On October 3, 2016, ESMA published Model Written Arrangements for Benchmark Colleges (dated September 30, 2016). The Benchmark Regulation requires the national regulator of a benchmark administrator that provides a critical benchmark to establish a college of regulators. ESMA will be a member of each of the colleges. The Model Written Arrangements are intended to provide a framework for establishing a college and for the exchange of information between the relevant regulators.

The Model Written Arrangements are available at:

https://www.esma.europa.eu/sites/default/files/library/2016-1414_methodological_framework_written_arrangements_for_benchmark_colleges.pdf.

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