Country guide · Romania
Romania rovinieta 2026 — prices & rules
Rovinieta for Romanian motorways and national roads — choose duration, check activation, avoid the wrong vehicle class.
Romania prices and vehicle categories
Two categories only.
Cars — covers everything up to 3.5 t, including vans and motorhomes.
| Duration | Price (RON) | Price (€) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 day New 2026 | RON 18 | €3.50 |
| 10 days | RON 31 | €6.00 |
| 1 month | RON 50 | €9.50 |
| 60 days | RON 79 | €15.00 |
| Annual 365 days from the chosen start date | RON 262 | €50.00 |
The weight limit is what's on your registration document, not what you're carrying. Full vehicle category guide →
Over 3.5 t? You need a GO-Box instead — no vignette required.
Get your vignette from the official operator
Autovig does not sell vignettes. Use the official operator to see current prices, enter your plate and pay securely on their site.
How registration works
Open the operator flow
Use the official operator portal.
Enter plate number
One wrong character can invalidate the vignette.
Confirm dates
Check start date, duration and activation timing.
Done — no sticker
The plate is stored digitally in the rovinieta database.
Romania rovinieta validity and fines
When does it activate?
- If the start date is today, validity begins once the rovinieta is registered in the electronic system.
- If you choose a future date, validity starts at 00:00 on that date.
What if you're caught?
- 1.ANPR cameras and roadside checks can verify the plate.
- 2.A contravention notice can also be issued by post after camera detection.
- 3.For standard cars, the current legal fine range is RON 500–RON 1,000.
Before you drive in Romania: 2026 rovinieta prices, validity and fines
For standard cars, compare the 1-day, 10-day, 30-day, 60-day and annual options in the price table above. Choose the period that covers every DN road, expressway or motorway segment in your itinerary, not only the border-crossing day.
00:00 on that date.Romania checks compliance with ANPR cameras, police controls and roadside verification.
RON 500–RON 1,000.For heavier or different vehicle categories, the fine level is higher than the standard car bracket.
Romania has adopted a replacement road-charging law that has been postponed twice — first to 1 July 2026, then to 1 October 2026. Until that date, everything described on this page still applies unchanged, including the prices above.
From 1 October 2026, three things are set to change:
Roviniete bought before that date remain valid until they expire. Autovig will update the prices here once the implementing tariff order is published.
Roads requiring the rovinieta
The Romanian rovinieta applies to all national roads (drumuri naționale, DN-prefix), except where they run through the built-up area of a municipiu — Romania’s legal category for its larger cities. This is broader than most other vignette countries: the obligation covers not only motorways and expressways but also regular two-lane national roads connecting cities, county seats and border crossings — any road with a DN number.
This means a driver on DN1 (a classic two-lane road between Bucharest and Brașov), DN7 (Pitești–Sibiu–Deva), or DN2 (Bucharest–Suceava) must have a valid rovinieta even though these are ordinary undivided roads, not motorways. The exemption is narrower than most drivers assume: only the stretch inside a municipiu, between its entry and exit signs, is free. Passing through a small town or a village on a DN road does not exempt you.
Main motorways (A1, A2, A3, A10, A13 and others) are also national roads and are covered by the same rovinieta obligation — no separate motorway vignette exists in addition to the rovinieta.
Bridge tolls: Some Danube crossings carry separate bridge toll charges on top of the rovinieta, including the Fetești–Cernavodă bridge (A2/DN3) and the Calafat–Vidin crossing. A valid rovinieta does not automatically cover these bridge sections.
Bridge tolls also follow a different timing rule from the rovinieta. The toll is meant to be paid before you cross, but if you did not, you can still settle it up to midnight of the day after the crossing without it counting as an offence. Nothing similar exists for the rovinieta — there, the vignette has to be in the system before you use the road.
Free roads — no rovinieta needed
The following road categories do not require a rovinieta:
A driver who stays entirely on DJ and DC roads pays nothing. In practice, routes between major Romanian cities will almost always use at least one DN section.
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