T4E OBU Manual
Version 1.4 March 14, 2019 6
1Toll Charging in EETS Domains
Service Provider Toll4Europe GmbH (T4E) offers its EETS Service to users of toll liable vehicles in Europe. EETS
stands for European Electronic Toll Service. The aim to facilitate driving through Europe by using only one
device for toll collection. With Toll4Europe’s EETS-enabled On Board Unit (T4E OBU) the use of toll roads
through Europe is simplified for truck drivers, by offering a comprehensive toll collection and collective toll
payment services from one provider.
EETS in general
Depending on the regulations of the different European toll domains, the T4E OBU can be used by heavy goods
vehicles with a Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW) of more than 3.5 tons (i.e. in Belgium) or 7.5 tons (i.e. in Germany)
for tolling on motorways, and/or a number of national and regional roads, and/or tunnels and bridges. The
T4E OBU:
•is used for detecting the relevant toll per driven kilometers in a toll domain. A toll domain is either the en-
tire toll network of a country or a certain part of the tolled road network within a country (roads, tunnels,
bridges).
•may cover many toll domains throughout Europe and thus collects toll relevant information across borders.
•is installed in the vehicle to detect whether a toll road or a non-toll road is used,
•collects the information relevant for toll charging and transmits it to the data center where the data is pro-
cessed for billing purposes.
•will be linked to a vehicle which can be subscribed for the EETS Service in one or several toll domains (e.g.
Belgium, Germany, France, Spain, Austria etc.).
If a certain toll domain is not yet covered by the T4E EETS Service, the user may also operate additional
national toll devices. However, if a user changes from the national tolling service provider(s) to the EETS
Service, he must switch off the national OBU before using the EETS OBU for the selected toll domain.
EETS with Toll4Europe
The T4E OBU complies with the toll regulations of the national/regional authorities. Furthermore, a T4E OBU
enables the user to cross borders without interruption as it is interoperable among different technologies used
in various toll domains (GNSS and/or DSRC).
The Toll4Europe EETS Service can be booked for one or more countries (as a” toll service” for dedicated toll
domains). The coverage of Toll4Europe’s bookable toll services is continuously expanding. However, for each
toll domain, only one device must be used to avoid the risk of over paying.
It is the obligation of the road user to check whether his truck is subject to tolling and which stipulations or
exemptions apply to each toll domain. These regulations are determined in the national toll laws.
When registering for the T4E EETS Service, the user or transport company must select the desired toll services
for the toll domains he intends to use. The registration is done beforehand via dedicated Toll4Europe Sales and
Service Partners. The user or transport company must provide the relevant customer and vehicle data during
registration. The Sales and Service Partner takes care of the registration and assigns a T4E OBU to each vehicle.
As soon as all relevant data is transferred to the system, the T4E OBU can be personalized for individual use.
The personalization process includes the update of the T4E OBU with the needed software, user and vehicle
