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Luxembourg launches suit against VW

Posted on 06 February, 2017

Luxembourg has begun criminal proceedings over the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal. "We have decided that, as there is a large probability that a defeat device was used, to launch a lawsuit against unknown persons," Luxembourg's infrastructure minister, Francois Bausch, told Reuters. The engine in question is the EA 189 model manufactured by VW’s Audi division. The engine was tested and certified by Luxembourg authorities and used in most of the cars affected by the long-running scandal by concealing the true level of toxic emissions in tests. Ongoing global investigations are trying to unravel the extent of the cheating within VW and identify the individuals involved. VW shares were down 2.2 per cent at the news to 141.9 euros. Legal action has also been launched in Germany, with fish distributor Deutsche See announcing on the weekend it was suing VW for misrepresenting a fleet of vehicles it leased as environmentally friendly. The German distributors lease 500 vehicles from VW and were unable to reach an out-of-court settlement. German media reported that Deutsche See filed its complaint for "malicious deception" at the regional court in Braunschweig, near Volkswagen's Wolfsburg headquarters.