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March 2006

• 2006-03-23 Green Light for European CSR Alliance Given in Brussels

  EU Commissioners Günter Verheugen and Vladimir Spidla gave the green light for the European Alliance for Competitive and Sustainable Enterprises.

• 2006-03-14 Volkswagen Sells Europcar to French Investor Eurazeo

  Volkswagen AG is to sell its wholly-owned subsidiary Europcar to the French investment group Eurazeo for a gross 3.32 billion euros.

• 2006-03-13 Volkswagen Group Founding Member of the "Alliance for Synthetic Fuels in Europe" (ASFE)

  The Alliance for Synthetic Fuels in Europe (ASFE) was launched in Brussels.

• 2006-03-09 ForMotion Program and New Model Initiative Generate Significant Increase in Volkswagen's Earnings

  The Volkswagen Group significantly increased its earnings last year thanks to the ForMotion program and a comprehensive new model initiative.

• 2006-03-09 Ad hocSale of Europcar
• 2006-03-03 Three Point Programme for Sustainable Mobility

  In future each vehicle model will be developed in such a way within the Volkswagen Group that it uses less fuel than its predecessor.

February 2006

• 2006-02-27 KPMG Presents Final Report to the Supervisory Board

  The independent auditor KPMG submitted its final report on the so-called Volkswagen affair to the Supervisory Board.

• 2006-02-20 Volkswagen is Extending its Range of Diesel Particulate Filters

  Already available to order and with the dealers in the next few days are the 1.9 litre versions of the Golf, Golf Plus and Jetta TDI models.

• 2006-02-13 Global Compact Germany Publishes 2005 Yearbook

  In its second yearbook “Global Compact Deutschland 2005” the Initiative gives an insight into the involvement by the 29 German member companies.

• 2006-02-10 Ad hocFinancial statements 2005
• 2006-02-02 Prestigious Award for Innovative Engine-Technology

  The panel recognised the new economical, high performance, high torque TSI-engine as “an outstanding pioneering development in the automobile sector”.

January 2006

• 2006-01-30 Volkswagen is Creating New Structures to Prevent Corruption

  A group of investigators from the audit, legal and security departments will examine each individual case and take steps immediately if necessary.

• 2006-01-12 Letter of Intent for the Production of Biofuel Signed

  his advanced biofuel produced by Iogen can be used in today’s cars and can cut CO2 emissions by 90 percent compared with conventional fuels.

December 2005

• 2005-12-09 First Sustainability Report Published for the Group of Companies

  The title of the sustainability report “Moving Generations” stands simultaneously for the group’s tradition and its vision of the future.

November 2005

• 2005-11-25 Advantegous Life Cycle Assessment for the Volkswagen-SiCon Process

  For example, almost 30 percent can be saved on greenhouse gases with the Volkswagen-SiCon Process.

• 2005-11-25 Competition for Best Trainee

  Manuel Schramm from Dresden and Stefan Aulinger from Munich are the winners of this year’s Volkswagen Trainee Cup.

• 2005-11-11 Volkswagen Announces Ombudsman System throughout the Group of Companies

  Volkswagen AG will soon be launching an ombudsman system throughout the group with an international structure.

• 2005-11-11 Ad hocSupervisory Board appoints Human Resources Director
• 2005-11-10 Successful Co-operation on Training to Save Fuel

  Volkswagen and the German Nature Conservancy Association (NABU) are planning to continue the free training sessions next year too.

• 2005-11-03 Ad hocInterim Report January - September 2005