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Moldova by campervan: driving, tolls and rules

Driving a campervan in Moldova: speed limits, tolls, low-emission zones, required equipment and key road rules. What to know before you go.

Published 18 September 2026Last checked 19 September 2026

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Every vehicle not registered in Moldova pays a vignette. It is a road-use charge in the Tax Code, and it applies whether you are visiting or only passing through. A motorhome or car, tariff heading 8703, pays 4 euros for 7 days, 8 for 15, 16 for 30, 45 for 90 and 85 for 180. A van registered as a goods vehicle is a different and much dearer class at 20 euros for 7 days. Carry the confirmation the whole time you are in the country: if you are found without one, the Border Police will not let the vehicle leave until the vignette for the entire stay and the fine are paid.

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Vignette, tariff set in euro by the Tax Code

PeriodCar or motorhome, heading 8703Goods vehicle up to 3.5 t
1 daynot offered€5
7 days€4€20
15 days€8not offered
30 days€16€40
90 days€45€100

Getting the vignette right

  • Which class you are in depends on your registration document. A motor caravan is tariff heading 8703 and pays the cheap rate. A van conversion still registered as a goods vehicle pays the truck rate, five times more for a week.
  • Validity runs from 00:00 of the day you choose to 24:00 of the last day, or from the hour of purchase if you buy it for the same day.

What the rules are reported to be

  • 50 km/h in built-up areas, 20 km/h in residential areas, and 80 to 110 km/h on the open road, so watch the signs rather than assuming.
  • Blood alcohol limit 0.03 percent, well below most of Europe. UK advice separately warns that over about a third of England's limit can mean a fine and possible imprisonment.

The rules in the second box are reported, not read from the statute. Moldova's official legal portal could not be reached during research, so the speed limits, the alcohol limit and the winter tyre and headlight dates come from the road rules guide that UK government advice links to, rather than from the Regulamentul circulației rutiere itself. The vignette figures above are different: those come from the Tax Code text published on the government's own vignette portal.

You must declare the vehicle to customs when you enter, and it can stay without import taxes for up to 90 days in any 365 day period. If the vehicle belongs to somebody else, bring the owner's permission, translated and notarised.