Benchmark users rely on transparency regarding the regulatory status of benchmarks they use or intend to use. For that reason, ESMA should list in the register of administrators and benchmarks those benchmarks that are subject to the most detailed requirements laid down in Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 because their use in the Union is above the set threshold for significant benchmarks, because they are designated as significant by a national competent authority or by ESMA, or because they are critical benchmarks. For the same reason, ESMA should also list in that register EU Climate Transition Benchmarks and EU Paris-aligned Benchmarks provided by administrators that are authorised or registered. Finally, ESMA should also list in the register the benchmarks for which a competent authority or ESMA has issued a public notice prohibiting the further use of those benchmarks. To further reduce the burden on users, all such information should also be made readily available on the European Single Access Point (ESAP) established under Regulation (EU) 2023/2859 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
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