2020/0154(COD) | [ParlTrack]

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1

(1) In order to hedge against exposure to foreign exchange rate volatility in currencies that are not readily convertible or subject to exchange controls, companies in the Union enter into non-deliverable currency forwards and swaps. Those instruments enable their users to protect against volatility of foreign currencies that are not readily convertible into a base currency, such as the dollar or the euro. The unavailability of foreign currency spot exchange rates to calculate the pay-outs due under currency forwards and swaps would have a negative effect on companies in the Union that export to emerging markets or hold assets in those markets, with consequent exposure to fluctuations of emerging market currencies. Following the expiration of the transitional period set out in paragraph~~s 4a and 4b~~ 5 of Article 51 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council6 , the use of spot foreign exchange rates provided by a third country administrator other than a central bank will no longer be possible. _________________ 6 Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 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 and 2014/17/EU and Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (OJ L 171, 29.6.2016, p. 1).

Amendment 13 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) ~~The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced it will stop supporting the produc~~As of the end of the transition period, the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) will not qualify as a critical benchmark. The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced it will stop encouraging or compelling banks to contribute to LIBOR thereby creating a substantial risk of cessation of one of the most important interest rate benchmarks, ~~the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)~~ by the end of 2021. As of the end of the transition period for the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the Union on 31 December 2021, LIBOR will no longer qualify as a critical benchmark. The cessation of LIBOR may nevertheless result in negative consequences that produce significant disruption in the functioning of financial markets in the Union. In the Union there is a stock of contracts in the areas of debt, loans, term deposits and derivatives that reference LIBOR, that mature beyond 31 December 2021 and that do not have robust contractual fall-back provisions to cover for the cessation of LIBOR. Many of those contracts cannot be renegotiated to incorporate a contractual fall-back prior to 31 December 2021. The cessation of LIBOR may therefore result in significant disruption in the functioning of financial markets in the Union.

Amendment 14 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

(5) ~~To be able~~Article 28(2) of Regulation 2016/1011 requires supervised entities other than benchmark administrators to have contingency plans in place for the event that a benchmark changes materially or ceases to be provide ~~for~~d. If possible, those contingency plans should identify one or more potential replacement benchmarks. That decentralised, non-legislative method should remain the default method for provisioning for the event of a benchmark cessation, but the LIBOR case has shown that, in practice, that method might not always be sufficient. Therefore, to ensure an orderly wind down of contracts that reference a widely used benchmark the cessation of which may result in negative consequences that produce significant disruption in the functioning of financial markets in the Union and where such contracts cannot be renegotiated to include a contractual fall- back rate by the time of that benchmark’s cessation, ~~a framework accompanying the cessation of such benchmarks should be laid down. That framework~~there should be a fall-back method that provides for mandatory public designation of a replacement benchmark. That method should comprise a mechanism aimed at transitioning such contracts to suitable replacement benchmarks. Replacement benchmarks should ensure avoiding contract frustration which may result in negative consequences that produce significant disruption in the functioning of financial markets in the Union.

Amendment 15 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

(5) To be able to provide for an orderly wind down of contracts that reference a widely used critical benchmark the cessation of which may result in negative consequences that produce significant disruption in the functioning of financial markets in the Union and where such contracts cannot be renegotiated to include a contractual fall- back rate by the time of that benchmark’s cessation, a framework accompanying the cessation of such benchmarks should be laid down. That framework should comprise a mechanism aimed at transitioning such contracts to suitable replacement benchmarks. Replacement benchmarks should ensure avoiding contract frustration which may result in negative consequences that produce significant disruption in the functioning of financial markets in the Union.

Amendment 16 #

José GUSMÃO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) The Commission should exercise its implementing powers only in situations where it assesses that the cessation of a benchmark may result in negative consequences that produce significant disruption in the functioning of financial markets ~~in the Union~~and the real economy in the Union entailing potential risks of socialisation of private losses. The Commission should also exercise its implementing powers only where it has become clear that the representativeness of the benchmark concerned cannot be restored or that the benchmark will no longer be published on a permanent basis.

