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The decision follows a meeting of VW's supervisory board on
Tuesday when officials discussed what legal recourse the
carmaker has to prevent Munich prosecutors from retaining and
assessing material it had seized, two sources familiar with the
matter told Reuters on Wednesday.
Some members of VW's 20-strong supervisory board had misgivings
about contesting the prosecutors' actions because they fear this
could undermine the company's pledge to fully cooperate with
authorities in clearing up the scandal, one of the sources said.
VW, the world's largest carmaker, would not specify on Wednesday
exactly when the complaint was lodged and gave no further
details about its argument.
VW had already condemned the search of offices of U.S. law firm
Jones Day on March 15 and said it would use every legal step to
defend itself.
Jones Day couldn't immediately be reached for comment.
The U.S. law firm was mandated by the supervisory boards of VW
and luxury division Audi in late 2015 to lead an open-ended
investigation into the emissions fraud.
VW has never published the full Jones Day report, although a
summary of its findings was compiled in the form of a "Statement
of facts" for the U.S. Department of Justice.
The supervisory board recommended on Tuesday that shareholders
should ratify the actions in 2016 of VW group's nine top
executives, including Audi CEO Rupert Stadler, when they hold
their annual general meeting on May 10, VW said.
A separate meeting of Audi's supervisory board earlier on
Wednesday asked Stadler about searches by prosecutors at Audi's
two German factories, one source at the carmaker said.
(Reporting by Andreas Cremer and Joern Poltz; Editing by
Christoph Steitz/Keith Weir)
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