For twenty years, millions of foreign motorists have crossed Belgium without ever contributing to the upkeep of our roads. That's now over. From 1 May 2027, the road toll sticker will make every user pay for the roads they use. And for Belgians? No need to worry: the sticker will be fully offset by a reduction in vehicle taxation. Not a single euro more out of pocket, better-funded roads, an effort finally shared fairly.
That's what fair taxation means: not asking for more, but asking better.
Rate table:
|
Chosen duration |
Euro 4 and above | Euro 0 to 3 |
Zero-emission vehicle |
|
Annual |
EUR 100 | EUR 125 |
EUR 90 |
|
24 hours (9%) |
EUR 9 | EUR 11.25 |
EUR 8.10 |
|
10 days (12%) |
EUR 12 | EUR 15 |
EUR 10.80 |
|
1 month (19%) |
EUR 19 | EUR 23.75 |
EUR 17.10 |
|
2 months (30%) |
EUR 30 | EUR 37.50 |
EUR 27 |
Rates depend on the duration chosen and the vehicle's environmental performance, to encourage a cleaner vehicle fleet while ensuring a contribution proportionate to road use. The percentages shown correspond to the share of the annual rate (source: statement by the Walloon Government, 10/07/2026).
Please note: driving without a valid sticker on a regional (motor)way carries an administrative fine of €70, which may be doubled or tripled for repeat offences. Checks will be carried out by the territorially competent Region, via ANPR cameras and mobile teams.
Background: twenty years of waiting, an agreement finally reached
The idea is not new: for almost twenty years, Belgium's regions have championed the principle of a road toll sticker, to make the many foreign motorists who cross our country, Europe's crossroads, every day contribute, without paying a single cent towards the upkeep of its roads.
For a long time, the issue stalled due to the lack of consensus between the Regions, and later due to difficulties forming a government in Brussels. The formation of the Brussels government and the conclusion of a protocol agreement between Wallonia, Flanders and Brussels made it possible to take the final step. The details of the scheme were officially presented in July 2026, coming into force on 1 May 2027.
Belgium will thus join several European countries, Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, which have long applied a sticker system. It will also learn from Germany's failure: our neighbours' project collapsed because the chosen compensation was deemed discriminatory towards foreign drivers by Europe. Precisely to avoid this pitfall, Belgium's compensation mechanism has been carefully designed, in constant dialogue with the European Commission.
What the agreement provides
From 1 May 2027, all vehicles under 3.5 tonnes will need a sticker to travel on motorways and regional roads. Unlike the old adhesive stickers still used elsewhere in Europe, Belgium's system will be entirely digital: vehicles will be identified electronically via their number plate.
The sticker will be available in five formats (24 hours, 10 days, 1 month, 2 months, 1 year) to suit all uses, from occasional transit to daily use. Its annual price will follow an environmental logic: €90 for zero-emission vehicles, €100 for Euro 4 and above vehicles, €125 for older vehicles. It will apply to both Belgians and foreigners, a requirement under European law, but only foreigners will actually bear the cost, thanks to the tax compensation provided for residents.
The principle: every user contributes, Belgians pay no more
The reasoning is simple and deeply liberal: those who use an infrastructure must contribute to its funding. Today, the cost of our roads falls mainly on Belgian taxpayers, even though millions of foreign vehicles use them every year: international transit, cross-border commuters, tourists. The sticker corrects this anomaly.
For the MR, sound tax reform is not about asking for more, but about distributing the effort more fairly: we are moving from a system where the cost of infrastructure fell mainly on Belgians to one where every user contributes, without discrimination, to the roads they use.
For Belgians, the commitment is clear, unanimous and repeated at the highest level: the sticker will be fully offset by a reduction in vehicle taxation. This commitment to budgetary neutrality for Belgian drivers has been made by all three Regions and, on the Walloon side, is included in the regional policy statement.
A reform in line with the MR's direction
The sticker is not an isolated measure: it forms part of a consistent tax strategy pursued by the MR within the Walloon government. After lowering registration fees on the purchase of one's own and only home, after the announced reform of inheritance tax, and alongside the federal tax reform that taxes work more heavily, the direction remains the same: lower taxes, fairer taxation, promises kept.
The expected revenue, several hundred million euros a year nationwide, will fund and maintain road infrastructure that badly needs it, without placing any further burden on Belgian taxpayers. Good-quality roads mean safety, competitiveness and attractiveness for our businesses and citizens.
Tax neutrality: part of a broader reform
This reform will be part of a broader overhaul of Walloon vehicle taxation, to be presented in the coming weeks, with a constant goal: continuing to ease the tax burden while ensuring better-maintained roads.