Amendment 17 #

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10

(10) In exercising its implementing powers to designate a replacement benchmark, the Commission should take into account recommendations by private sector working groups operating under the auspices of the central bank responsible for the currency in which the interest rates of the replacement benchmark are denominated with regard to replacement rates to be used in existing financial instruments and contracts referencing the benchmark in cessation. The Commission should also take into account the recommendations of the relevant supervisory authority of the benchmark administrator as well as of ESMA. Those recommendations should be based on extensive public consultations and expert knowledge, and reflect benchmark users’ agreement about the most appropriate replacement rate for the interest rate benchmark in cessation.

Amendment 18 #

(1) Article 2 is amended as follows: (a) in paragraph 2, the following point (i) is added: ‘(i) a foreign exchange benchmark which has been designated by the Commission in accordance with paragraph 3.;’ ‘3. The Commission can designate foreign exchange benchmarks that are administered by administrators located outside the Union where all of the following criteria are fulfilled: (a) the foreign exchange benchmark refers to a spot exchange rate of a third- country currency that is not freely convertible; (b) supervised entities use the foreign exchange benchmark on a frequent, systematic and regular basis in derivative contracts for hedging against third country currency volatility; (c) the foreign exchange benchmark is used as a settlement rate to calculate the pay-out of the derivative contract referred to in point (b) in a currency other than the currency with limited convertibility referred to in point (a). 4. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 49 to create and update as appropriate a list of foreign exchange benchmarks that fulfil the criteria laid down in paragraph 3. Competent authorities of supervised entities that use third country foreign exchange benchmarks that are designated by the Commission in accordance with paragraph 3 shall report to the Commission and to ESMA on the number of derivative contracts that use that foreign exchange benchmark for hedging against third country currency volatility at least every two years.;’deleted

Amendment 19 #

Patryk JAKI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

Regulation (EU) 2016/1011
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)

(1) ~~Article 2 is amended as follows:~~(- a) the following paragraph is inserted: "1a. Chapter 4a applies to: (a) any contract or any financial instrument that is governed by the laws of one of the Member States and that references a benchmark; and (b) any contract that is subject to the law of a third country but the parties to which are all established in the Union and where the law of that third country does not provide for an orderly wind down of a benchmark."

Amendment 20 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b

Regulation (EU) 2016/1011
Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. In order to identify benchmarks meeting the requirements of paragraph 3, the Commission shall launch a public consultation by ...[two years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation).

Amendment 21 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b

Regulation (EU) 2016/1011
Article 2 – paragraph 4

Amendment 22 #

Luděk NIEDERMAYER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b

Regulation (EU) 2016/1011
Article 2 – paragraph 4

4. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 49 to create and update as appropriate a list of foreign exchange benchmarks that fulfil the criteria laid down in paragraph 3. Competent authorities of supervised entities that use third country foreign exchange benchmarks that are designated by the Commission in accordance with paragraph 3 shall report to the Commission and to ESMA on the number of derivative contracts that use that foreign exchange benchmark for hedging against third country currency volBy 31 December 2022, the Commission shall conduct a public consultation to identify spot foreign exchange benchmarks that fulfil the criteria laid down in paragraph 3 of this Article. By 31 December 2023, the Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 49 of this Regulation to create a list of spot foreign exchange benchmarks that fulfil the criteria laid down in paragraph 3 of this Article. The Commission shall update thati li~~ty at least every two years.;~~st as appropriate.

Amendment 23 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)

Regulation (EU) 2016/1011
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 22 a (new)

(1 a) In Article 3(1), the following point is inserted: “(22a) 'foreign exchange rate benchmark' means a benchmark whose value is determined in relation to the price, expressed in one currency, of one or a basket of other currencies;”

Amendment 24 #

Caroline NAGTEGAAL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)

Regulation (EU) 2016/1011
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 24 – point a – point i

(1 a) in Article 3, point i of point 24(a) is amended as follows: "(i) a trading venue as defined in point (24) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU or a trading venue in a third country for which the Commission has adopted an implementing decision that the legal and supervisory framework of that country is considered to have equivalent effect within the meaning of Article 28(4) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (22) or Article 25(4) of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, or a regulated market considered to be equivalent under Article 2a of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, but in each case only with reference to transaction data concerning financial instruments; " Or. en (32016R1011)

