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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1011/article-23FC",
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  "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/23FC",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "23FC",
  "heading": "Liability of administrator of Article 23A benchmark",
  "text": "1. An administrator of an Article 23A benchmark, and its officers and employees, are not liable in damages—\n(a) for action or inaction required by a notice under Article 23D(2) or by Article 23D(8), or\n(b) for publishing the benchmark as it exists as a result of such action or inaction.\n2. Paragraph 1 does not remove liability in respect of loss or damage arising from the exercise of a discretion conferred on the administrator under Article 23D(2) or as part of a permission given under Article 23D(8)(b).\n3. Paragraph 1(b) does not remove liability in respect of loss or damage arising from the exercise of any other discretion of the administrator as to the time or manner of publication.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 23FC inserted (15.12.2021) by Critical Benchmarks (References and Administrators' Liability) Act 2021 (c. 33), ss. 2, 4(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/1011/article/23FC",
    "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."
}