1.Pursuant to Article 8 of Decision No 280/2004/EC, if the Secretariat to the UNFCCC informs a Member State that it does not meet the requirements allowing it to transfer Kyoto units, the Central Administrator shall suspend the ability of the Member State's registry to perform the external transfer of allowances process, and the relevant body of the Member State shall instruct the registry administrator not to initiate any transactions involving Kyoto units.
2.The Commission may instruct the Central Administrator to temporarily suspend a process referred to in Article 31(1) initiated by a registry if that process is not being executed in accordance with Articles 31 to 35 and shall immediately notify the administrator of the registry thereof.
3.The Commission may instruct the Central Administrator to temporarily suspend the communication link between a registry and the CITL or to suspend all or some of the processes referred to in Article 31(1), if that registry is not operated and maintained in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation and shall immediately notify the administrator of the registry thereof.
4.Registry administrators may request the Central Administrator to temporarily suspend the communication link between a registry and the CITL or to suspend all or some of the processes referred to in Article 31(1) for the purposes of carrying out scheduled maintenance on their registry.
5.A registry administrator may request the central administrator to reinstate the communication link between its registry and the CITL or to reinstate suspended processes if the registry administrator estimates that the outstanding issues that caused the suspension have been resolved. The central administrator shall inform the registry administrator of his decision as soon as possible. A member state may request this to be included on the agenda of the climate change committee, for views to be given to the central administrator in this matter.