OBU Manual
Version 3.0 August 27, 2020 6
1Toll Charging in EETS Domains
Service Provider DKV Euro Service GmbH & Co. KG offers its EETS Service to users of toll liable vehicles in
Europe. EETS stands for European Electronic Toll Service. The aim of DKV’s EETS-enabled On Board Unit (OBU)
is to empower and simplifiy the use of toll roads throughout Europe by offering a comprehensive toll collection
and payment service enabled by one device, offered by one provider.
EETS in general
Depending on the regulations of the different European toll domains, the 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
OBU:
•is used for detecting the relevant toll amount based on driven kilometers in a toll domain. A toll domain is
either the entire 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 one or several toll services (e.g. Belgium, Germany,
France, Spain, Austria, etc.).
If a certain toll service is not yet covered by the DKV EETS Service, the user may also operate additional national
toll devices. However, if a user changes from the national toll service provider(s) to the EETS Service, he must
switch off or remove the national OBU before using the EETS OBU.
EETS with DKV Euro Service
The OBU complies with the toll regulations of the national/regional authorities. Furthermore, a OBU enables
the user to cross borders without interruption as it is interoperable among different technologies used in
various tolling systems (GNSS and/or DSRC).
The EETS Service can be booked for one or more toll domains (as a “toll service” for dedicated tolling systems).
The coverage of DKV’s bookable toll services is continuously expanding. However, for each tolling system, 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 vehicle is subject to tolling and which terms or
execeptions apply to each tolling system.
When registering for the EETS Service, the user or logistics company must select the desired toll services for the
toll systems it intends to use. The registration is done beforehand via DKV Euro Service. The user or logistics
company must provide the relevant customer and vehicle data during registration. DKV Euro Service takes care
of the registration and assigns an OBU to each vehicle. As soon as all relevant data is transferred to the system,
the OBU can be personalized with the desired toll services for individual use. The personalization process
includes the update of the OBU with the needed software, user and vehicle parameters, and tariff data. The
personalization of the OBU is done via mobile network “over the air” when the OBU is mounted in the vehicle,
is connected to the power supply and the engine is turned on.
