The consumer associations filed an application with the Stuttgart Higher Regional Court for approval of so-called model proceedings. The court has now opened the register of claims. The proceedings concern models of the Mercedes GLC and GLK series with the OM 651 diesel engine type. The proceedings are intended to establish, among other things, that

In the so-called VW emissions scandal, the Federation of German Consumer Organizations (Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband) and the German Automobile Club (ADAC) made use of the possibility of a model declaratory action, which was newly created at the end of 2018. In these proceedings, which were conducted before the Higher Regional Court of Braunschweig, injured VW customers