Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1705 of 11 March 2024 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/805 as regards harmonisation of certain aspects of fees charged by the European Securities and Markets Authority to certain benchmark administrators

The fees charged to benchmark administrators shall cover: (a) all direct and indirect costs relating to the supervision of benchmark administrators by ESMA in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/1011, including costs resulting from the recognition, authorisation or extension of authorisation; (b) all costs for the reimbursement of direct and indirect costs of competent authorities to which ESMA has delegated tasks in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/1011.’;

1 The applicable turnover of a recognised third-country benchmark administrator for a given year n shall be its revenues accrued in relation to the use of its benchmarks by supervised entities in the Union as stated in the audited accounts of year n-2.

2 A recognised third-country benchmark administrator shall provide ESMA, on an annual basis, with audited figures confirming its revenues accrued in relation to the use of its benchmarks in the Union. The figures shall be certified by an external audit and shall be submitted to ESMA by electronic means by 30 September each year (n-1). A third-country administrator that is recognised after 30 September shall provide the figures immediately upon recognition and by end of the calendar year of recognition. A recognised third-country benchmark administrator shall provide the documents containing audited figures in a language customary to financial services.

3 Where the recognised third-country benchmark administrator did not operate during the full year (n–2), ESMA shall estimate the applicable turnover by extrapolating, for the recognised third-country benchmark administrator, the value calculated for the number of months during which the recognised third-country benchmark administrator operated in year (n–2) to the whole year (n–2).

4 Where no audited accounts for year (n–2) are available, ESMA shall use the audited accounts of year (n–1).

5 Where the revenues reported are expressed in a currency other than the euro, ESMA shall convert those revenues into euro using the average euro foreign exchange rate applicable to the period during which those revenues were recorded. For that purpose, ESMA shall use the euro foreign exchange reference rate published by the European Central Bank.’

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2025.