Romania Rovinieta Fine: Driving Without a Road Vignette

A rovinieta is the road vignette every car needs on Romania's national roads and motorways. CNAIR, the national road company, checks it with cameras: when a plate has no valid rovinieta, its CESTRIN centre draws up a proces-verbal de constatare a contravenției — a fine notice — without you, from the keeper's registration data, and sends it by post. Cars registered in another EU country are traced through the EU exchange of registration data; the police, transport inspectors and CNAIR staff at the border crossings check rovinietas too.

Which rules apply

Since 1 October 2026 the rovinieta is governed by Law 226/2023 (before, by Government Ordinance 15/2002); rovinietas bought earlier stay valid until the date on them. Under the new law the fine is between twice and four times the price of a 12-month rovinieta. A fine for driving before 1 October falls under the old rules — the proces-verbal states the law and the amount.

The 15 days

• Pay half of the minimum fine within 15 days of receiving the proces-verbal (OG 2/2001, art. 28) — the notice states that option.
• Or file a complaint (plângere contravențională) with the local court (judecătoria) within the same 15 days (art. 31). The proces-verbal names the court; someone living in Romania goes to the court of their home. A complaint stops the fine being enforced until the judgment.
• Enter the day you received it on this page and the site counts the 15 days.

A notice not paid or challenged in time becomes enforceable and is collected by the tax authorities. Paying the fine does not buy a rovinieta: driving without one is a continuing offence.

Check the notice

• The plate, the date and the place — and whether you had a valid rovinieta then: check it on etoll.ro, CNAIR's official portal.
• The time limits: a camera proces-verbal must reach you within two months of being drawn up, and no fine can be applied more than four months after the day you drove. Until the first notice reaches you, no second one can be drawn up for the same car.
• A rental car: the notice goes to the rental company as the keeper — check your rental contract for what it passes on to you.

Buy rovinietas only on etoll.ro, in the TollRo app, at CNAIR's points or from authorised sellers. A lawyer for fines and administrative penalties can check the notice and file the complaint in Romanian within the 15 days. Police fines: see a Romanian traffic fine.