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The Advocate General says EU member states need to establish rules to determine compensation

BRUSSELS – Owners of vehicles equipped with so-called defeat devices have a right to compensation from the vehicle manufacturer, an adviser to the top EU

Europe Daily News, the latest policy and legal developments in the European Union

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Environmental groups must be allowed to take German carmaker Volkswagen to court for installing software to control diesel engine emissions, an adviser to Europe's top court said on Thursday.

Environmental groups must be allowed to challenge regulatory bodies in the European Union which establish that motor vehicles comply with laws governing pollution, an adviser to the bloc's highest court said on Thursday, in a dispute arising from Volkswagen's "Dieselgate" emissions cheating scandal.

The decision is non-binding but Europe's highest court is likely to follow it

It is not always easy for the business community to determine whether the conduct of a company enjoying a dominant position on the market is abusive in terms of

Because some clothing companies market themselves as sustainable but exaggerate and cannot substantiate their claims, in early 2021 ACM published five rules for honest sustainability claims and then launched investigations and asked over 70 companies in the clothing sector.

Dominant market players should be allowed to make offers to retain customers as long as they don't block rivals from competing, an adviser to the European Union's highest court said in a dispute over Italian electric giant ENEL.

BRUSSELS, Sept 23, 2021; Reuters reported that software that Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) used to alter pollutant emissions based on the temperature and altitude is illegal unless it prevents potentially dangerous sudden damage to the engine, an adviser to the EU's top court said on Thursday. The finding, if confirmed by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), is the latest step in a series of cases following the German carmaker's 2015 admission of wrongdoing in the Dieselgate sc...