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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 (Text with EEA relevance)
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Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council,
Article 21A
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1.Where the FCA has completed an assessment of a critical benchmark under Article 21(2), the FCA may, by publishing a notice, prohibit some or all new use of the benchmark by supervised entities.
2.In paragraph 1, the reference to new use of a benchmark is to doing the following on or after the day on which the prohibition takes effect (“the prohibition day”)—
(a)issuing a financial instrument which references the benchmark, or amending the terms of a financial instrument so as to include a reference to the benchmark where the instrument did not reference the benchmark immediately before the prohibition day;
(b)determining the amount payable under a financial instrument or a financial contract by referencing the benchmark, where the instrument or contract did not reference the benchmark immediately before the prohibition day;
(c)being a party to a financial contract which references the benchmark—
(i)where the contract is formed on or after the prohibition day, or
(ii)where the contract was formed before the prohibition day but did not reference the benchmark immediately before that day;
(d)providing a borrowing rate as described in point (7)(d) of Article 3(1) calculated by reference to the benchmark for the purposes of a financial contract—
(i)where the contract is formed on or after the prohibition day, or
(ii)where the contract was formed before the prohibition day but did not use the borrowing rate immediately before that day;
(e)measuring the performance of an investment fund through the benchmark for a purpose described in point (7)(e) of Article 3(1), where the fund's constitutional documents or prospectus did not provide for its performance to be measured through the benchmark immediately before the prohibition day.
3.The FCA may only exercise the power under paragraph 1 if it considers it desirable to do so in order to advance either or both of the following—
(a)its consumer protection objective (see section 1C of FSMA);
(b)its integrity objective (see section 1D of that Act).
4.In exercising the power under paragraph 1 in relation to a benchmark that is used outside the United Kingdom, the FCA may, among other things, have regard to the likely effect outside the United Kingdom of the exercise of the power.
5.A notice under this Article may—
(a)make different provision for different purposes;
(b)make provision by reference to any aspect of the new use, including the persons involved in the use;
(c)provide that the prohibition has effect only during a period specified in the notice;
(d)make such transitional provision as the FCA considers appropriate.
6.A notice under this Article must—
(a)give reasons for the prohibition,
(b)specify when the prohibition is to take effect,
(c)explain how the FCA has taken account of the relevant policy statement (see Article 23F), and
(d)provide any further information that the FCA considers appropriate for assisting supervised entities to understand the prohibition.
7.A notice under this Article must be published in the manner that appears to the FCA to be best calculated to bring it to the attention of—
(a)supervised entities, and
(b)the public.
8.The FCA—
(a)must give a copy of a notice under this Article to the Treasury before publishing it, and
(b)may charge a reasonable fee for providing a person with a copy of a notice published under this Article.
9.In paragraph 2(a) to (e), references to referencing, or measuring performance through, the benchmark (however expressed) include referencing, or measuring performance through, a combination of indices that include the benchmark.]
Textual Amendments
F1Art. 21A inserted (1.7.2021) by Financial Services Act 2021 (c. 22), ss. 10, 49(5); S.I. 2021/739, reg. 3(c)
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