ESMA_QA_756
Status: ✅ Answer Published
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Regulatory Context
Regulation : BMR
Level 1 Regulation: Benchmarks Regulation (BMR) - Regulation 2016/1011
Level 2 Regulation: No information available
Level 3 Regulation: No information available
Topic: Benchmarks Regulation
Subject Matter: Written plans under Article 28(2) (ESMA70-145-114_Q&A 8.3)
Question
Submission Date: 31 March 2023
How should users reflect written plans in the contractual relationship with clients?
ESMA Answer
Answer Date: 26-09-2018
The contractual relationships with clients are governed by national contract law and, accordingly, the legally adequate reflection of the written plans may vary among Member States. However, ESMA considers that supervised entities should be able to demonstrate to the NCA that they have communicated their written plans to their clients and that the written plans are legally effective under applicable Member States law. For example, prospectuses may be contractual documents under national law and supervised entities may then opt to update outstanding prospectuses approved prior to 1 January 2018 in order to guarantee that all new investors in an investment fund are subject to such terms. In other cases, supervised entities may opt to include a reference to their written plans in other contractual documents that they formalise with new investors.
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