Bill: Road tax for lorries between 3.5 and 12 tonnes and sleeping berths in vans and lorries
Official title (in Danish): Forslag til lov om ændring af lov om vejafgift og registreringsafgiftsloven. (Udvidelse af anvendelsesområdet i lov om vejafgift til motorkøretøjer mellem 3,5 og 12 ton, mulighed for indretning af vare- og lastbiler med soveplads m.v.)
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What is proposed:
- The bill means that from 5 January 2027, road tax will also have to be paid for lorries and towing units in vehicle combinations between 3.5 and 12 tonnes.
- Today, road tax applies to lorries and vehicle combinations of 12 tonnes and above.
- Who would be affected: Owners and users of lorries between 3.5 and 12 tonnes, including when they are used privately. Owners of vans and lorries who want to fit them with a sleeping berth.
- When: The bill has not been passed yet.
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If the bill is passed:
- Road tax also applies to vehicles used for private goods transport. Owners of vehicles that have been used privately and have wrongly been exempt from road tax will, from 5 January 2027, have the difference in weight tax paid back.
- Zero-emission vehicles over 3.5 tonnes up to and including 4.25 tonnes (in practice, electric vans) do not have to pay road tax. Vehicles of 3.5 tonnes and above can be fitted with a fixed sleeping berth in the driver's cab without losing the more lenient registration tax rules, if the vehicle is used for international haulage for hire or reward or cabotage, and the user must comply with the rules on driving and rest time.
Sources and original
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Source: the Danish Parliament (ft.dk)
Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.
Summary by the Danish Parliament (in Danish)
Lovforslaget udmønter dele af Aftale om Kilometerbaseret vejafgift af 29. marts 2023 mellem den tidligere regering (Socialdemokratiet, Venstre og Moderaterne) og Socialistisk Folkeparti, Enhedslisten, Radikale Venstre og Alternativet. Det foreslås at udvide den kilometerbaserede vejafgift, så vejafgiftsordningen omfatter lastbiler med en teknisk tilladt totalvægt mellem 3,5 og 12 ton. Samtidig præciseres det, at der ikke skelnes mellem privat og erhvervsmæssig godstransport, og at Motorstyrelsens hidtidige praksis med undtagelse af køretøjer, der anvendes til privat godstransport, ændres fremadrettet for at bringe denne i overensstemmelse med eurovignetdirektivet. Det foreslås, at nulemissionskøretøjer fra 3,5 ton til og med 4,25 ton undtages vejafgiftsordningen, da disse køretøjer i praksis anvendes som varebiler. Det foreslås at indføre en mulighed for, at køretøjer på 3,5 ton og derover, der benyttes til international godstransport, skal kunne indrettes med soveplads, uden at dette har afgiftsmæssige konsekvenser. Med lovforslaget foreslås desuden en række tilpasninger af vejafgiftsloven. Det foreslås derudover at fastsætte retningslinjer om bødeniveauer og de omstændigheder, hvor der udmåles en lavere bøde sammenlignet med de grovere overtrædelser, i lighed med indholdet i det af By-, Land- og Transportministeriet i juni 2026 udstedte cirkulære. Det foreslås, at loven skal træde i kraft den 1. januar 2027, dog således at forslaget om udvidelsen af vejafgiftsordningen til mindre motorkøretøjer skal træde i kraft den 5. januar 2027.
Source: Folketinget (ft.dk). Reproduced unchanged.
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- Introduced · 7 October 2026Status in the Danish Parliament: Fremsat
- PassedAwaiting the Danish Parliament
- Enters into forceThe date is not known yet