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Article 24 Significant benchmarks

DRAFT To be replaced Article 1 Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 as regards the scope of the rules for benchmarks, the use in the Union of benchmarks provided by an administrator located in a third country, and certain reporting requirements (Text with EEA relevance) (COM(2023) 660 final / 2023/0379 (COD)) (updated 14 November 2024 with Cover Note)

1. A benchmark which does not fulfil any of the conditions laid down in Article 20(1) is significant when:

(a) it is used directly or indirectly within a combination of benchmarks as a reference for financial instruments or financial contracts or for measuring the performance of investments funds having a total average value of at least EUR 50 billion on the basis of all the range of maturities or tenors of the benchmark, where applicable, over a period of six months; or

(b) it has no or very few appropriate market-led substitutes and, in the event that the benchmark ceases to be provided or is provided on the basis of input data no longer fully representative of the underlying market or economic reality or unreliable input data, there would be a significant and adverse impact on market integrity, financial stability, consumers, the real economy or the financing of households or businesses in one or more Member States.