Three review areas · clear priority
For companies and corporate groups with at least €500,000 German toll payments since 2023. Point Zero Legal prepares your documents as part of the collaboration with Octagon Capital. The legal review is carried out by the law firm Martin Pfnür after engagement.
Focus · German truck tolls
Point Zero Legal supports companies and corporate groups with fleets that have paid at least €500,000 in German truck tolls in total since 2023. The toll years 2023–2026 are examined. Your actual statements are decisive, not a flat repayment rate.
Freight forwarders, transport, logistics, construction, waste disposal, trade and contract traffic. Foreign companies that paid tolls in Germany may also contact us; multiple entities within a group are considered together.
Original monthly statements from January 2023 and the Excel template from the data room – assigned by company, toll account and vehicle.
Point Zero Legal records the data and checks it for completeness. Octagon Capital checks the financing. The mandated law firm Martin Pfnür examines possible claims and the further legal steps.
The review is not directed against Toll Collect or your toll service provider, but concerns possible refunds by the Federal Republic of Germany. Your ongoing toll processing remains unaffected. Vignettes and tolls of other countries are not covered.
The toll from 2023 is based on the Wegekostengutachten 2023–2027. Martin Pfnür has identified twelve points of approach in the calculation, including capital costs, land costs, cost allocation and the CO₂ component. Which points apply in the specific case is examined by the law firm.
Open the official study↗One aspect under review concerns the capital and land costs used in the study. Specialist lawyers examine whether individual calculation assumptions comply with EU rules on chargeable infrastructure costs.
Since 1 December 2023, the German truck toll has included an external-cost component differentiated by CO₂ emission class. The German implementation is being assessed against the Eurovignette Directive, without anticipating the legal outcome.
View the EU Directive↗Tolls from 2023 · potential, costs and deadlines
2023 is particularly relevant: before the CO₂ surcharge on 1 December 2023 about 80% of the toll related to infrastructure, since 2024 about 44%. These are averages; your actual share depends, among other things, on vehicle and emission class. Tolls for 2027 are not yet included.
According to the provided information there is no decision for the toll years from 2023 that confirms a refund claim or a specific rate. Whether and in what amount refunds will follow must be legally clarified. The result may be higher or lower or may not occur at all.
The assessment refers to the infrastructure share of the toll, not to the total toll paid. It originates from the expert interview on 8 October 2026 and is neither a promised repayment nor a court‑confirmed rate. Interest may be added where applicable.
Possible claims relating to 2023 may generally become time-barred on 31 December 2026. Please provide complete documents by mid-November 2026 to allow time for preparation. This is an operational preparation deadline, not a statutory limitation deadline. The law firm assesses the applicable limitation period and steps required to preserve claims in each case.
Clear roles · simple process
First tell us your approximate toll volume since 2023 and the affected entities. We then assist with compiling the statements and the Excel template. All terms are provided in writing before engagement.
Octagon Capital bears the contractually covered procedural costs and the risk of litigation costs after written commitment. Only if a refund is actually received are a 35% success fee and a verification fee per toll month charged. If no refund occurs, neither is charged. Financing and terms are reviewed in advance and agreed in writing.
Assume a company pays €600,000 in tolls each year from 2023 to 2026. That is €2,400,000 in total. With simplified infrastructure shares of 80% for 2023 and 44% from 2024 this yields a calculation base of €1,272,000.
€127,200 × 65% = €82,680. The verification fee per toll month must be deducted in addition; interest and taxes are not included. Even annual payments and average shares are assumptions. The actual outcome may differ or may not occur at all.
Secure your original statements directly in the portal of the toll service provider. Older documents are not available there indefinitely. The documents are sorted by company, toll account and vehicle.
A clear workstream
We clarify which review area fits your situation and whether any steps have already been taken.
You provide available statements, contracts or data exports. Missing information is identified transparently.
Point Zero Legal organises the data, checks completeness and structures the matter.
After the initial intake and completeness check by Point Zero Legal, Octagon Capital reviews the financing. The law firm Martin Pfnür takes on the further legal steps after mandate engagement and financing approval. Point Zero Legal does not provide legal advice.
Clear roles
Point Zero Legal is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice.
Team ↗Initial intake, compilation and completeness check of the documents. Collaboration with Octagon Capital, no legal advice.
Financing review and, after confirmation, assumption of contractually covered procedural costs and the litigation cost risk. Collaboration with the law firm Martin Pfnür.
