Toomstoop and Volkswagen are not appealing against the Brussels Court in Dieselgate affair, consumers can demand compensation

The court had sentenced the German car manufacturer Volkswagen to compensation to victims of the tamper software scandal. Consumer organization Testenskoop had a Class Action Or brought group claim, in addition to a traditional procedure.

Testoopkoop and Volkswagen have an agreement on how the compensation of consumers will go practically, it sounds. From now on, consumers can demand compensation on a platform that is hosted by Testoopkoop. « With this agreement, the long legal procedure comes to an end, » said the consumer organization.

Tampering software

In 2015, reports from the American Environmental Protection Agency signaled, following a study conducted by the University of West Virginia, which was present in certain Volkswagen and Audi software vehicles that could influence the emission values ​​of these vehicles during the test phase, while emissions were much higher in ordinary circumstances. Volkswagen finally admitted at the end of 2015 that the car concerner had equipped 11 million diesel cars worldwide with that tampering software. More than 300,000 vehicles were involved in Belgium, from the Volkswagen, Audi, Seat and Skoda brands.

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Testoopkoop went to the court in our country in 2016 to also receive compensation for Belgian consumers. The court ruled that consumers who had bought a car that was equipped with such software could claim compensation from Volkswagen AG. The compensation was set by the court at 5 percent of the purchase price, or 5 percent of the difference between the purchase price and the resale price if the consumer concerned was no longer the owner.

From now on, consumers can submit their claims via a specific platform on the Testenkoop website.