Brussels, 15/04/2005 (Agence Europe) - As we announced, the European Commission has decided to start infringement proceedings against ten Member States (Germany, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Finland) for shortcomings in their transposition of Community rules on electronic communication. These rules consist of six directives adopted to make the sector more competitive and accessible for newcomers, by guaranteeing legal security to operators and service providers. In its latest implementation report at the end of 2004, the Commission expressed concern with delays existing in the transposition and implementation of the regulatory framework. Five Member States (Belgium, Luxembourg, Greece, Czech Republic and Estonia) had not at that point fully transposed the European legislation into their national legislation, and the Commission brought infringement proceedings against Belgium, Luxembourg and Greece, which did not notify it of the provisions made. On 10 March, the Court of Justice ruled that Belgium and Luxembourg had failed to fulfil their obligations, but that Estonia and the Czech Republic had come into line with European requirements in the meantime by adopting primary legislation. A ruling on Greece is expected for the near future. The Commission now hoped to draw attention to shortfalls in national legislation and in the practical application of Community rules, and has decided to bring pressure to bear on the Member States to come into line, stresses Commissioner Viviane Reding, who is in charge of the Information Society and Audiovisuals dossier. These shortfalls range from the non-execution of the transferability of a number (allowing the consumer to keep the same telephone number whichever operator he or she chooses to deal with), to failure to set up a European emergency telephone number, 112 (Poland).