PARIS- Carmaker Stellantis said on Thursday that its French Citroen unit had been charged with consumer fraud by French prosecutors in a far-reaching diesel emissions probe.

The company said in a statement that Citroen would have to pay bail of 8 million euros and would have to provide a bank guarantee of 25 million euros for potential compensation for losses.

(Reporting by Gilles Guillaume; Writing by Matthieu Protard; Editing by Edmund Blair) ((matthieu.protard@thomsonreuters.com; +33-1-49495381;))