Japanese authorities in January said they had found no major quality or technical problem with the lithium-ion batteries, which are manufactured by Kyoto-based GS Yuasa.
"I made this decision because I have the certainty that evaluations and controls were made and there is noproblem with the quality of products, " Mr. Le Foll said on Tuesday in an interview on Europe1 radio.
Call quality was about average -- recipients had noproblem understanding us -- but we were told we definitely sounded like we were calling on a cellphone.