Indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts

This dossier covers indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts. Amendments set specific requirements for interbank interest-rate benchmarks and for 'critical' and 'major' benchmarks, tasking ESMA (with the ECB, EBA and EIOPA) or the Commission with adopting the lists and reviewing administrators' codes of conduct. They address input data, contributor controls, administrator governance and oversight, and delegated and regulatory technical standards.