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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11424
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) industry

CO2 emissions also affected by Volkswagen scandal

Brussels, 04/11/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 3 November, the Volkswagen group revealed that in addition to falsification of nitrous oxide (NOX) emissions, it had also cheated on carbon dioxide emissions (CO2).

The fraud may have affected at least 800,000 more vehicles and, for the first time, included petrol-fuelled cars, which represents an additional cost of €2 billion for the German group, in addition to the €7.3 billion already accounted for, mainly used for recalling the...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
ECONOMY - FINANCE
EXTERNAL ACTION
NEWS BRIEFS