20-10-2016 09:00
Hearings of German Ministers representing federal and state administration
EMIS Hearings of German Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure - Mr Alexander Dobrindt and Minister of Economy, Labour and Transport of German of Lower Saxony - Mr Olaf Lies. He is also a member of the Volkswagen board.
Minister Dobrindt is expected to give an account of how the European legislation on car emissions is implemented in Germany, including information on how the national type approval system works. Information is expected also on the results of the recent investigations launched in Germany after the VW scandal and how the emerged problems in the enforcement of car emissions and type-approval law could be avoided in the future.
Minister Lies is expected to explain the role of the state government in the VW group, to present the results of the investigations within VW after the emissions scandal broke out, to describe how Lower Saxony is fulfilling its role as market surveillance authority and to give an overview of impacts the emission scandal has had so far on the State’s economy and employment.