Recital 122 Revenues from penalties

Member States should examine, taking into account national circumstances, the possibility of using the revenues from the penalties as provided for in this Regulation or their financial equivalent to support cybersecurity means cybersecurity as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2019/881; policies and increase the level of cybersecurity means cybersecurity as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2019/881; in the Union by, inter alia, increasing the number of qualified cybersecurity means cybersecurity as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2019/881; professionals, strengthening capacity building for microenterprises, ‘small enterprises’ and ‘medium-sized enterprises’ mean, respectively, microenterprises, small enterprises and medium-sized enterprises as defined in the Annex to Recommendation 2003/361/EC; and small and medium-sized enterprises means a financial entity that is not a small enterprise and employs fewer than 250 persons and has an annual turnover that does not exceed EUR 50 million and/or an annual balance sheet that does not exceed EUR 43 million; and improving public awareness of cyber threats means a cyber threat as defined in Article 2, point (8), of Regulation (EU) 2019/881;.