alleged infringementmeans non-compliance by a reporting agent with the statistical reporting requirements of an ECB regulation or decision which:
competent Eurosystem central bankmeans the competent NCB or, in the case of direct reporting, the ECB;
competent NCBmeans the NCB of the euro area Member State in whose jurisdiction the alleged infringement occurred;
cumulative alleged infringementmeans 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;
direct reportingmeans 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;
infringementmeans ‘infringement’ as defined in Article 1(4) of Regulation (EC) No 2532/98;
reporting agentsmeans ‘reporting agents’ as defined in Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2533/98;
sanctionsmeans ‘sanctions’ as defined in Article 1(7) of Regulation (EC) No 2532/98;
statistical reporting requirementsmeans ‘the ECB’s statistical reporting requirements’ as defined in Article 1(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2533/98;