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    2024-12-18

Article 4 Material changes to the methodology

  1. (1)

    The information to be provided by an administrator of a benchmark or, where applicable, family of benchmarks in compliance with the requirement laid down in Article 13(1)(c) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 shall include at least the following:

    1. (a)

      a description of the information to be disclosed by the administrator at the start of each consultation exercise, including a requirement to disclose the key elements of the methodology that would, in its view, be affected by the proposed material change;

    2. (b)

      the administrator's standard time frame for consultations;

    3. (c)

      the circumstances in which a consultation may take place within a shorter time frame and a description of the procedures to be followed when undertaking a consultation within a shorter time frame.

  2. (2)

    The rationale to be provided by an administrator in compliance with the requirement laid down in Article 13(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 shall include, among other things, whether the representativeness of the benchmark or family of benchmarks, and its appropriateness as a reference for financial instruments and contracts, would be put at risk if a proposed material change were not made.