Toll collection methods
The payment of the toll for all transits made within the same calendar day must be made within the next 15 consecutive calendar days, using one of the various payment methods that Autostrada Pedemontana Lombarda makes available to users.
If, on the other hand, one has an automatic payment system (Electronic Toll Collection, Conto Targa, Ricaricabile Pedemontana), which is especially useful for those who travel frequently on the motorway, the toll is charged immediately when passing under the toll collection gantries.
Non-payment of the toll
In the event of non-payment of the toll within 15 calendar and consecutive days from the date of transit, for users with vehicles with Italian license plates, the Company initiates the activities for debt collection by sending reminder letters.
The payment reminder is marked by a special identification number and shows the vehicle data (vehicle registration number and class), the transit data (date, time, elementary section), the amount to be paid (toll and various assessment charges – art. 176, paragraph 11-bis of the Italian Rules of the Road) and the payment methods.
If the user does not pay after receiving the payment reminder, the file is entrusted to a debt collection company that forwards the request to the user for payment of the toll and the administrative costs incurred for collection.
The payment of the amount indicated in the payment reminder letter does not exclude or limit in any way the initiation of the procedure for ascertaining the violation of the obligation to pay the toll provided for in article no. 176, paragraph 11, of the Italian Rules of the Road.
For users with vehicles with foreign license plates and/or domiciled abroad, debt collection activities are entirely carried out by specialised companies that send the request for payment of the toll and the administrative costs incurred for recovery.
The files of users that are still pending, or those for which the deadline for payment of the reminder has expired unnecessarily, may in any case be the subject of further activities by the Company, aimed at the compulsory recovery of the debt claimed by the latter.
These activities consist of special letters of formal notice, sent to insolvent users, followed by orders for payment pursuant to Italian Royal Decree 639/1910 or, where applicable, with the order for payment procedure pursuant to art. 633 et seq. of the Italian Code of Civil Procedure.
In the event of persistence in the unlawful conduct of non-payment of the toll, if the conditions are met, there is also the possibility of filing a complaint/lawsuit by alleging fraudulent insolvency referred to in art. 641 of the Italian Criminal Code.