From the 1st of July 2011, electronic toll collection (e-toll) will be collected on selected national roads and their sections, which is an obligatory public charge for the use of road infrastructure by vehicles with acceptable total weight exceeding 3,5t. Pursuant to the European Parliament and Council Directive no. 2006/38/EC as of 17th May 2006, all EU Member States are obligated to enforce it by the 1st of January 2012.

In Poland, the obligation of e-toll payment results from the Regulation of the Council of Ministers of March 22, 2011, on national roads (...) (Journal of Laws no. 80, item 433). Pursuant to these regulations, the Electronic System of Road Toll Collection has been operating since July 1, 2011,  and it covers approx. 2,650 km of motorways, expressways and national roads, and ultimately it will extend over approx 4,400 km of all national roads. The implementation of new sections to the paid system will take place in stages, together with their modernization or construction.

The Road Surcharge is the additional payment for transport services on the roads which are covered by the obligatory electronic toll payments and on paid concession motorways.

The value of the Road Surcharge is calculated in a way which reflects the costs related to the necessity of covering the electronic toll and payments for concession motorways, taking into account the structure of fleet used by Fresh Logistics Polska and the network of connections between the company terminals, as well as international and foreign terminals.

The rate of Road Surcharge is updated according to the change in the value of e-toll or payments for concession motorways , as well as the changes (extension) of the network of national roads covered by the duty of electronic toll collection and the network of concession motorways.

The Road Surcharge is recognized as a separate position in invoice specifications and is calculated according to the following rule:

Domestic Distribution

Valid from:	Road Surcharge % from base transport rate*
from 01.07.2011 to 30.06.2013	4,23%
from 01.07.2013	5,26%
from 01.12.2013	6,31%
from 01.10.2014	6,91%
from 30.06.2015	7,48%
from 1.10.2016	7,82%
from 01.08.2017	8,46%

 *applies to all domestic transport

International Distribution
 

Valid from:	Road Surcharge % from base transport rate*
from 01.07.2011 to 30.06.2013	1,71%
from 01.07.2013	2,13%
from 01.12.2013	2,55%
from 01.10.2014	2,79%
from 30.06.2015	3,02%
from 1.10.2016	3,16%
from 01.08.2017	3,42%

**Applies to all groupage and partial shipments. An individual rate will be charged for international full truck loads.

*** Fresh Logistics Polska reserves the right to change the methodology of calculating the Road Surcharges.