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

Remuneration benchmarking, credit institutions: every EBA validation rule in plain words (REM benchmarking)

Remuneration benchmarking, credit institutions (REM benchmarking) is a return in EBA reporting framework 4.2, with templates R 01.00 to R 12.00.b.

EBA's 4.2 package has 116 validation rules for it. Line4 Check runs 105 of them (574 written-out checks): 0 can block a filing and 105 are warnings. EBA has switched 8 off. 3 are not run yet.

105rules Line4 Check runs
0can block a filing
105warnings
574written-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.

General information and information on remuneration of all staff (R 01.00)22 rules
Additional information on remuneration of identified staff (R 02.00)6 rules
Information on identified staff remunerated EUR 1 million or more per financial year (R 03.00)1 rule
Derogations from the application of requirements to pay out parts of variable remuneration deferred and in instruments under Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD) (R 05.00)19 rules
Remuneration awarded for the financial year (R 09.00)31 rules
Special payments to staff whose professional activities have a material impact on institutions’ risk profile (identified staff) (R 10.00)13 rules
Deferred remuneration (R 11.00)3 rules
Information on remuneration of staff whose professional activities have a material impact on institutions’ risk profile (identified staff) (I) (R 12.00.a)8 rules
Information on remuneration of staff whose professional activities have a material impact on institutions’ risk profile (identified staff) (II) (R 12.00.b)2 rules
8 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.

v12154_s, v12458_m, v12459_m, v12485_m, v12561_m, v12572_m, v12589_m, v12590_m

3 rules 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.

v12456_m, v12457_m, v12484_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.