The Federation for environment and nature conservation Germany (BUND), complains against the force travel Federal office (KBA). Achieved a ban on the sale of too much nitrogen oxide emissions from Diesel vehicles.
The environmental protection organization BUND has sued the Federal motor transport authority before the administrative court of Schleswig-Holstein. The environmentalists are seeking a ban on the sale of Diesel cars, which are in breach of the Euro-6 limits, as the FEDERAL government announced on Thursday. “The scandalous inaction of car manufacturers, competent authorities, and the Federal Minister of transport Alexander Dobrindt must finally be put a stop to this,” said FEDERAL Chairman Hubert Weiger, the action. “Diesel vehicles that exceed emission limit of 80 milligrams of nitrogen oxides per Kilometer on the road many times, may not be sold.”
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The FEDERAL government, according to the April, 2016 and published KBA demonstrated in investigation that many of the Euro 6-Diesel vehicles in the real driving operation, the limit value for nitrogen oxides is significantly exceeded. Among the 26 defective cars including models from Audi, BMW, Mercedes Benz, Opel, Porsche and Volkswagen. The investigation was arranged Dobrindt after the VW diesel scandal.
Daily 3500 new diesel cars
The environmental organisation accuses the Minister, in spite of the results of the KBA investigation not traded. “Every new Diesel Car, which is in conflict when Riding on the road against the limit, burdened the people with additional health nd stick harmful oxides. Every day, about 3500 of such diesel cars on the roads. Our lawsuit will give the hopefully soon to an end,” said FEDERAL chief Weiger.
According to the FEDERAL government, the KBA has not only the possibility, in the case of limit sell overruns impose a ban for the offending Car, it is even obliged to do so. The authority of this obligation not to come, it means, according to the FEDERAL government, the de facto legalization of illegal limit values are exceeded, to the detriment of the environment and human health.
whom/ul (afp, FEDERAL)