Data · a little history
Europe's car vignettes, 1984–2026
The windscreen sticker every camper knows started in Switzerland in 1985, spread east in a wave until Slovenia in 2008, and then went digital. Germany nearly joined.
The dates
| Country | Sticker | Electronic | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 1985 (referendum 1984) | 1 Aug 2023, alongside the sticker | bazg.admin.ch |
| Czech Republic | 1 Jan 1995 | 1 Jan 2021 | edalnice.cz |
| Slovakia | 1996 | 1 Jan 2016 | eznamka.sk |
| Austria | 1 Jan 1997 | 1 Dec 2017, alongside the sticker | asfinag.at |
| Hungary | 1999 (M3 first; whole network by 2004) | 1 Jan 2008 | hu.wikipedia.orgsecondary source |
| Romania | 1 Jul 2002 (all national roads) | 1 Oct 2010 | legislatie.just.ro |
| Bulgaria | 1 Jan 2005 for cars | 1 Jan 2019 | bgtoll.bg |
| Slovenia | 1 Jul 2008 | 1 Dec 2021 (annual) – 1 Feb 2022 | dars.si |
| Moldova | 1 Nov 2012 (foreign cars only) | not verified | evinieta.gov.md |
| Germany | never — law of 2015 struck down 18 Jun 2019 | — | curia.europa.eu |
Cars up to 3.5 t. Truck-only time charges (the Eurovignette, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania's for vans registered N1) are not shown. A caravan behind a car needs no vignette of its own in Austria or the Czech Republic.