defense”), including budgetary organizations within its jurisdiction designated by the Ministry of Defense,
- the armed forces of the Slovak Republic and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization,
- the armed forces or civilian components of the sending state for the purpose of fulfilling official duties pursuant to a special regulation,
- basic rescue units of the integrated rescue system, municipal or city fire departments, municipal police and the Slovak Red Cross,
- administrators of state-owned highways and roads, except for the concessionaire,
- the Prison and Judicial Guard Corps,
- which are registered by a person who is a holder of a severely disabled parking permit (ZŤP) in accordance with Section 17 of Act No. 447/2008 Coll. on financial contributions to compensate for severe disability and on amendments and supplements to certain acts, as amended,
- whose operator is a person who uses the vehicle to provide social services pursuant to Act No. 448/2008 Coll. on social services and on amendments and supplements to Act No. 455/1991 Coll. on trade entrepreneurship (Trade Act), as amended, as amended by Act No. 50/2012 Coll., as amended, and does not provide a social service with the aim of making a profit and accounts for this vehicle in accordance with Act No. 431/2002 Coll. on accounting, as amended,
- which is operated by the institution for social protection of children and social guardianship pursuant to Act No. 305/2005 Coll. on social and legal protection of children and on social guardianship and on amendments and supplements to certain acts as amended by later regulations in force,
- foreign nationals exempted under an interstate agreement on the conditions of reciprocity,
- historical under a special regulation,
- financial administration under a special regulation,
- National Security Office,
- Slovak Information Service.
Vehicles exempt from vignette payment with the obligation to register in the system
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 Administrator of the Collection of Vignette Payment (National Highway Company, a. s.) within the meaning of Section 7, Paragraphs 3 and 4 of Act No. 488/2013 Coll. on Motorway Vignettes, as amended. The following vehicles or vehicle combinations are required to register in the central registry of payment of motorway vignettes:
- basic rescue units of the integrated rescue system, municipal or city fire departments, municipal police and the Slovak Red Cross,
- administrators of state-owned motorways and roads, except for the concessionaire,
- which are registered by a person who is the holder of a severely disabled parking permit (ZŤP) in accordance with Section 17 of Act No. 447/2008 Coll. on financial contributions to compensate for severe disability and on amendments and supplements to certain acts, as amended,
- whose operator is a person who uses the vehicle to provide social services pursuant to Act No. 448/2008 Coll. on social services and on amendments and supplements to Act No. 455/1991 Coll. on trade entrepreneurship (trade act), as amended, as amended, as amended by Act No. 50/2012 Coll. as amended, and does not provide social services with the aim of making a profit and accounts for this vehicle pursuant to Act No. 431/2002 Coll. on accounting, as amended, as amended,
- whose operator is an institution for social protection of children and social guardianship pursuant to Act No. 305/2005 Coll. on the social and legal protection of children and on social guardianship and on amendments and supplements to certain acts as amended by later regulations in force,
- foreign nationals exempted under an interstate agreement on the conditions of reciprocity,
- historical according to a special regulation,
- financial administration according to a special regulation.
The operator of the above-mentioned vehicle or vehicle combination exempted from paying the highway vignette is guilty submit to the Administrator of the Collection of Motorway Vignette Payments (National Motorway Company, a.s.) an application for registration of the vehicle/vehicle combination in question in the central registry of motorway vignette payments, using the form “Application for Registration of a Vehicle Exempt from Motorway Vignette Payments”. The operator of a vehicle and/or vehicle combination exempt from motorway vignette payment is obliged to submit, together with the application, documents proving the identity of the operator of the vehicle and/or vehicle combination exempt from motorway vignette payment and the reason for the exemption.
The assessment and processing of applications for registration of vehicles/vehicle combinations exempt from payment of highway vignettes is decided by the Administrator of the Collection of Highway Vignette Payments (National Highway Company, a. s.), whose competence also includes the delivery of the relevant decision/confirmation on registration and/or refusal to register a vehicle/vehicle combination exempt from payment of highway vignettes to the operator of the vehicle/vehicle combination in question.
The operator of a vehicle/driver of a vehicle or vehicle combination exempt from payment of highway vignettes may use designated sections of highways without payment of highway vignettes exclusively on the basis of a confirmation of registration of a vehicle/vehicle combination exempt from payment of highway vignettes issued by the Administrator of the Payment of Highway Vignettes.
The exact list of documents and data required to submit an application for registration of vehicles and/or vehicle combinations exempt from vignette payment, as well as the registration procedure itself, is provided in the User Services section, part Registration of vehicles exempt from vignette payment. The form itself “Application for registration of a vehicle exempt from vignette payment” is available in the User Services section, part Documents for download.
Vehicles exempt from vignette payment pursuant to the provisions of Section 7, paragraph 1, letter d) of Act No. 488/2013 Coll. on the highway vignette as amended also includes vehicles and/or vehicle combinations of the armed forces or civilian components of the sending state for the purpose of fulfilling official duties under a special regulation (hereinafter referred to as “vehicles/vehicle combinations of the armed forces or civilian components”).
The Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic is obliged to register vehicles/vehicle combinations of the armed forces or civilian components exempt from paying the highway vignette before starting to use the defined sections of the highways. The exact list of data required for registering these vehicles and/or vehicle combinations is provided in the User Services section, part Registration of vehicles exempt from paying the highway lock.
All other rights and obligations of operators of vehicles and/or vehicle combinations exempt from paying the highway vignette are governed by the relevant provisions of Section 7 of Act No. 488/2013 Coll. on Highway Vignettes, as amended.
