📋 Tender Overview
The Saeima approved the amendments to the Law on Road User Fees (ALN) during a second review, determining rate changes aimed at reducing the negative impact on the environment and roads. For N1 class trucks (full weight 3001-3500 kg), rates or vignettes in 2026 will remain at the level of 2025, from 2027 they will change. This year, farmers are exempted from paying the fee for nine months (from March 1 to November 30) instead of the previous 2.5 months. Also, a 50% discount for one N1 class truck is applied to families with many children and families of re-emigrants, when purchasing a vignette for 30 days or a year. It is planned that the amendments will enter into force on March 1 of this year. Taking into account the changes after the second review of the ANL Law, as well as the impact of the geopolitical situation and changes in the transit sector, the planned revenue from vignettes in 2026 is EUR 29.2 million. According to forecasts, revenues from vehicles registered in Latvia will be 10.4 million euros (35%), while from vehicles registered in foreign countries 18.8 million euros (65%). In 2025, instead of the planned 58 million euros, revenues from vignettes were 39 million euros, while in 2024, instead of the planned 32.2 million euros, they were 29 million euros. The regulatory framework stipulates that revenues from ALN are directed to one purpose only - the construction and maintenance of the countrys main highways. Even after the changes, Latvias ANL is competitive on the Baltic scale, because on average it is the same as in Estonia and lower than in Lithuania. Simultaneously with the amendments, the scope of the vignette is expanded in order to prevent the possibility of avoiding the ALN payment and routes not deliberately chosen by the transit carrier, which are currently outside the territory of application of the fee. The toll will be applied to roads or their sections, which are functionally used as bypass roads to bypass the main national roads applicable to ALN, as well as to roads that serve as main access roads to Latvian ports. Such road sections are often used for heavy transit traffic, including vehicular traffic to ports, but have so far not been subject to ALN, despite the significant load and risk of damage. It is important that the ALN is not planned to be applied to the entire regional road network, but taking into account their functions, traffic intensity and nature of use. Also, the amendments provide that in the future there will no longer be a possibility to purchase a nine-month vignette, which was previously intended for farmers to reduce the administrative burden. Taking into account different needs, it is possible to purchase vignettes for different periods of time - day, week, month and year, evaluating how often the specific car needs to be driven. The amount of the fee is differentiated depending on the weight of the vehicle, the number of axles, the emission class and the period of use. Also, in the changes of ATL rates, the same principle is applied in relation to the amount of generated emissions, i.e. the greater the amount of emissions, the higher the rate. At the same time, the changes foresee a zero rate for zero-emission vehicles. This year, from ALNs additional revenues, repair works are planned for the reconstruction of A6 Riga - Daugavpils - Kraslava - Belarus border (Paternieki), the section Nicgale - Daugavpils (20 km), A2 Riga - Sigulda - Estonian border. (Veclaicene), section Grundzale - Darzciems, for reconstruction of a 16.5 km long section, section of the A14 Daugavpils ring road from Svente to the intersection with the A6 highway, for reconstruction of a 7 km long section, for reconstruction of the surface of the sections P80 Tinuzi-Koknese, 48 km long, A6 Riga - Daugavpils - Kraslava - Belarus border section in Ikskile, 3 km long for reconstruction. Vignettes still not required Vignettes, as now, are not required for trucks that do not use toll roads, for example, all those who transport goods within their farm or in the immediate vicinity and do not drive on a toll road do not need to purchase a toll. Also, vignettes are still not required for cars heavier than 3000 kg, but not registered as trucks. For example, a family car with seven seats. Vignettes, as now, will not be required for trucks with a gross weight of up to 3000 kg, for example, Citroen Berlingo, Opel Combo Renault Partner, etc. (currently approximately 45,000 such vehicles are registered in Latvia).
