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

Asset-referenced and e-money tokens: every EBA validation rule in plain words (MiCA)

Asset-referenced and e-money tokens (MiCA) is a return in EBA reporting framework 4.2, with templates Q 00.01 to Q 10.03.

EBA's 4.2 package has 59 validation rules for it. Line4 Check runs 58 of them (658 written-out checks): 0 can block a filing and 58 are warnings. 1 are not run yet.

58rules Line4 Check runs
0can block a filing
58warnings
658written-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.

S_01.00: NUMBER OF HOLDERS - AT REFERENCE DATE (Q 01.00)4 rules
S_02.00: VALUE OF THE TOKEN ISSUED AND THE SIZE OF THE RESERVE OF ASSETS (Q 02.00)7 rules
S_03.01: COMPOSITION OF THE RESERVE OF ASSETS BY TYPE OF ASSETS AND MATURITIES (Q 03.01)33 rules
S_03.02.a: COMPOSITION OF THE RESERVE OF ASSETS BY COUNTERPARTY/ISSUER (Q 03.02.a)1 rule
S_03.02.b: COMPOSITION OF THE RESERVE OF ASSETS BY COUNTERPARTY/ISSUER (Q 03.02.b)1 rule
S 03.03 - MATURITY LADDER FOR THE COMPOSITION OF THE RESERVE OF ASSETS (Q 03.03)2 rules
S_04.01: TRANSACTIONS PER DAY - AVERAGE (Q 04.01)1 rule
S_04.02: TRANSACTIONS PER DAY - AVERAGE_EU (Q 04.02)1 rule
S_04.03: TRANSACTIONS AND TRANSFERS PER DAY BETWEEN NON-CUSTODIAL WALLETS - AVERAGE (Q 04.03.a)2 rules
S 04.03 - TRANSACTIONS AND TRANSFERS PER DAY BETWEEN NON-CUSTODIAL WALLETS - AVERAGE (Q 04.03.b)2 rules
S_05.00: TRANSACTIONS PER DAY THAT ARE ASSOCIATED TO ITS USES AS A MEANS OF EXCHANGE WITHIN A SINGLE CURRENCY AREA - AVERAGE (Q 05.00)1 rule
S 10.01 - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR SIGNIFICANCE ASSESSMENT (Q 10.01.a)1 rule
S 10.02 - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR SIGNIFICANCE ASSESSMENT - Holder of qualifying holdings (Q 10.02)1 rule
S 10.03 - TRANSACTIONS PER DAY THAT ARE ASSOCIATED TO ITS USES AS A MEANS OF EXCHANGE - AVERAGE (Q 10.03)1 rule

Templates with no rule of their own

Rules on other templates can still read them.

  • GENERAL INFORMATION (Q 00.01)
  • S_04.04: Methodology used for template S 04.03 (Q 04.04)
  • S 10.01 - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR SIGNIFICANCE ASSESSMENT (Q 10.01)
  • S 10.01 - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR SIGNIFICANCE ASSESSMENT (Q 10.01.b)
1 rule not run yet

Their EBA formulas need parts of the XBRL formula language Line4 Check does not cover yet. Your authority's validation runs them.

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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.