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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11413

20 October 2015
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) industry
Germany says Volkswagen could have broken EU law

Brussels, 19/10/2015 (Agence Europe) - According to a decision made by the Federal Motor Transport Authority (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt - KBA) on Thursday 15 October, as reported in the German newspaper, Bild Zeitung, Volkswagen has systematically used cheat devices, which would have clearly broken European law.

The German newspaper's article is based on a letter from the German Transport Minister, Alexander Dobrindt, who quotes Article (5, 2) of EC Regulation 715/2007 “on type approval of...

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