AFP.- Three judges of instruction in French will investigate the devices used by the car manufacturer Renault to control pollutant emissions from their diesel vehicle, reported Friday the public prosecutor of Paris.
The prosecution ordered on 12 January, the opening of the judicial investigation for “fraud”. To 10H00 GMT, the title of Renault on the Paris stock exchange lost 3,63% 83,12 euros after opening with a rise of 1.08%.
After the scandal of fraud in the emissions of diesel vehicles from Volkswagen in 2015, the ministry of Ecology of France had established a commission of independent experts for testing a hundred brands of vehicles on sale in the country.
the findings of the commission, published in July of 2016, showed that several builders, in particular Renault, the first constructor of the French car, exceeded the emissions allowed.
in Parallel, the ministry of Economy, French was commissioned by the Directorate-General of Competition, Consumption and Repression of Fraud (DGCCRF, for its acronym in French) investigate a dozen brands that sell diesel vehicle in France.
In the framework of this research, the DGCCRF took place in January of 2016 a series of raids in several plants of Renault which caused a collapse of the title in the bag. The prosecutor’s office of Paris received the conclusions of the DGCCRF.
Renault has stated that it has always “respected the French and european legislation”. Our vehicles are not equipped with fraudulent programs”, he had said in November the group.
After Volkswagen, Renault is the second constructor car in France you must answer about your practice in terms of emissions from their diesel engines. In February 2016 you opened a judicial investigation against the German manufacturer for “fraud aggravated”.
on Thursday, u.s. authorities have accused Fiat Chrysler (FCA) to have tampered with the engines 104,000 of its vehicles with diesel engines in the united States to minimize the actual level of their pollutant emissions.
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