(ANSA-AP) - BERLIN, 23 MAG - German prosecutors have fined
auto parts and technology company Bosch 90 million euros ($100
million) over its role in the diesel emissions scandal that
erupted at Volkswagen in 2015. Prosecutors in Stuttgart said
Wednesday that the company, formally called Robert Bosch GmbH,
was fined for a negligent violation of supervisory obligations,
and that the company had decided not to appeal. Bosch delivered
millions of engine control systems that were in stalled on
various manufacturers' cars starting in 2008 and whose software,
in prosecutors' words, "contained in part prohibit ed
strategies" - leading to cars emitting more nitrogen oxide t han
permitted by regulators.
However, prosecutors said they believe that "the initiative
to integrate and shape the prohibited strategies came from
employe es of the auto manufacturers." They said that the fine
does not affect ongoing criminal probes of Bosch employees. The
bulk of the fine - 88 million euros - stems from profits on the
sales of the parts, with the remaining 2 million euros covering
the misdemeanor itself. Prosecutors said that they took account
of Bosch managers' full and constructive cooperation with
investigators since 2015. Bosch agreed to a $327.5 million civil
settlement in the United States for supplying emissions software
to Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche vehicles that enabled cheating
on diesel emissions te sts. The diesel emissions scandal has
cost Volkswagen itself billions of euros.(ANSA-AP).
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