a five hundred thirty five million euro fine for exceeding pollution limits on its fleet of luxury hot vehicles or spare and company folds. subsidiary out he had to pay similar fines for their role in v.w. so-called steel gates going up penalties formal administrative fines and a separate from ongoing criminal investigations the scandal has so far cost b.w. more than twenty eight billion euros in penalties buybacks and other costs. now let's bring in our financial correspondent conor booze from frankfurt common that most collusion charges against b.m.w. how is cappello now being applied to german car makers. you know go european commission all the competition watchdogs of the e.u. commission say that the comic has formed a cartel by discussing industrial standards for diesel engines and petrol engines