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

Net stable funding ratio: every EBA validation rule in plain words (NSFR)

The net stable funding ratio (NSFR) compares the stable funding a bank has with the stable funding its assets need. It must be at least 100%. EU institutions report it every quarter in a set of COREP templates (C 80.00 to C 84.00), and EBA’s validation rules check the sums behind it.

EBA's 4.2 package has 316 validation rules for it. Line4 Check runs 316 of them (2,404 written-out checks): 0 can block a filing and 316 are warnings.

316rules Line4 Check runs
0can block a filing
316warnings
2,404written-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
NSFR - Required stable funding (I). Total (C 80.00.a)36 rules
NSFR - Required stable funding (II). Total (C 80.00.b)7 rules
NSFR - Required stable funding (III). Total (C 80.00.c)2 rules
NSFR - Required stable funding (I). Significant currencies (C 80.00.w)36 rules
NSFR - Required stable funding (III). Significant currencies (C 80.00.x)2 rules
NSFR - Required stable funding (II). Significant currencies (C 80.00.y)7 rules
NSFR - Available stable funding (I). Total (C 81.00.a)39 rules
NSFR - Available stable funding (II). Total (C 81.00.b)2 rules
NSFR - Available stable funding (III). Total (C 81.00.c)2 rules
NSFR - Available stable funding (I). Significant currencies (C 81.00.w)39 rules
NSFR - Available stable funding (III). Significant currencies (C 81.00.x)2 rules
NSFR - Available stable funding (II). Significant currencies (C 81.00.y)2 rules
NSFR - Simplified required stable funding (I). Total (C 82.00.a)27 rules
NSFR - Simplified required stable funding (II). Total (C 82.00.b)8 rules
NSFR - Simplified required stable funding (III). Total (C 82.00.c)2 rules
NSFR - Simplified required stable funding (I). Significant currencies (C 82.00.w)27 rules
NSFR - Simplified required stable funding (III). Significant currencies (C 82.00.x)2 rules
NSFR - Simplified required stable funding (II). Significant currencies (C 82.00.y)8 rules
NSFR - Simplified available stable funding (I). Total (C 83.00.a)17 rules
NSFR - Simplified available stable funding (III). Total (C 83.00.b)2 rules
NSFR - Simplified available stable funding (II). Total (C 83.00.c)2 rules
NSFR - Simplified available stable funding. Significant currencies (C 83.00.w)17 rules
NSFR - Simplified available stable funding (II). Significant currencies (C 83.00.x)2 rules
NSFR - Simplified available stable funding (III). Significant currencies (C 83.00.y)2 rules
NSFR - Summary.Total (I) (C 84.00.a)5 rules
NSFR - Summary.Total (II) (C 84.00.b)1 rule
NSFR - Summary.Total (III) (C 84.00.c)1 rule
NSFR - Summary.Total (IV) (C 84.00.d)3 rules
NSFR - Summary.Total (V) (C 84.00.e)1 rule
NSFR - Summary.Significant currencies (V) (C 84.00.v)3 rules
NSFR - Summary.Significant currencies (I) (C 84.00.w)5 rules
NSFR - Summary.Significant currencies (III) (C 84.00.x)1 rule
NSFR - Summary.Significant currencies (II) (C 84.00.y)1 rule
NSFR - Summary.Significant currencies (IV) (C 84.00.z)1 rule

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.