Amendment 25 #

Patryk JAKI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

Regulation (EU) 2016/1011
Article 23a

(2) ~~the following Article 23a is inserted:~~ The following chapter is added: “CHAPTER 4a Replacement of a benchmark by legislation” Article 23a Replacement of a benchmark by Union legislation (1) The Commission may designate one or more replacement benchmarks for a benchmark designated as critical by an implementing act adopted in accordance with Article 20, paragraph 1(a) or 1(c) or a third country benchmark where the winding down or cessation of that benchmark may result in significant disruption of the functioning of financial markets in the Union, provided that any of the following events has occurred: (a) the competent authority for the administrator of that benchmark has issued a public statement, or has published information, in which it is announced that the capability of that benchmark to measure the underlying market or economic reality cannot be restored. In the case of a critical benchmark under points (a) and (c) of Article 20 (1), the above determinations shall be made by the competent authority of that critical benchmark only after the remedial powers set out in Article 23 have been applied without leading to the restoration of the benchmark’s capability to measure the underlying market or economic reality; (b) the administrator of a benchmark has issued a public statement, or has published information, or such public statement has been made or such information has been published on behalf of that administrator, in which it is announced that that administrator will orderly wind down the benchmark or will cease to provide the benchmark or certain tenors or certain currencies in which the benchmark is calculated, permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of the issuance of the statement or the publication of the information, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the benchmark; (c) the competent authority for the administrator of a benchmark or any entity with insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator of that benchmark has issued a public statement or has published information in which it is stated that the administrator of that benchmark will orderly wind down the benchmark or will cease to provide that benchmark or certain tenors or certain currencies in which the benchmark is calculated permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of the issuance of the statement or the publication of the information, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide that benchmark; (d) the competent authority withdraws or suspends the authorization in accordance with Article 35, withdraws the recognition in accordance with Article 32(8) or ceases the endorsement in accordance with Article 33(6), provided that, at the time of the withdrawal or suspension or cessation, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide that benchmark. (2) The replacement benchmark shall, by law, replace all references to the benchmark in contracts and financial instruments that are subject to Article 2(1a), where all of the following conditions are fulfilled: (a) the contracts or financial instruments reference the benchmark that will cease or be wound down, on the date when the implementing act designating the replacement benchmark enters into force; and (b) those contracts or financial instruments contain (i) no fallback provision or a fallback provision that does not cover the permanent cessation of a reference benchmark; or (ii) a permanent fallback provision, provided that - the relevant authority has established that the application of the contractually agreed fallback provision does generally no longer, and with significant difference, reflect the underlying market or the economic reality that the ceasing benchmark is intended to measure, and could have an adverse impact on financial stability; - following the assessment by the relevant authority in accordance with first indent, one of the parties to the contract has objected to the contractually agreed fallback provision at the latest [three months] before the permanent cessation or winding down of the benchmark; - the contracting parties have not agreed on an alternative fallback provision following the objection pursuant to second indent at latest [one working day] before the permanent cessation or winding down of the benchmark. For the purposes of first indent of point (ii), the relevant authority shall inform the Commission and ESMA of its assessment without undue delay. Where entities in more than one Member State could be affected by the assessment, the relevant authorities of all those Member States shall conduct the assessment jointly. Member States shall designate one or more relevant authorities, which are in the position to conduct the assessment in accordance with first indent). Member States shall inform the Commission and ESMA of the designation of the competent authorities pursuant to this paragraph by … [6 months after entry into force of this Regulation]. (3) The Commission shall adopt an implementing act to designate one or more replacement benchmarks in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 50(2) where one of the conditions laid down in paragraph 1 of this Article fulfilled. The implementing act shall include the following elements: (i) the replacement benchmark (ii) the spread adjustment, including the method for determining such spread adjustment, that is to be applied to the benchmark in cessation on the date of the replacement for each particular term to account for the effects of the transition or change from the benchmark to be wound down to the replacement benchmark; (iii) the corresponding essential conforming changes that are associated with and reasonably necessary for the use or application of a replacement benchmark; (iv) the relevant date from which the replacement benchmark shall apply; When adopting the implementing act, the Commission shall take into account, where available, the recommendations on the replacement benchmark, the spread adjustment and the benchmark replacement conforming changes made by the central bank responsible for the currency area in which the relevant benchmark which is to be wound down, or by the alternative reference rate working group operating under the auspices of the central bank. Before adopting the implementing act the Commission shall conduct a public consultation and shall take into account the recommendations of other relevant stakeholders, including the competent authority of the benchmark administrator and ESMA. (4) Notwithstanding point (ii) of paragraph 2(b) of this Article, the replacement benchmark designated by the Commission in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article shall not apply where all parties or the required majority of a contract or financial instrument that is subject to Article 2(1a) have agreed to apply a different replacement benchmark before or after the entry into force of the implementing act.