Legal review, calculation and pursuit of possible claims. After engagement and financing confirmation the law firm takes over the further legal steps.
Country selection controls language and link. The road toll factsheet and truck documents concern Germany; choosing another country does not imply any statement about that country’s legal situation.
Frequently asked questions
No. An unclear starting position is normal. During the initial call, we consider tolls, truck proceedings and tyre purchases separately.
Monthly statements since 2023 are useful for tolls. Vehicle and procedural records matter for the truck cartel. For tyres, invoices or an accounting export are sufficient initially.
We then need the provider, contractual model and current status. Whether any further step is required can only be assessed after reviewing the individual case.
No. This website provides general orientation. Legal assessments are made exclusively by appropriately admitted lawyers.
Statements since 2023, infrastructure share, costs and deadlines.
It is aimed at companies and corporate groups with fleets that have paid at least €500,000 German toll in total since 2023. This includes, among others, forwarding agents, transport and logistics companies, construction logistics, waste disposal, trade and works traffic. Whether a review makes sense depends on your actual statements and the subsequent legal review.
Yes, foreign companies with toll payments in Germany can register for structured initial intake. Multiple companies within a group can be considered together. Only the German truck toll is covered; tolls or vignettes from other countries are not included.
Until the introduction of the CO2 surcharge on 1 December 2023 on average around 80 percent of the toll related to the infrastructure share; from 2024 it is on average around 44 percent. These values are not an individual calculation and depend, among other things, on vehicle and emission class. For possible claims from 2023 limitation of actions generally threatens on 31 December 2026. Complete documents should be available by mid-November 2026; this is an operational preparation period, not a statutory deadline. The concrete deadline and required steps are examined by the law firm.
The assessment of about 10 to 25 percent refers to the infrastructure share of the paid toll, not to the entire toll. It originates from the assessment of Martin Pfnür and Octagon Capital and is not a legally confirmed reimbursement quota. The result can be higher or lower or may not occur at all.
The legal review can address points in the road cost study 2023–2027 and in the CO2 partial toll rate charged since 1 December 2023. These include, for example, imputed capital costs, land costs, cost allocation as well as amount, possible double charging and classification of the CO2 component. Which points apply in the concrete case can only be assessed on the basis of the statements and by the law firm.
Earlier decisions concern other toll years and legal questions: the CJEU case C-321/19 and subsequent decisions dealt, among other things, with traffic police costs and capital costs for earlier periods. The Administrative Court Cologne awarded police costs for 2016 to 2020 in 2024; according to the available information this decision is not yet final. This does not constitute a guarantee and no specific reimbursement quota for the toll from 2023.
No. Octagon Capital examines the financing and agrees the conditions in writing. Only after confirmation are the contractually covered procedural costs and the litigation cost risk assumed. Only in the event of an actual reimbursement do 35 % success fee and a review fee per toll month apply; without reimbursement neither applies.
Important are the original monthly statements from January 2023, preferably as PDF or data export from the portal of the respective toll service provider. In addition, a completed Excel template and allocation by company, toll account and vehicle help; proof of payment and annual overviews can complement. Pure fuel or credit card overviews may not be sufficient.
Yes, ongoing toll processing remains unaffected by the review and must continue according to the applicable rules. The review concerns possible reimbursements for tolls already paid in Germany and does not replace ongoing payment or processing obligations. No statement about a later result is associated with this.
No. The possible reimbursement according to the presented review idea concerns the Federal Republic of Germany and not Toll Collect or any other toll service provider as defendant. The service provider can nevertheless be important because original statements and data exports are provided there.
Please inform us when and with whom claims were pre-registered, which contract exists and what the current status is. This information is taken into account in the initial intake; a pre-registration neither confirms existence nor enforceability of a claim. Whether further steps are sensible is examined by the mandated law firm based on the concrete case.
Point Zero Legal carries out the initial intake, compilation and completeness check of the documents. Octagon Capital examines the financing and, after confirmation, assumes the contractually covered procedural costs and the litigation cost risk. The mandated law firm Martin Pfnür performs the legal review, calculation and pursuit of possible claims. Point Zero Legal works with Octagon Capital, Octagon Capital with the law firm; there is no contractual cooperation between Point Zero Legal and the law firm Martin Pfnür and Point Zero Legal does not provide legal advice.
Next step
During the initial call, we clarify which topic may be relevant, which records are already available and what a sensible next step could look like.
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