(1) The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) Regulations 2001 [S.I. 2001/2188.] is amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 [Regulation 2 was amended by S.I. 1992/3218, S.I. 1994/1696, S.I. 1995/3275, S.I. 1997/2781, S.I. 1999/2094, S.I. 2003/693, S.I. 2003/2066, S.I. 2004/1862, S.I. 2004/3379, S.I. 2006/3413, S.I. 2010/2628, S.I. 2011/1043, S.I. 2011/1613, S.I. 2012/916, S.I. 2012/2554, S.I. 2013/472, S.I. 2013/504, S.I. 2013/1162, S.I. 2013/1773, S.I. 2013/3115, S.I. 2014/3329, S.I. 2014/3348, S.I. 2015/575, S.I. 2015/910, S.I. 2016/225, S.I. 2016/680, S.I. 2016/715 and S.I. 2017/1064.] in the appropriate places insert -

""EU Benchmarks Regulation 2016" means Regulation EU 2016/1011 [OJ No. L171, 29.06.2016, p.1.] of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts or to measure the performance of investment funds and amending Directives 2008/48/EC [OJ No. L133, 22.05.2008, p.66.] and 2014/17/EU [OJ No. L60, 28.02.2014, p.34.] and Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 [OJ No. L173, 12.06.2014, p.1.];"; and

"EU Benchmarks Regulation 2016 information" means information received by the FCA in the course of discharging its functions as a competent authority under the EU Benchmarks Regulation 2016;".

(3) In regulation 12, after paragraph (5) insert -