Contracts concluded upon registration

The Contract on the Use of Specified Road Sections is a contract made between the Toll Collection Administrator and the Vehicle Operator by means of which the Toll Collection Administrator undertakes to provide the Vehicle Operator, after making the Contract on the Provision of the On-Board Unit, with the use of specified road sections and the Vehicle Operator undertakes to pay the toll for the use of the specified road sections.

The Contract on the Use of Specified Road Sections is made on the basis of a proposal for making the contract and registration data provided.

The Contract on the Use of Specified Road Sections under the Prepaid Toll mode may be made by the Vehicle Operator, its authorised representative and/or Vehicle Driver, at any contact or distribution point. The Contract on the Use of Specified Road Sections under the Prepaid Toll mode is made exclusively for one registered vehicle.

The Contract on the Use of Specified Road Sections under the Postpaid Toll mode may be made by the Vehicle Operator or its authorised representative, at any contact point or by means of the System Operator’s business representatives or by means of Fleet Cards issuers. The Contract on the Use of Specified Road Sections under the Postpaid Toll mode may be made for several registered vehicles.

Material particulars of the Contract on the Use of Specified Road Sections:

a) Identification data of the contracting parties and the first name and surname, date of birth, residence, citizenship and number of ID card or passport of the person making the contract on behalf of the Vehicle Operator.

b) Information about a vehicle or vehicles.

c) Information about the toll payment mode.

d) Information about the method of toll payment within the selected toll payment mode.

 

The Contract on the Use of Specified Road Sections under the Postpaid Toll mode also includes:

a) Invoice due date.

b) Information about the expected total length of the used specified sections of roads during the invoicing period for every vehicle registered.

c) Method of ensuring the toll payment liability by means of:

• A Bank Guarantee – information about the bank issuing the Bank Guarantee, date of issuing, Bank Guarantee validity period and potential prolongation of the Bank Guarantee;
• Cash Deposit – information about the Cash Deposit amount;
• Another method of securing the toll payment liability accepted by the Toll Collection Administrator.

d) Contact data of the person responsible for invoicing and payment by the Vehicle Operator.

e) Liability of the fixed installation of the On-Board Unit in the vehicle (fixed installation shall mean the technical solution providing for a permanent connection of the On-Board Unit to the vehicle’s electric system).

Securing the Toll Payment Liability

Before making the Contract on the Use of Specified Road Sections under the Postpaid Toll mode the Vehicle Operator or its authorised representative is obliged to provide the Toll Collection Administrator with a Bank Guarantee, Cash Deposit or another method of securing accepted by the Toll Collection Administrator (at present by means of a Fleet Card issuer) in the amount and for the period required by the Toll Collection Administrator, in order to secure the toll payment liability.

The minimum amount of securing the toll payment liability is determined according to the category, total weight, number of axles and emission class of the vehicle, toll rate, expected number of kilometres of used specified road sections, clearing period, invoices' maturity period and number of vehicles – the liability for which is covered by the security. The minimum amount of securing the toll payment liability may be calculated by means of a bank collateral calculator.

Methods of securing the toll payment liability

1. Bank Guarantee – is a guarantee provided by a bank assuming the responsibility for defrayment of the liabilities of the Vehicle Operator associated with the use of the Specified Road Sections under the Postpaid Toll mode. A bank guarantee may be provided to the vehicle operator by any bank in the Slovak Republic or abroad. A bank guarantee must be issued to the credit of the Toll Collection Administrator exclusively on the form defined by the System Operator and the minimum amount stated by the Toll Collection Administrator. The Bank Guarantee form is available to download in the Downloads section. The Toll Collection Administrator is entitled to refuse a bank guarantee issued by the bank of the Vehicle Operator.

The minimum validity of the Bank Guarantee shall be 12 calendar months.

The minimum amount of the Bank Guarantee must be at least €600 for every vehicle listed in the Contract on the Use of Specified Road Sections.

2. Cash Deposit – means providing a deposit in cash for securing the payment of liabilities of the Vehicle Operator relating to the use of Specified Road Sections under the Postpaid Toll mode to the account and for the benefit of the Toll Collection Administrator. The Vehicle Operator may provide the Cash Deposit for the benefit of the Toll Collection Administrator to its account via a bank transfer or by cash deposited directly to the Toll Collection Administrator’s account.

The minimum amount of the Cash Deposit must be at least €600 for every vehicle listed in the Contract on the Use of Specified Road Sections.

3. Another method of securing the toll payment liability – by means of a Fleet Card issuer. If the Vehicle Operator is a holder of a Fleet Card, the security for the toll payment liability may be provided/made by a Fleet Card issuer. For more details contact your Fleet Card issuer.

The creditworthiness of a Vehicle Operator is determined by the Fleet Card issuer. Financial relations between the Vehicle Operator and the Fleet Card issuer are governed exclusively by the contract made between these two parties.

The securing for toll payment liability must exist for the whole period of the validity of the Contract on the Use of Specified Road Sections under the Postpaid Toll mode and must secure the liabilities for all the vehicles listed in the valid Contract on the Use of Specified Road Sections of the relevant Vehicle Operator.

The Vehicle Operator or its authorised representative is obliged to provide additional securing by one of the methods of securing or a combination of these methods if the data according to which the original minimum amount of the toll payment liability securing is calculated changed.

Contract on the Provision of the On-Board Unit

The Contract on the Provision of the On-Board Unit is the contract made between the System Operator and Vehicle Operator, by means of which the System Operator undertakes to provide the On-Board Unit to the Vehicle Operator for use for a consideration and the Vehicle Operator undertakes to pay the consideration and deposit a guarantee for the provided On-Board Unit. Material particulars of the Contract on the Provision of the On-Board Unit are:

• Identification data of contracting parties – name and surname, date of birth, address of residence, citizenship, ID card or passport number, driving licence of the person signing the agreement on behalf of the Vehicle Operator and identification data of the Toll Collection Administrator;
• Identification number of the On-Board Unit and registration number of the vehicle to which it is assigned;
• Parameters of the initial setting of the On-Board Unit;
• Amount and due date of the consideration for providing the On-Board Unit;
• Manner of securing the liability of returning the On-Board Unit and its accessories;
• The amount of Guarantee is determined up to €50 and the payment may be made in cash, by bank transfer or by accepted bank card.