{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1011/article-23B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1011/article-23B.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2016/1011",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts or to measure the performance of investment funds and amending Directives 2008/48/EC and 2014/17/EU and Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1011",
  "path": "article/23B",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "23B",
  "heading": "Prohibition on use of Article 23A benchmark",
  "text": "1. Supervised entities must not use an Article 23A benchmark, except where permitted to do so under paragraph 2 or Article 23C.\n2. The FCA may, by publishing a notice before the day on which the designation of the benchmark under Article 23A takes effect, provide that the prohibition in paragraph 1 does not take effect until a date specified in the notice.\n3. The date specified in a notice under paragraph 2 must fall before the end of the period of four months beginning with the day on which the designation of the benchmark under Article 23A takes effect.\n4. A notice published under this Article must be published in the way appearing to the FCA to be best calculated to bring it to the attention of—\n(a) supervised entities, and\n(b) the public.\n5. The FCA may charge a reasonable fee for providing a person with a copy of a notice published under this Article.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Arts. 23B, 23C inserted (1.7.2021) by Financial Services Act 2021 (c. 22), ss. 14, 49(5); S.I. 2021/739, reg. 3(g)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/1011/article/23B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:45.723985+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}