Definitions
Article 1
For the purposes of this Decision:
1. ‘competent authority’ means a competent authority as defined in point (5) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 795/2014 (ECB/2014/28);
2. ‘SIPS operator’ means a SIPS operator as defined in point (4) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 795/2014 (ECB/2014/28);
3. ‘corrective measure’ means a corrective measure as defined in point (44) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 795/2014 (ECB/2014/28);
4. ‘non-compliance’ means any infringement of Regulation (EU) No 795/2014 (ECB/2014/28);
5. ‘suspected non-compliance’ means reasonable grounds for suspecting that a SIPS operator has not fulfilled one or more of the requirements of Regulation (EU) No 795/2014 (ECB/2014/28), based on the information and documentation (including a self-assessment provided by the SIPS operator) available to the competent authority;
6. ‘ongoing non-compliance’ means any infringement of Regulation (EU) No 795/2014 (ECB/2014/28) that has been confirmed by an assessment but has not been rectified by a SIPS operator in accordance with an action plan agreed with the competent authority within a time limit specified by that authority;
7. ‘draft assessment’ means a report that has not yet been endorsed by the decision-making body of a competent authority, which provides a preliminary analysis of the SIPS' rules, procedures and operations, and of incidents, or any other matter that is considered of importance to the operation of the SIPS, and identifies a suspected non-compliance with the oversight requirements laid down in Regulation (EU) No 795/2014 (ECB/2014/28);
8. ‘assessment’ means, where the European Central Bank (ECB) acts as the competent authority, a report that has been endorsed by the Governing Council, or, where a national central bank (NCB) acts as the competent authority, a report that has been endorsed by the relevant decision-making body of that NCB, and which states the SIPS operator's level of compliance with the oversight requirements laid down in Regulation (EU) No 795/2014 (ECB/2014/28).