Article 9 The administrator's size, organisational form or structure

The further criteria to be considered by the FCA under Article 25(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 in taking into account the administrator's size, organisational form or structure shall include at least the following:

1. (a)

   in cases where the provision of benchmarks is not the administrator's principal business activity, whether the provision of the benchmark is organisationally separate or whether other appropriate means are in place to avoid conflicts of interest;

2. (b)

   in cases where the administrator is part of a group and one or more entities within the group are actual or potential users of the benchmark, whether the administrator is acting independently and whether the administrator has in place other appropriate means to avoid conflicts of interest.