Moldova vignette 2026: prices & rules

The tariffs are set in euro by Moldova’s Fiscal Code and paid in lei — or another currency — at the official exchange rate of the payment day, so the amount in lei changes slightly from day to day.

Roads requiring the e-vinieta

The Moldovan vinieta is not tied to motorways or to a list of tolled roads. Under the Fiscal Code it is due for every vehicle not registered in Moldova that enters or transits the country (Article 345), and Article 347(4) requires the payment confirmation to cover the entire period the vehicle spends there. For a car and its trailer, every road you drive on — national, regional or local — is therefore covered by the same obligation.

Buses, lorries and road tractors are the exception: Article 347(5) requires their confirmation only while they are actually driving on public roads.

Free roads — no e-vinieta needed

For a foreign-registered car there is no road that can be used without the vinieta: the fine in Article 287³ of the Contravention Code is triggered by the vehicle being in Moldova without proof of payment, not by the class of road. Only the vehicles the Fiscal Code leaves outside the tax — such as foreign military vehicles under international treaties — and vehicles registered in states covered by a bilateral or multilateral agreement on road transport without road charges (Article 348) do not pay.

Moldova’s enforcement model is stricter than in many EU countries:

Article 287³ of the Contravention Code (Law No. 218/2008), "Breach of the rules on the vinieta", sets the amounts by how long the vehicle went unpaid:

Paying the fine does not discharge the underlying obligation. The offender still has to pay the vinieta itself under Annex 2 to Title IX of the Fiscal Code — including the amount due for every consecutive 180-day period and for the incomplete periods that follow the first 180 days.

Moldova works differently from most vignette countries: you are not expected to buy in advance. The national road administration states the rule plainly: for a foreign-registered vehicle the vinieta must be paid as soon as it enters the territory of the Republic of Moldova. MAIB branches and self-service terminals are present at every border crossing point, and terminals operated by Qiwi, Paymaster, MMPS and PayNet at most of them — precisely so the charge can be settled at the border rather than beforehand.

That framing changes how validity is counted. Under Article 347¹(3)–(4) of the Fiscal Code, if you pick a future start date the vinieta runs from 00:00 on that day; but if the start date is today, it runs from the hour printed on the payment confirmation and expires at 24:00 on the last day of the period paid for. Buying at the barrier therefore covers you from that moment, not from midnight.

Three practical limits sit around that flexibility:

For long stays, the tariff structure has its own step: the first 180 days for a car and its trailer cost €85.00, but every consecutive or incomplete 180-day period after that is charged under the separate "over 180 days" option, not at the entry rate.

This page is based on the official legislation published on evinieta.gov.md, including the Fiscal Code annex and article 347¹ on validity periods.

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