Since January 1 2025, trucks weighing 12 tons or more have been required to pay a CO₂-based toll to use the Danish road network. Sund & Bælt is responsible for collecting and monitoring this toll.
The vast majority of hauliers - both Danish and foreign - pay the toll correctly. Statistics show that more than 99.5% of the registered trips comply with the rules. Less than 1% of the trips related to foreign trucks result in fines that are not paid within the deadline.
To ensure that foreign hauliers pay the amount they owe the Danish state, the new law empowers Sund & Bælt to deny passage to trucks with a conviction for unpaid fines related to KmToll.
How Sund & Bælt can enforce passage denial at the toll station
Sund & Bælt handles payment for thousands of crossings daily at the Storebælt fixed link. The toll station at Halsskov will serve as a checkpoint where foreign trucks with at conviction for unpaid fine related to KmToll will be denied passage until the fine is paid.
The system works by automatically scanning the truck’s number plate. If the truck is flagged with a conviction for an unpaid fine related to KmToll, the barrier at the Storebælt fixed link will remain down and the truck denied passage.
The haulier will then be asked to pay the outstanding fine. If the fine is not paid, the driver will be asked to turn the truck around.
Sund & Bælt expects that this enforcement of unpaid fines will not affect the overall traffic flow across the Storebælt fixed link.
As per 1 July 2025, foreign trucks may be denied passage across the Storebælt fixed link due to an unpaid fine related to KmToll
On 1 July 2025, a change in legislation comes into effect, granting Sund & Bælt the authority to deny foreign trucks passage at the Storebælt fixed link if they have a conviction for an unpaid fine related to KmToll.