Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/323of 29 October 2025amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/805 as regards fees for the supervision by the European Securities and Markets Authority of benchmark administrators endorsing third-country benchmarks(Text with EEA relevance)

Article 3 shall not apply to benchmark administrators endorsing third-country benchmarks authorised or registered by national competent authorities on or before 31 December 2025.

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(b) the following paragraph 4 is added:

1. By derogation from Article 4, a benchmark administrator established in a third country recognised by ESMA on 1 January 2026 or an administrator endorsing third-country benchmarks supervised by ESMA on 1 January 2026 that provides or endorses at least one benchmark that is significant pursuant to Article 24 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 shall pay a fixed annual supervision fee of EUR 150000 for the years 2026 and 2027. From 2028 onwards, the calculation in Article 4, second paragraph, point (b) applies.

By derogation from Article 6, such administrator shall not be required to submit revenue figures in 2025 and 2026.

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Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 October 2025.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula von der Leyen