Amendment 26 #

Patryk JAKI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2

(3) the following article is inserted: "Article 23b – Replacement of a benchmark by national legislation (1) The Member State, where the majority of contributors is located, or competent authority may designate one or more replacement benchmarks for a benchmark according to Article 20 (1)(b), provided that any of the following events has occurred: (a) the competent authority for the administrator of that benchmark has issued a public statement, or has published information, in which it is announced that the capability of that benchmark to measure the underlying market or economic reality cannot be restored and that the remedial powers set out in Article 23 have been deployed applied without leading to the restoration of the benchmark’s capability to measure the underlying market or economic reality; (b) the administrator of a benchmark has issued a public statement, or has published information, or such public statement has been made or such information has been published on behalf of that administrator, in which it is announced that that administrator will orderly wind down the benchmark or has ceased or will cease to provide the benchmark or certain tenors of the benchmark or certain currencies in which the benchmark is calculated, permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of the issuance of the statement or the publication of the information, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the benchmark; (c) the competent authority for the administrator of a benchmark or any entity with insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator of that benchmark has issued a public statement or has published information in which it is stated that the administrator of that benchmark will orderly wind down or has ceased or will cease to provide that benchmark or certain tenors or certain currencies in which the benchmark is calculated permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of the issuance of the statement or the publication of the information, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide that benchmark or (d) the competent authority withdraws or suspends the authorization of the benchmark administrator according to Article 35, provided that, at the time of the withdrawal or suspension there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide that benchmark. (2) Where a Member State designates one or more replacement benchmarks in accordance with paragraph 1, the competent authority of that Member States hall immediately notify ESMA. (3) The replacement benchmark shall, by operation of law, replace all references to the benchmark in contracts and securities financial instruments that are subject to Article 2 (1a) where all of the following conditions are fulfilled: (a) the contracts or securities financial instruments reference the benchmark that will cease or has ceased to be published on the date when the national legislation designating the replacement benchmark enters into force; and (b) those contracts or securities financial instruments contain no fallback provision or contain a fallback provision which does not cover the permanent cessation of a reference benchmark. (4) The replacement benchmark designated by the Member State or competent authority in accordance with paragraph 1 shall not apply where all parties or the required majority of a contract or security financial instrument that is subject to Article 2(1a) have agreed to apply a different replacement benchmark before or after the entry into force of the national provision.";

Amendment 27 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – introductory part Regulation (EU) 2016/1011

(2) the following Article 238a is inserted:

Amendment 28 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 Regulation (EU) 2016/1011

Article 23a8a Mandatory replacement of a benchmark

Amendment 29 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2

Regulation (EU) 2016/1011
Article 23a – paragraph 1 – introductory part

"This Article shall apply to: (a) any contract or any financial instrument that is governed by the laws of one of the Member States and that references a benchmark; and (b) any contract that is subject to the law of a third country, but the parties to which are all established in the Union and where the law of that third country does not provide for an orderly wind down or cessation of a benchmark."

