The following vehicles are not required to pay tolls:

vehicles used by the armed forces for defence purposes, for civil defence, firefighting, as well as vehicles used by the police, if they have appropriate identification marks;

vehicles specially equipped and used exclusively for medical purposes, with appropriate identification marks;

agricultural and horticultural vehicles with limited access to the public road network in Belgium, and used for agricultural and horticultural purposes, as well as in fisheries and land reclamation, as well as for forestry.

Only vehicles used for freight transport are required to pay tolls. This means that vehicles intended for the transport of people (personal cars, buses, campers, RVs) are exempt from toll payments.

All trucks with a Gross Vehicles Weight over 3.5 tonnes must be equipped with a valid OBU.

Satellic recommends all customers to activate OnBordUnit for functional testing. To do this, you must turn on the on-board device in one of the EU countries (one of the 27 EU countries and Switzerland). The on-board device must receive a GPS signal and have coverage of the mobilecell network.

Manual

1. Plug the OBU into your car's cigarette lighter.
2. The screen displays Starting followed by the Satellic / Viapass logo.
3. The light on the on-board unit will turn red and “Not ready” will appear on the screen.
4. Put the OBU aside and do not move for at least 5 minutes.
5. The OBU goes into standby mode (black screen), the lamp no longer lights up red.
6. The start-up screen (Satellic / Viapass logo) appears again.
7. The OBU light will turn green, the OBU will show the truck number and the amount of € 0.00.

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If the OBU is not permanently installed or connected to the ignition, then it must be properly activated in the cases described below. Activation is carried out by turning on the OBU by pressing the hook button (button in the middle).

Car in motion

When crossing the Belgium border - the hook button (in the middle) must be pressed.

The car is parked for more than 10 minutes (for example, in the event of a traffic jam) - the hook button must be pressed.

Standing / parked car

The engine has been switched off and the trip is resumed - the OBU must be activated. If the OBU is permanently installed and connected to the ignition, the OBU is activated when the vehicle is started.

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What are the criteria for calculating the new toll in Belgium?

The tariff is determined based on four parameters:

• distance travelled;
•  Type of road;
• Total permissible weight;
• Environmental class.

The deposit for the On Board Unit is 135 Euro.

Viapass conducts controls in cooperation with the administration of the three regions of Belgium. In the absence of an active on-board device in the car, large monetary fines are imposed.

Fixed controls

On highways, control devices  above the road will be used to check the presence of active on-board devices on trucks.

flexible controls

Flexible checks can be carried out anytime and anywhere on all Belgian roads.

Mobile controls

Mobile teams can perform controls on Belgian roads anywhere, stopping trucks, and issue fines if toll regulations are not followed.

If a failure to comply with the requirements for payment of tolls by trucks in one of the three regions is established, the amount of the fine is, as a rule, 1000 euros or more.

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