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French carmaker Renault suspected fraud emissions.
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The watchdog of the consumer fraud of France told investigators that Renault boss Carlos Ghosn should be held responsible in case of suspicion of cheating diesel emissions car manufacturer, a judicial source said Wednesday.
The comments were included in a dossier presented last November by the Ministry of Finance body DGCCRF fraud, the source told the agency announced when it had found alleged violations of law by French Renault and prosecutors opened two months later, an official investigation.
Renault shares fell 3 7 percent Wednesday after details on the watchdog's allegations were published by the daily newspaper Libération.
The automaker has always denied any wrongdoing and has not been charged with any offense it was not immediately available for comment Wednesday and Ghosn could not be reached for comment The Finance Ministry declined to comment .
Following the Volkswagen exhibition in 2015 for diesel cheat-test several European countries U have launched their own investigation test programs.
They found more than 10 times on road emissions of nitrogen oxide NOx above regulatory limits - for some GM models, Renault and Fiat Chrysler - and the widespread use of devices that reduce gas treatment exhaust under certain conditions.
The French test program, overseen by a board of inquiry has led so far to action against Renault and three PSA, Fiat Chrysler and VW.
In his memory Renault, the DGCCRF stressed the responsibility of the management Ghosn, the judicial source, confirming other French media reports Wednesday.
While all of command Renault chain was responsible for the matter said, the general manager was directly responsible because no delegation of authority was established by Carlos Ghosn regarding the approval of the engine control strategies.
Carmakers including Renault have largely relied on a community legal loophole designed to allow so-called defeat devices only when they are necessary for safety or motor protection.
Renault and many of his peers have told the French hearings that the devices in their vehicles were legal under EU exemption, but the Panel concluded that the technical justifications remain unproven.
Renault said recirculation NOx reduction exhaust EGR technology in its best-selling diesel engines were originally turbo serious clogging problems.
Engineers have responded by setting the EGR to close outside a narrow range of air inlet temperatures 17-35 degrees Celsius 63-95 degrees Fahrenheit Passing regulatory testing near the ambient temperature short periods, the protocol sends NOx sky high on the road.
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