‘Controversial weapons’ clarified as ‘prohibited’ in EU green benchmarks
( December 30, 2025, 09:01 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: EU financial benchmark administrators have seen “controversial weapons” redefined as “prohibited weapons” in a regulation published today in the bloc's Official Journal. The former definition left “too much uncertainty and confusion for administrators [because the] relevant international treaties and conventions to which member states are parties do not reference controversial weapons, but rather prohibited weapons.” The text gives administrators until June 30 to adapt to those changes, seeking to “avoid market disturbances.”See attached EU delegated regulation....
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