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ESMA Amends and Consults on Standards for Benchmark Administrator

Applications (2022/11/28)

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s

financial markets regulator and supervisor, today published a Final Report on

the review of the regulatory technical standards (RTS) on the form and content

of applications for recognition by non-EU benchmark administrators, and

a consultation on amendments to the RTS on the information that EU

benchmark administrators need to provide in applications for authorisation and

registration.

Amended standards for applications for recognition

The Final Report includes draft RTS that aim at aligning the information
provided in a recognition application with the amended BMR following the transfer of

direct supervisory responsibilities to ESMA. This is to ensure that these applications
include all necessary information in order for ESMA to assess whether the applicant

meets BMR requirements.

Third country benchmark administrators who wish to apply for recognition, are

encouraged to contact ESMA at Supervision-BMR@esma.europa.eu.

Input sought on standards for applications for authorisation and

registration

In the consultation also published today, ESMA is seeking stakeholder views on

proposed changes to the RTS on authorisation and registration. The objective is to

safeguard equal treatment between EU and non-EU Benchmarks administrators by

aligning the information requested in applications from EU administrators with the

information requested in recognition applications from non-EU administrators.

Next steps

The draft RTS on recognition are sent to the European Commission (EC) for

endorsement in the form of a Commission Delegated Regulation. Following the

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