1.   The systems and controls that a supervised contributor is required to have in place pursuant to Article 16(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 shall include a documented and effective process for contributing data, and shall include at least the following:

(a)	a process for the designation of submitters and procedures for making contributions when a submitter is unexpectedly unavailable, including the designation of alternates;

(b)	procedures and systems for monitoring the data used for the contributions, and the contributions themselves, that are capable of producing alerts in line with parameters predefined by the contributor.

2.   Without prejudice to any requirement imposed under Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1011, the contributor shall have regard to the following criteria in determining for the purposes of Article 16(2)(a) of that Regulation whether it is proportionate to have in place a process for sign-off by a natural person holding a position senior to that of the submitter:

(a)	the level of discretion involved in the process of contribution;

(b)	the nature, scale and complexity of the supervised contributor's activities;

(c)	whether conflicts of interest may rise between the contribution of input data to the benchmark and any trading or other activities performed by the contributor.

3.   Where the controls put in place by a supervised contributor include a process for sign-off by a natural person holding a position senior to that of the submitter, those controls shall include clear rules about the timing of the sign-off and, if they include the possibility of sign-off after submission of the input data, they shall specify the circumstances in which sign-off after submission is permitted and the maximum time-period within which such sign-off is to occur.