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'VW Passat Electronic Paking Brake (EPB) Failure'.
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Dear Mr Ambrose
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000
I refer to your request of 3rd April 2009 concerning the alleged failure of the electronic parking brake system (EBS) installed on the current VW Passat model. In particular you asked for:-
Copies of the results/findings of a test carried out on a vehicle supplied by Volkswagen to our Vehicle Safety Branch, including details of the tests carried out.
Copies of minutes of meetings held with Volkswagen in England and Germany, and any correspondence with VW in relation to the EBS, in particular meeting minutes/notes from a meeting with VW held in Germany on 25th March 2009.
Copies of any correspondence/technical literature received from the manufacturer of the EBS supplied to VW.
Information is being withheld in accordance with the exemption in Section 44 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, which I reproduce below for your information.
Section 44
Information is exempt information if its disclosure (otherwise than under this Act) by the public authority holding it -
is prohibited by or under any enactment
is incompatible with any Community obligation
would constitute or be punishable as a contempt of court.
The enactment in this instance is Part 9 of the Enterprise Act 2002.
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number F0001815 in any future communications.
If you are unhappy with the response provided, you may ask for an internal review. To request an internal review, please write to:
VOSA Corporate Office,
Berkeley House,
Croydon Street,
Bristol,
BS5 0DA
or email [email address]
giving the reasons for your dissatisfaction. It will help us if you quote the reference number for your case.
If you do not agree with the outcome of the internal review, you may lodge an appeal with the Information Commissioner (www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk). The Information Commissioner is an independent official appointed by the Crown to oversee the Data Protection Act 1998, the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.
The Information Commissioner can consider complaints about any aspect of the way in which requests for information have been handled. Please note: the Information Commissioner would be unlikely to consider your complaint if you have not first requested an internal review.
You can write to the Information Commissioner at:
The Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House,
Water Lane,
Wilmslow,
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Yours sincerely
VOSA Information Access Team
From: Information Access
[email address]
Information Access Team Berkeley House
Croydon Street
Bristol
BS5 0DA
Tel: 0300 123 9000
Fax: 0117 954 2546
Our Ref: F0001815
Date: 29th April 2009
Keith Ambrose
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