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

Remuneration benchmarking, investment firms: every EBA validation rule in plain words (REM benchmarking (IF))

Remuneration benchmarking, investment firms (REM benchmarking (IF)) is a return in EBA reporting framework 4.2, with templates R 01.01 to R 05.01.

EBA's 4.2 package has 51 validation rules for it. Line4 Check runs 43 of them (379 written-out checks): 0 can block a filing and 43 are warnings. EBA has switched 8 off.

43rules Line4 Check runs
0can block a filing
43warnings
379written-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 for all staff in investment firms (R 01.01)5 rules
Information on remuneration of identified staff in investment firms (R 02.01)23 rules
Information on remuneration of identified staff per business area (R 02.02)2 rules
Derogations from the application of requirement to pay out a part of variable remuneration deferred and in instruments for investment firms under Directive (EU) 2019/2034 (R 05.01)13 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.

v12104_m, v12105_m, v12198_m, v12199_m, v12607_m, v12616_m, v12617_m, v12620_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.