# Indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts

European Parliament procedure 2013/0314(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 7th term, committee ECON / ITRE). Stage: Procedure completed. 1,193 committee amendments tabled by 45 Members between 2013-12-18 and 2015-01-23.

## What the amendments focus on

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.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippe LAMBERTS | Belgium | Verts/ALE | 202 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96648.md |
| Sharon BOWLES | United Kingdom | ALDE | 110 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/33570.md |
| Jonás FERNÁNDEZ | Spain | S&D | 100 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125046.md |
| Syed KAMALL | United Kingdom | ECR | 76 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/33569.md |
| Werner LANGEN | Germany | PPE | 73 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1928.md |
| Marco VALLI | Italy | EFDD | 72 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124778.md |
| Marco ZANNI | Italy | ID | 72 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124780.md |
| Jens ROHDE | Denmark | ALDE | 71 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96710.md |
| Kay SWINBURNE | United Kingdom | ECR | 68 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96920.md |
| Emilie TURUNEN | Denmark | S&D | 53 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96703.md |
| Jean-Paul GAUZÈS | France | PPE | 47 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28193.md |
| Steven WOOLFE | United Kingdom | EFDD | 43 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124966.md |
| Fulvio MARTUSCIELLO | Italy | PPE | 41 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124828.md |
| Olle SCHMIDT | Sweden | ALDE | 39 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4274.md |
| Marisa MATIAS | Portugal | GUE/NGL | 35 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96820.md |

## Official source documents

- PE526.062: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-526.062+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE526.127: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-526.127+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE526.128: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-526.128+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE546.741: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ECON-AM-546741_EN.pdf
- PE546.742: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ECON-AM-546742_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2013-0314-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2013-0314-COD.json

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