22 min read · EBA reporting framework 4.2 · Updated 10 November 2026

Liquidity coverage ratio: every EBA validation rule in plain words (LCR)

COREP and FINREP are the two pillars of European bank supervisory reporting. COREP (common reporting) covers capital, large exposures, leverage and liquidity. FINREP (financial reporting) covers the balance sheet, profit and loss and asset quality. Both are defined by the EBA and travel in XBRL.

EBA's 4.2 package has 332 validation rules for it. Line4 Check runs 328 of them (7,506 written-out checks): 1 can block a filing and 327 are warnings. EBA has switched 4 off.

328rules Line4 Check runs
1can block a filing
327warnings
7,506written-out checks

The rules, by template

Each rule in plain words, its code in brackets. Open one for what to do if your filing fails it. A rule that reads more than one template is listed under the first. Rules are warnings unless marked blocking.

Nature of Report (COREP) (C 00.01)2 rules
Liquidity Coverage . Liquid assets. Total (DA) (C 72.00.a)34 rules
Liquidity Coverage. Liquid assets. Significant currencies (DA) (C 72.00.w)34 rules, 1 blocking
Liquidity Coverage. Outflows. Total (DA) (C 73.00.a)55 rules
Liquidity Coverage. Outflows. Significant currencies (DA) (C 73.00.w)55 rules
Liquidity Coverage. Inflows. Total (DA) (C 74.00.a)39 rules
Liquidity Coverage. Inflows. Significant currencies (DA) (C 74.00.w)38 rules
Liquidity Coverage. Collateral swaps. Total (DA) (C 75.01.a)24 rules
Liquidity Coverage. Collateral swaps. Significant currencies (DA) (C 75.01.w)24 rules
Liquidity Coverage. Calculations. Total (DA) .a (C 76.00.a)12 rules
Liquidity Coverage. Calculations. Significant currencies (DA) .w (C 76.00.w)11 rules

Templates with no rule of their own

Rules on other templates can still read them.

  • Liquidity Coverage. Calculations. Total (DA) .b (C 76.00.b)
  • Liquidity Coverage. Calculations. Significant currencies (DA) .y (C 76.00.y)
  • Liquidity coverage - Perimeter of consolidation (C 77.00)
4 rules EBA has switched off

EBA has switched these off, in its 4.2 severity package or since then in its list of validation rules (latest update 12 October 2026): they do not apply to 4.2 filings.

v4476_m, v4615_m, v7556_m, v7601_m

Checks like this one, run at the point of submission, are the first step to real-time supervision. See every return on EBA validation rules in plain words.