EETS

What is EETS?

EETS, the abbreviation for European Electronic Toll Service, was first introduced in the EETS Directive 2004/52/EC.

The basic idea of EETS is to enable a simple and border-free tolling service all over Europe.

Development of EETS

During the years the idea has been sharpened as the tolling market has developed.

It turned out that the introduction of EETS was not as easy as initially thought and the Directive needed an update. In order to simplify the introduction of EETS, to support all involved Stakeholders and to foster the exchange between them the EETS Facilitation Platform was introduced. Learn more about the Platform here.

Meanwhile the Directive got an update and a new version of the EETS Directive went into force in 2019 with an implementing period of 30 months.

According to the EETS Directive the European Electronic Toll Service (EETS) means the toll service provided under a contract on one or more EETS domains by an EETS provider to an EETS user.

Moreover EETS shall ensure the interoperability of electronic road toll systems on the entire Union road network, urban and interurban motorways, major and minor roads, and various structures, such as tunnels or bridges, and ferries; and it shall facilitate the cross-border exchange of vehicle registration data regarding the vehicles and the owners or holders of vehicles for which there was a failure to pay road fees of any kind in the Union.