Amendment 30 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2

(1) The Commission may designate aone or more replacement benchmarks for a critical benchmark that will cease to be published where the cessation of that publication may result in significant disruption in the functioning of financial markets in ~~the Union~~one or more Member States and provided that any of the following events has occurred:

Amendment 31 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2

Regulation (EU) 2016/1011
Article 23a – paragraph 1 – introductory part

(1) The Commission may designate aone or more replacement benchmark ~~for a benchmark that will cease to be published~~s, where the cessation of thate publication of that benchmark may result in significant ~~disruption in the functioning~~and adverse impacts on market integrity ofr financial ~~markets~~stability in the Union ~~and~~or in one of its member states provided that any of the following events has occurred:

Amendment 32 #

José GUSMÃO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2

Regulation (EU) 2016/1011
Article 23a – paragraph 1 – introductory part

(1) The Commission may designate a replacement benchmark for a benchmark that will cease to be published where the cessation of that publication may result in significant disruption in the functioning of financial markets and the real economy in the Union and provided that any of the following events has occurred:

Amendment 33 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2

Regulation (EU) 2016/1011
Article 23a – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) the competent authority for the administrator of that benchmark has issued a public statement, or has published information, in which it is announced that the capability of that benchmark to measure the underlying market or economic reality cannot be restored through the exercise of any of the remedial powers referred to in Article 23; Prior to making such an announcement, the NCA shall have applied the remedial powers of Article 23 and have determined that the powers in Article 23 are not sufficient to restore the benchmark.

Amendment 34 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2

(a) the competent authority for the administrator of that benchmark has ~~issued a public statement, or has published information, in which it is announced~~stated publicly that the capability of thate benchmark to measure the underlying market or economic reality cannot be restored through ~~the exercise of~~ any of the remedial powers referred to in Article 23;

Amendment 35 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2

Regulation (EU) 2016/1011
Article 23a – paragraph 1 – point a

Amendment 36 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2

Regulation (EU) 2016/1011
Article 23a – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) the administrator of a benchmark ~~has issued a public statement, or has published information, or such public statement has been made or such information has been published~~, or someone acting on behalf of thate administrator, ~~in which it is announced~~has stated publicly that that administrator has ceased or will cease to provide the benchmark, permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of the issuance of the statement or the publication of the information, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the benchmark;

Amendment 37 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2

Regulation (EU) 2016/1011
Article 23a – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) the competent authority for the administrator of a benchmark or any entity with insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator of that benchmark has ~~issued a public statement or has published information in which it is stated~~stated publicly that the administrator of that benchmark has ceased or will cease to provide that benchmark permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of the issuance of the statement or the publication of the information, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide that benchmark.

Amendment 38 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2

Regulation (EU) 2016/1011
Article 23a – paragraph 1 – point (c a) (new)

(c a) the competent authority withdraws or suspends the authorisation or registration of the benchmark administrator, provided that, at the time of the withdrawal or suspension there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide that benchmark.

Amendment 39 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2

Regulatio (EU) 2016/1011
Article 23a – paragraph 2 – introductory part

(2) The replacement benchmark shall, by operation of law, replace all references to the benchmark ~~that has ceased to be published in financial instruments, financial contracts and measurements of the performance of an investment fund~~in contracts subject to Article 2(1) where all of the following conditions are fulfilled:

Amendment 40 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2

Regulation (EU) 2016/1011
Article 23a – paragraph 2 – point (a)

(a) those ~~financial instruments, contracts and performance measuremen~~contracts reference the benchmark that has ceased to be published on the date the implementing act designating the replacement benchmark enters into force;

Amendment 41 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2

Regulation (EU) 2016/1011
Article 23a – paragraph 2 – point b

(b) those financial instruments, contracts or performance measurements contain ~~no suitable~~insufficient fall back provisions.;

Amendment 42 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2

Regulation (EU) 2016/1011
Article 23a – paragraph 2 – point (b a) (new)

(b a) those financial instruments, contracts or performance measurements contain fallback rates and following conditions are simultaneously met: (i) the NCAs have conducted an assessment and determined that the given contractual fallback rate does not measure the underlying market and economic reality of the ceasing benchmark or its application would have an adverse impact on financial stability; (ii) one of the parties of the financial instruments, contracts or performance measurements affected has expressly objected to the application of the contractual fallback rate. In the event that one of the parties qualifies as a consumer according to Directive2008/48/EC on credit agreements for consumers at the relevant date in which the "Commission's” replacement benchmark shall apply, this condition is fulfilled if the consumer has not expressly asked for the application of the contractual fall back provision within three months; (iii) the parties have not agreed on a different new fallback rate.

