Vans
Vans and the Dutch truck charge
An ordinary van does not pay the Dutch truck charge (vrachtwagenheffing). The charge only applies to trucks in categories N2 and N3 with a technically permissible maximum mass of more than 3,500 kg.
How can you be sure?
Check the vehicle category on the registration certificate or enter the number plate in Tolmijden. For N1, Tolmijden reports that the charge does not apply; for N2 and N3 it calculates the charge.
Heavy vans
A heavy van or rigid truck in category N2 does pay. Even if it has been administratively downgraded to 3,500 kg or less, it remains liable: the technical maximum mass then counts.
Liable or not: what is the difference?
An N2 up to 12,000 kg pays the rate of the lowest weight class. See the rates.
Frequently asked questions
Does a van with a trailer pay the Dutch truck charge?
A van in category N1 does not. The charge only applies to N2 and N3.
Read also
- Maximum mass of the combination: For the Dutch truck charge the maximum mass of the combination counts, not the weight of the load. How to find it with F.1, F.3 and the manufacturer's plate.
- Dutch truck charge by number plate: Enter your number plate and see which Dutch truck charge rate belongs to your truck: weight, CO2 emission class and Euro class from the RDW.
- Exemptions and dispensations: Which trucks are exempt from the Dutch truck charge or can get a dispensation? Defence, refuse trucks, zero emission up to 4,250 kg, historic vehicles.
All topics
Dutch truck charge
- The Dutch truck charge (vrachtwagenheffing)
- Calculate the Dutch truck charge for your route
- Dutch truck charge rates per kilometre
- Temporary 22.3% discount on the Dutch truck charge
- The Dutch truck charge in 2027
- Dutch truck charge by number plate
- The CO2 emission class of your truck
- Euro class and the Dutch truck charge
- Maximum mass of the combination
- Trailers, semi-trailers and the Dutch truck charge
- Roads with the Dutch truck charge
- Paying the Dutch truck charge
- Exemptions and dispensations
- Vans and the Dutch truck charge
- Electric trucks and the Dutch truck charge
Avoiding the charge
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Sources (in Dutch): vrachtwagenheffing.nl: voor wie, Wet vrachtwagenheffing.