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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11536

21 April 2016
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) industry
VW scandal - JRC remit not to check if vehicles tested were rigged

Brussels, 20/04/2016 (Agence Europe) - Although the vehicles tested by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) between 2007 and 2010 emitted levels of polluting gas much higher than permitted, the organisation maintains that it is impossible to say whether the vehicles had been rigged or not, as that was not what it was mandated to check, JCR Director Delilah Al-Khudhairy, responsible for coordination of policy support, told the committee of inquiry into the Volkswagen scandal on Tuesday 19...

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