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The Renault logo on a Space, 26 November 2014 at the Douai factory in northern France (AFP / File / PHILIPPE HUGUEN)

The Renault logo on a Space, 26 November 2014 at the Douai factory in northern France (AFP / File / PHILIPPE HUGUEN)

In addition, there is “no fraud software” which has been detected, including Renault, except for Volkswagen vehicles, she said Thursday in the press, Following a meeting of the independent technical commission set up by the French government after the Volkswagen scandal.

The Minister of Ecology Segolene Royal at a press conference on the situation in the constructor French automaker Renault, January 14, 2016 in Paris. (AFP / Patrick KOVARIK)

“I trust that Renault is a great French industrialist,” assured the minister.

She would not say what other brands that showed exceeded standards.

It is, she said, of “still tentative conclusions” because the commission has tested since October, in this first phase 22 cars, eight different brands. Renault, PSA, Volkswagen, Mercedes, Ford, Opel, Toyota and BMW

The first tests “focused on 22 first vehicles”, it is a ” significant but not full sample, “said Segolene Royal, stating that” the investigations will continue to reach 100 vehicles sample “

Four additional manufacturers will be tested. Nissan, Volvo, Suzuki and Fiat.

“All findings will be published after all the tests and the actions decided by the manufacturers who agree to take industrial decisions on reducing standards overruns at once for CO2 and nitrogen oxides “, yet the minister said.

She added that the test carried out by UTAC-Ceram laboratory for the commission is” able to detect fraud such as recognized by Volkswagen, that is to say systems detecting that the car is undergoing an anti-pollution test (…) and fits “.

According to the Minister this is the first time a test procedure was developed (…) in “Map usage conditions” is a “great progress.”

Renault confirmed Thursday that service Fraud had conducted searches at several of its sites, but “the searches have nothing to do” with the tests, said Segolene Royal, without giving further details.

The automaker “agreed to come before the committee next week”, praised Ségolène Royal.

The Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron, traveling to Berlin, for his part, felt that Renault’s case is “by no means a situation comparable” to that of Volkswagen.

Renault, whose shares have lost up to 20% Sunday, finished on a fall of 10, 28% to 77.75 euros at the close of the Paris Stock Exchange.

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