Brussels, 07/04/2006 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has opened new infringement proceedings and is pursuing others against the Member States which are failing to fulfil their obligations on climate change. Several States are being brought to book for violating four legislative acts on climate change: 1) Failure to link national registers with the EU-wide registry system: in order to link up to the registry system, which allows them to follow the changes in ownership of the emissions quotas for installations taking part in the trading system, each State must establish its own national register. The Member States were supposed to have come into line by 31 December 2004, but there are several States which have still not done so. The first warning (letter of formal notice) has therefore been sent to Malta, Cyprus, Greece, Luxembourg and Poland; 2) Failure to submit information on policies and measures and on emissions projections: in virtue of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol, the Union and its Member States must regularly report their greenhouse gas emissions and policy measures taken to reduce them. The Commission has sent a reasoned opinion (final warning) to Austria, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Malta and Poland, as these States had not communicated, by 15 March 2005, which policies and measures they had taken and their impacts, nor did they assess their future greenhouse gas emissions. The first warning had been sent out in October 2005; 3) Failure to submit information on greenhouse gas emissions: the same decision also requires the Member States to submit a report on their greenhouse gas emissions on 15 January every year. Cyprus, Malta, Italy and Spain have still not done so, leading the Commission to send them a first warning; 4) Failure to prepare for international emissions trading under the Kyoto Protocol: by 15 January 2006 (15 June for the new Member States), the Member States were supposed to have sent the Commission the information necessary to determine the total quantity they will be authorised to emit for the period 2008-2012 ("assigned amount"), in order to take part in the international negotiating system from 2008. Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and Spain have not yet communicated the required information and have, therefore, received a first warning.