The Minister of Ecology Segolene Royal said Thursday, January 14 that pollution tests following the Volkswagen scandal by an independent commission showed “exceeding standards” CO2 and nitrogen oxide at Renault and two foreign brands .
In addition, there is “no fraud software” used by Renault or by other vehicles tested except those of Volkswagen, which has been detected, she said Thursday to the press after a meeting of the independent technical commission set up by the French government.
Meanwhile, Emmanuel Macron said in Berlin that the case of Renault is “in no case a situation comparable” to that of German automaker Volkswagen since September mired in a global fixing scandal engines.
He said he maintained “its confidence in Renault”, adding that its services had made “several checks and searches since last September to verify the reliability and quality of information conveyed to consumers” and that “Renault was one controlled manufacturers.”
A decline greater than 20% at midday
Several Renault sites were checked last week as part of the investigation after the Volkswagen scandal, a revelation that led to the collapse public offering of French manufacturers. The Paris Bourse ended down Thursday (-1.80%), weighed down by the rout of Renault and depression of the oil market, while limiting end breaks session thanks to a rebound on Wall Street. The CAC 40 index lost 79.05 points 4312.89 points in a very substantial volume of trade of 5.5 billion euros, while Renault a ended with a fall of 10.28% to 77.75 euros. The day before, the Paris market had 0.30%.
The market, which ended two sessions of consecutive increase, has continued to sink in the morning as to lose more than 3.5% at mid-day, within the scope of the oil drop and the slump in the automotive sector.
This drop followed the announcement of interventions last week at several sites Renault – headquarters, the Renault Technical Centre of Lardy and the Technocentre in Guyancourt -. by the General Directorate for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF)
The action have been conducted as part of the investigation by an independent technical commission set up by the French government and responsible for verifying that the builders have not equipped their vehicles with those of similar software Volkswagen.
A press conference is scheduled at 4:30 p.m. Thursday at the Department of Ecology at the end of a meeting of the independent commission.
No fraud detected for Nothing
Renault ensures that “the Directorate General for Energy and Climate (DGEC), which is under the Ministry of Ecology (…), the pilot interlocutor Independent Technical Commission considers that the proceedings would not reveal the presence of a faker software equipping the Renault vehicles. “
” In parallel, the DGCCRF decided to conduct further investigative documentary and on-site, which aims to definitively validate the initial analysis made by the Independent Technical Commission, “the group, which ensures” (co) fully with the work “of the commission.
The CGT Renault Lardy Technical Centre, which had reported on the morning of these interventions, then confirmed by management, stressed that investigators “recovered the several principals PC.”
After the Volkswagen scandal, Renault announced in December an investment plan of 50 million euros to reduce the gap between the emissions of its cars in the conditions of approval and in real situations.
Tests on 100 cars
The manufacturer PSA Peugeot Citroen, whose title suffers indirectly from the fall of Renault, quickly sent a statement, and said “not having been the subject of a search of the DGCCRF. “
” The results of tests carried out by the technical committee “chaired by the Minister of Ecology Segolene Royal” we were releases and attest to the absence of any abnormality ” says the group.
The independent technical committee to perform these tests on behalf of the government to detect possible fraud pollution on French cars was on Thursday early afternoon , during a meeting at the Ministry of Energy, according to several sources.
The results of these tests, carried out by the laboratory UTAC-Ceram since last October on 100 cars, will be presented, as Environmental NGOs Federation Nature Environment (FNE) and Climate Action Network, which have representatives in the committee.
According to France Inter without citing sources, Renault’s results would be especially bad. “For PSA, the gap between the emission tests in laboratory and on the road is classic, twice in real conditions. For Volkswagen, it’s three or four times. But for Renault, the results are very bad, well above other manufacturers, “understands the radio.
The Technical Committee is composed of scientists, consumer organizations and environmental and government agencies.
The world number two Volkswagen car had equipped 11 million diesel vehicles worldwide special software to thwart pollution standards, but denies any “lie” in this case.
(With AFP)
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