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Market Abuse Regulation (MAR)

Preamble
Recitals 89
Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (Article 1-6) 6
Chapter 2 - INSIDE INFORMATION, INSIDER DEALING, UNLAWFUL DISCLOSURE OF INSIDE INFORMATION AND MARKET MANIPULATION (Article 7-16) 10
Chapter 3 - DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS (Article 17-21a) 6
Chapter 4 - ESMA AND COMPETENT AUTHORITIES (Article 22-29) 9
Chapter 5 - ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES AND SANCTIONS (Article 30-34) 5
Chapter 6 - DELEGATED ACTS AND IMPLEMENTING ACTS (Article 35-36) 2
Chapter 7 - FINAL PROVISIONS (Article 37-39) 3
Annexes 2
- Annex I - A.Indicators of manipulative behaviour relating to false or misleading signals and to price securing
- Annex II
Amending acts 5

benchmark

Defined in Article 3, Market Abuse Regulation (MAR)

Definitions over time (1)

03/07/2016 – today applies on 08/11/2026 Article 3, Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Scope: Whole act

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:

‘benchmark’ means any rate, index or figure, made available to the public or published that is periodically or regularly determined by the application of a formula to, or on the basis of the value of one or more underlying assets or prices, including estimated prices, actual or estimated interest rates or other values, or surveys, and by reference to which the amount payable under a financial instrument or the value of a financial instrument is determined;

Earlier definition records in this act (1)

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Article 3(1)(29) Historical · definitions end 03/07/2016

Used in (20 places in 7 provisions on 08/11/2026)

Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) (20 in 7)

Recital 32 · Recital 44¹⁰ · Article 2 · Article 3 · Article 12² · Article 23 · Article 30⁴