Definitions
Article 2
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply: (1) ‘competent Eurosystem central bank’ means the competent NCB or, in the case of direct reporting, the ECB; (2) ‘competent NCB’ means the NCB of the euro area Member State in whose jurisdiction the alleged infringement occurred; (3) ‘cumulative alleged infringement’ means a series of alleged infringements listed under any of points (a) to (e) of Article 8(2) of this Regulation which occur in respect of one or more statistical reporting requirements under the same ECB regulation or decision; (4) ‘direct reporting’ means reporting by reporting agents of statistical information directly to the ECB in accordance with the decision of a competent NCB pursuant to a regulation or decision of the ECB; (5) ‘beyond the reporting agent’s control’ means an unforeseeable external event beyond a reporting agent’s reasonable control, the consequences of which would have been unavoidable despite all reasonable efforts to the contrary; (6) ‘reporting agents’ means ‘reporting agents’ as defined in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2533/98; (7) ‘infringement’ means ‘infringement’ as defined in Article 1(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2532/98; (8) ‘sanctions’ means ‘sanctions’ as defined in Article 1(7) of Regulation (EC) No 2532/98; (9) ‘statistical reporting requirements’ means ‘the ECB’s statistical reporting requirements’ as defined in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2533/98; (10) ‘alleged infringement’ means non-compliance by a reporting agent with the statistical reporting requirements of an ECB regulation or decision which: (a) has been identified by the competent Eurosystem central bank; and (b) has not yet been confirmed to be an infringement in a reasoned decision adopted by the Executive Board of the ECB pursuant to Article 3(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2532/98.