Directive (EU) 2019/520

means the process defined and managed by the toll charger, which an EETS provider must undergo before it is authorised to provide the EETS in an EETS domain;

means an online access procedure for consulting the databases of one, more than one, or all of the Member States;

means the central electronic system used by the toll charger, a group of toll chargers who have created an interoperability hub, or by the EETS provider to collect, process and send information in the framework of an electronic road toll system;

means a public or private entity which has been appointed as the toll charger in a future EETS domain;

means a toll collection system in which the obligation, for the user, to pay the toll is exclusively triggered by and linked to the automatic detection of the presence of the vehicle in a certain location through remote communication with OBE in the vehicle or automatic number plate recognition;

means the toll service provided under a contract on one or more EETS domains by an EETS provider to an EETS user;

means the offence consisting of the failure by a road user to pay a road fee in a Member State, defined by the relevant national provisions of that Member State;

means a vehicle having a maximum permissible mass exceeding 3,5 tonnes;

means the person in whose name the vehicle is registered, as defined in the law of the Member State of registration;

means any elementary component, group of components, subassembly or complete assembly of equipment incorporated or intended to be incorporated into EETS upon which the interoperability of the service depends directly or indirectly, including both tangible objects and intangible objects such as software;

means a vehicle having a maximum permissible mass not exceeding 3,5 tonnes.

means a toll service provider with specific obligations, such as the obligation to sign contracts with all interested users, or specific rights, such as specific remuneration or a guaranteed long term contract, different from the rights and obligations of other service providers;

means the Member State where the vehicle which is subject to the payment of the road fee is registered;

means a designated competent authority of a Member State for the cross-border exchange of vehicle registration data;

means the fee which must be paid by the road user for circulating on a given road, a road network, a structure, such as a bridge or a tunnel, or a ferry;

means an existing electronic road toll system that has undergone or undergoes a change which requires EETS providers to make modifications to the interoperability constituents that are in operation, such as reprogramming or adapting the interfaces of their back office, to such an extent that re-accreditation is required;

means the ability of an interoperability constituent to achieve and maintain a specified performance when in service, integrated representatively into EETS in relation with a toll charger's system;

means a public or private entity which levies tolls for the circulation of vehicles in an EETS domain;

means the information defined by the responsible toll charger as necessary to establish the toll due for circulating a vehicle on a particular toll domain and conclude the toll transaction;

means a statement to a toll charger that confirms the presence of a vehicle in an EETS domain in a format agreed between the toll service provider and the toll charger;

means the service that enables users to use a vehicle in one or more EETS domains under a single contract and, where necessary, with one piece of on-board equipment (OBE), and which includes:

means a legal entity providing toll services on one or more EETS domains for one or more classes of vehicles;

means a motor vehicle, or articulated vehicle combination intended or used for the carriage by road of passengers or goods;

means the vehicle related information in accordance with which tolls are calculated based on the toll context data;