An administrator shall have in place an accountability framework, covering record-keeping, auditing and review, and a complaints process, that provides evidence of compliance with the requirements of this Regulation.

An administrator shall designate an internal function with the necessary capability to review and report on the administrator's compliance with the benchmark methodology and this Regulation.

For critical benchmarks, an administrator shall appoint an independent external auditor to review and report on the administrator's compliance with the benchmark methodology and this Regulation, at least annually.

Upon the request of the F1FCA, an administrator shall provide to the F1FCA the details of the reviews and reports provided for in paragraph 2. Upon the request of the F1FCA or any user of a benchmark, an administrator shall publish the details of the audits provided for in paragraph 3.