REUTERS
After four years of investigative work, the Canadian government accuses the Volkswagen corporation of violating Canadian environmental laws.
in the exhaust scandal The Canadian government has filed a lawsuit against the Volkswagen Show stock market chart filed. A total of 60 points will be charged, as the government announced on Monday (local time) in Ottawa. Among them is the targeted import of cars that do not meet the Canadian environmental protection laws, as well as the charge of targeted disinformation.
According to the government, VW representatives are to be heard for the first time this Friday before a court in Ontario to the reproaches. The lawsuit was filed after four years of investigation by the Canadian Department of the Environment.
Of the VolkswagenCorporation had conceded in September 2015, after investigation by US authorities, to have used illegal software in about 11 million diesel vehicles worldwide. This reduced pollutant emissions in emissions tests, but not in road traffic.
Volkswagen wants to submit a settlement proposal
The diesel scandal has Volkswagen so far according to own data 28 billion euro cost. Several executives and managers of Volkswagen involved in the deception were indicted in the US and Germany. Some had been sentenced to prison terms.
The English-language news agency AP reports that Volkswagen has already prepared a settlement proposal and plans to submit it to the court for review at the hearing.
According to the indictment, between 2008 and 2015, Volkswagen is said to have introduced 128,000 vehicles with exhaust gas manipulation. The affected vehicles in Canada included diesel vehicles, including the Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche brands.
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