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Article 1 – Vulnerability of the benchmark to manipulation ⬅️ | ➡️ Article 3 – Level of conflicts of interest
Article 2 - Nature of the input data
The further criteria to be considered by the competent authority under 2016 in taking into account the nature of the input data shall include at least the following:
(a)
in cases where the input data is transaction data, whether the administrator is a participant in the market or economic reality that the benchmark is intended to measure;
(b)
in cases where the input data is provided by contributors, whether the contributors have a financial interest in financial instruments or financial contracts referencing the benchmark or could profit from the performance of an investment fund that is measured by the benchmark;
(c)
in cases where the input data is sourced from exchanges or trading systems located in a third country, whether a regulatory and supervisory framework applies to those exchanges or trading systems that maintains the integrity of the input data;
(d)
in cases where the input data consists of quotes, whether the quotes are committed or indicative and whether adequate control mechanisms apply to them.