Amendment 43 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2

Regulation (EU) 2016/1011
Article 23a – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)

(b a) A fallback provision shall not be deemed suitable where: a ) it does not cover the permanent cessation of a reference benchmark; b) any of the following conditions is fulfilled: (i) there is no fallback rate; (ii) the application of the fallback rate requires further consent from third parties; (iii) the fallback rate is calculated through quotes provided by third parties or fixes the last publication of the affected benchmark. c) the relevant authority has established that the application of the contractually agreed fallback provision does generally no longer, and with significant difference, reflect the underlying market or the economic reality that the ceasing benchmark is intended to measure, and could have an adverse impact on financial stability;

Amendment 44 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2

Regulation (EU) 2016/1011
Article 23a – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)

(b a) the contracting parties have not agreed on alternative fall-back provisions before the permanent cessation of the benchmark.

Amendment 45 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2

Regulation (EU) 2016/1011
Article 23a – paragraph 3

(3) The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to designate aone or more replacement benchmarks in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 50(2) where one of the conditions laid down in paragraph 1 is fulfilled. When adopting the implementing act referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall take into account, where available, the recommendation by an alternative reference rate working group operating under the auspices of the central bank responsible for the currency in which the interest rates of the replacement benchmark are denominated. Before establishing a new replacement benchmark, the Commission shall conduct a public consultation and consult ESMA as well as the national competent authority of the benchmark administrator.

Amendment 46 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2

Regulation (EU) 2016/1011
Article 23a – paragraph 3 a (new)

(3 a) The implementing act referenced in paragraph 3 shall include the following: (i) the replacement benchmark(s); (ii) the spread adjustment, including the method for determining such spread adjustment, that is to be applied to the benchmark in cessation on the date of the replacement for each particular term to account for the effects of the transition or change from the benchmark to be wound down to the replacement benchmark; (iii) the corresponding essential conforming changes that are associated with and reasonably necessary for the use or application of a replacement benchmark; (iv) the relevant date from which the replacement benchmark(s) shall apply;

Amendment 47 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2

Regulation (EU) 2016/1011
Article 23a – paragraph 4 a (new)

(4 a) This Article shall apply to critical and significant benchmarks and to third- country benchmarks the cessation of which would lead to significant adverse impacts on market integrity, financial stability, consumers, the real economy, or the financing of households and businesses in one or more Member States.

Amendment 48 #

Caroline NAGTEGAAL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2

Regulation (EU) 2016/1011
Article 23a – paragraph 4 a (new)

(4 a) This Article shall apply to critical interest rate benchmarks which were provided in the Union prior to 31 December 2020 and third country interest rate benchmarks.

Amendment 49 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)

Regulation (EU) 2016/1011
Article 28 – paragraph 2

(2 a) Article 28(2) is replaced by the following: "2. Supervised entities other than an administrator as referred to in paragraph 1 that use a benchmark shall produce and maintain robust written plans setting out the actions that they would take in the event that a benchmark materially changes or ceases to be provided. Where feasible and appropriate, such plans shall nominate one or several alternative benchmarks that could be referenced to substitute the benchmarks no longer provided, indicating why such benchmarks would be suitable alternatives. The supervised entities shall~~, upon request, provide~~ send those plans and any updates to them to the relevant competent authority with ~~those plans and any updates~~out any undue delay and shall reflect them in the contractual relationship with clients. Competent authorities shall assess the robustness of these plans." Or. en (32016R1011)

Amendment 50 #

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)

Regulation (EU) 2016/1011
Article 29 – paragraph 1 a (new)

(2 a) In Article 29, the following paragraph is inserted: "1a. A supervised entity may also use a replacement for a benchmark in the Union if the replacement is designated by the Commission in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 23a."

Amendment 51 #