Glossary of Terms

is the toll payments beneficiary. The Toll Collection Administrator according to the Section 12 Subsection 1 of the Act No. 474/2013 Coll. on toll collection for the use of specified road sections and on amendments and supplements to certain laws as amended is Národná diaľničná spoločnosť, a.s.

is the service represented by technological, system and procedural support providing for the performance of complex operation procedures and activities in the toll collection area and toll collection control provided by the System Operator according to the Contract for Complex Service of Electronic Toll Collection entered into by and between Národná diaľničná spoločnosť, a.s. as the Toll Collection Administrator and SkyToll, a. s. as the party authorised by the Toll Collection Administrator.

is Národná diaľničná spoločnosť, a.s. or SkyToll, a. s. as the party authorised by the Toll Collection Administrator according to the Section 12 Subsection 2 of the Act No. 474/2013 Coll. on toll collection for the use of specified road sections and on amendments to certain laws as amended.

according to the Section 2 Subsection 2 of the Act No. 474/2013 Coll. on toll collection for the use of specified road sections and on amendments and supplements to certain laws as amended is a motor vehicle with the total weight over 3.5 t providing for the transport of more than nine persons including a driver and a motor vehicle with the total weight over 3.5 tons or vehicle train with the total weight over 3.5 tons not determined for the transport of passengers (vehicle categories M, N and G) except for vehicle trains created by a motor vehicle with the category M1, N1, M1G and N1G.

according to the Section 3 of the Act No. 474/2013 Coll. on toll collection for the use of specified road sections and on amendments to certain laws as amended is a vehicle not paying the toll for the use of Specified Road Sections.

according to the Section 2 (am) of the Act No. 725/2004 Coll. on conditions of vehicle operation in the road traffic and on amendments and supplements to certain laws is the vehicle owner or the holder of the certificate of vehicle registration appointed by it registered in the certificate of vehicle registration and authorised to decide about the vehicle use or the vehicle owner or holder of the technical certificate of the vehicle appointed by it entitled to decide about the vehicle use. When using the Specified Road Sections the Vehicle Operator is obliged to comply with the liabilities according to the Section 9 of the Act No. 474/2013 Coll. on toll collection for the use of specified road sections and on amendments to certain laws as amended.

is the driver authorized to drive the vehicle of the Vehicle Operator, which fact must be demonstrated by presenting the vehicle registration certificate or the vehicle technical certificate or another similar document. When using the Specified Road Sections the Vehicle Driver is obliged to comply with the obligations according to the Section 9 of the Act No. 474/2013 Coll. on toll collection for the use of specified road sections and on amendments to certain laws as amended.

is the Authorised Representative of the Vehicle Operator meaning the person authorised to act on behalf of the Vehicle Operator on the basis of a written power of attorney with principal’s (i.e. Vehicle Operator´s) signature officially certified.

is liable to follow the provisions of the Section 10 of the Act No. 474/2013 Coll. on toll collection for the use of specified road sections and on amendments to certain laws as amended.

is the telephone line of the System Operator where it is possible to obtain complex information in several languages about the Electronic Toll System and consulting in specific issues of using the Specified Road Sections and toll collection as e.g. information about the details of settlement, explanation of potential objections regarding the settlement, receipt of requests, complaints and suggestions, report technical issues, transportation or theft of the OBU, to report the loss, liquidation or damage of the OBU or its improper functioning and other facts relating to the Electronic Toll Collection.

is the place where extended customer services are provided to the Vehicle Operators and Vehicle Drivers i.e. where it is possible to make the Contracts on the Use of Specified Road Sections and Contracts on the Provision of the On-Board Unit in the post-paid toll regime and in the pre-paid toll regime.

is a place where customer services are provided for Vehicle Operators and Vehicles Drivers within the basic scope i.e. where it is possible to make the Contracts on the Use of Specified Road Sections and Contracts on the Provision of the On-Board Unit only in the pre-paid toll regime.

is the web portal of the System Operator providing in several languages the complex information about the Electronic Toll Collection of general nature and by means of the sites with secured access also information specific to a certain Vehicle Operator (current overview of applicable contracts, payments made, vehicles registered, OBUs assigned, routes travelled on the Specified Road Sections, possibility to fill in binding proposals for making of contracts, etc.).

is an event occurring as a result of a vehicle driving through a Specific Road Section or its part (so-called subsection of Specified Road Section) which is recorded by Electronic Toll System.

is a complex set of systems and applications based on information and communication technologies operated by the System Operator mainly providing for clear assessment and provision of data about the used Specified Road Sections (toll transactions) – i.e. toll calculation by means of a technical device during the vehicle´s journey without the necessity of stopping, lowering the speed or liability to use a specific line and without the necessity to determine the vehicle route bindingly in advance.

is the payment of electronically calculated amount according to the vehicle category, vehicle emission class and the quantity of vehicle axles for the distance travelled on the specified road section based on the data obtained from the Electronic Toll System. The payment of the electronically calculated amount of toll may be made in cash, by a bank transfer, payment or fleet card issued by the issuer approved by the Toll Collection Administrator.

is a part of the Transport Police Department of the Police of the Slovak Republic the duty of which in cooperation with the Toll Collection Administrator and the System Operator is to provide for checking the compliance with the liabilities of Vehicle Operators and/or Vehicle Drivers in compliance with the appropriate provisions of the Act No. 474/2013 Coll. on toll collection for the use of specified road sections and on amendments to certain laws as amended.

is an electronic data record created based on the evaluation and processing of a single Toll Event or a combination of multiple Toll Events. Toll Transaction contains the date and time of a Toll Event from which the Toll Transaction originated, the identification of the subsection of the Specified Road Section, the identification of the vehicle and the amount of Toll, payment regime and other data.

means the amount of money in euro per 1 km of a distance travelled on the Specified Road Section used depending on the vehicle category, vehicle emission class and quantity of vehicle axles for the toll calculation. Toll rates for individual types of Specified Road Sections and individual categories of motor vehicles liable to pay the toll are determined in the Decree of the Slovak Government No. 497/2013 stipulating the method of toll calculation, toll rate and system of discounts from the toll rates for the use of specified road sections as amended.

means the violation of the liabilities of the Vehicle Operator and/or Vehicle Driver according to the Section 27 Subsection 1 of the Act No. 474/2013 Coll. on toll collection for the use of specified road sections and on amendments to certain laws as amended.