Porsche Croatia will pay the difference in excise duties for Volkswagen vehicles

According to data from Porsche Croatia, there are 736 vehicles on our roads suspected of emitting higher amounts of CO2.

– Due to irregularities related to higher CO2 emissions in a portion of Volkswagen vehicles, lower amounts of excise duties have been charged. The exact amount is still being determined. The difference will not be paid by the owners of these vehicles, but the obligation has been taken over by the Volkswagen representative for Croatia, Porsche Croatia. The commission I established will continue to monitor all aspects of the Volkswagen case in Croatia to protect citizens and the environment, said the Minister of Environmental Protection and Nature Mihael Zmajlović today after the third meeting of the Commission investigating the consequences of the Volkswagen case in Croatia.

One of the topics of the meeting was a new case of irregularities discovered after the Volkswagen Group conducted an internal investigation last month and identified higher CO2 emissions in a portion of its vehicles. Due to discrepancies in CO2 emissions measurements, lower amounts of excise duties and fees on motor vehicles have been charged in Croatia. Porsche Croatia calculated that 2.5 million kuna less in excise duties has been paid into the budget, but the exact amount will be determined by the Customs Administration. Owners of these vehicles will not have any additional financial or administrative obligations towards the Customs Administration or the Fund for Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency. Additionally, lower amounts of fees on motor vehicles have been paid into the Fund. This difference will also be paid by the general representative for Volkswagen in Croatia.

The Volkswagen Group has previously stated that 800,000 vehicles produced from 2012 to 2015 emit higher amounts of CO2 into the environment than reported to the relevant authorities during homologation. The VW Group has also informed the European Commission about the issue, and the investigation is being conducted by the German Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA). The KBA will inform interested parties in EU member states about the results of the investigation as soon as it is completed.

At the previous meeting of the Commission, representatives of Porsche Croatia presented Volkswagen’s plan to eliminate software defects that caused inaccurate data on nitrogen oxide emissions into the environment. In Croatia, there are 33,439 vehicles on the roads with this software defect. Citizens will be able to eliminate the defects on their vehicles at authorized VW service centers. Porsche Croatia will inform vehicle owners about the recall service measure, the costs of which will be borne by Volkswagen, regardless of whether they purchased them through the authorized sales network of Porsche Croatia or in some other arrangement. Owners of vehicles with software defects will also be informed about the service measures during the technical inspection of the vehicles. The implementation of this recall service measure is planned for the beginning of 2016.