So what are you going to do to prevent this from happening?
VW: "Full supply chain transparency does not exist"
So what are you going to do to increase your supply chain transparency? The supply chain that you are, by German law, and soon in all EU countries, responsible for.
The wording smells of willful incompetence. I hope it's just regular incompetence, but intentionally presenting their legal duties as some kind of unicorn ("does not exist") does not look good.