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.
- None of the 72 values it checks in information on the remuneration of high earners (I) can be negative (v09239_s)Warning
- MB management function cannot be negative (v09240_s)Warning
- Severance payments awarded during the financial year, number of high earners cannot be more than total number of high earners (v09265_m)Warning
- Severance payments awarded during the financial year, total amount cannot be more than total variable remuneration of all high earners (v09266_m)Warning
- Total amount of contributions to discretionary pension benefits in year N cannot be more than total variable remuneration of all high earners (v09267_m)Warning
- Total amount of variable remuneration awarded for multi- year periods under programmes which are not revolved annually cannot be more than total variable remuneration of all high earners (v09268_m)Warning
- Severance payments awarded during the financial year: if total amount is reported, number of high earners must be reported (row 0200, v09269_m)Warning
- The sum of three rows cannot be more than total variable remuneration of all high earners (v09282_m)Warning
- If a sum of five rows is zero or more, total variable remuneration of all high earners cannot be negative (v09293_m)Warning
- The sum of two rows cannot be less than 1,000,000 times total number of high earners (v09297_m)Warning
- Identified staff cannot be more than total number of high earners (row 0050, v09307_m)Warning
- Total number of high earners must equal the sum of its three parts (row 0040, v12108_m)Warning
- Number of high earners in subsidiaries that are subject to a specific remuneration framework under other union cannot be more than total number of high earners (v12110_m)Warning
- Total variable remuneration of all high earners cannot be less than the sum of five rows (v12117_m)Warning
- Shares or equivalent ownership interests plus share-linked instruments or equivalent non-cash instruments plus other instruments cannot be less than 0.5 times a calculation over five rows (v12121_m)Warning
- None of the 222 values it checks in information on the remuneration of high earners (I) can be negative (v12132_s)Warning
- Total number of high earners must equal the sum of its three parts (row 0040, v12186_m)Warning
- Identified staff cannot be more than total number of high earners (row 0050, v12187_m)Warning
- Identified staff cannot be more than total number of high earners (row 0050, v12188_m)Warning
- Identified staff cannot be more than total number of high earners (row 0050, v12189_m)Warning
- Identified staff cannot be more than total number of high earners (row 0050, v12190_m)Warning
- Identified staff cannot be more than total number of high earners (row 0050, v12191_m)Warning
- Identified staff cannot be more than total number of high earners (row 0050, v12192_m)Warning
- Identified staff cannot be more than total number of high earners (row 0050, v12193_m)Warning
- Total number of high earners must equal the sum of its three parts (row 0040, v12194_m)Warning
- Total number of high earners must equal the sum of its three parts (row 0040, v12195_m)Warning
- Total number of high earners must equal the sum of its three parts (row 0040, v12196_m)Warning
- Total number of high earners must equal the sum of its three parts (row 0040, v12197_m)Warning
- Total variable remuneration of all high earners plus total fixed remuneration of all high earners must be at least 1,000,000 and at most 1,500,000 times total number of high earners (v12201_m)Warning
- Total variable remuneration of all high earners plus total fixed remuneration of all high earners must be at least 2,000,000 and at most 3,000,000 times total number of high earners (v12202_m)Warning
- Total variable remuneration of all high earners plus total fixed remuneration of all high earners must be at least 3,000,000 and at most 4,000,000 times total number of high earners (v12203_m)Warning
- Total variable remuneration of all high earners plus total fixed remuneration of all high earners must be at least 4,000,000 and at most 5,000,000 times total number of high earners (v12204_m)Warning
- Total number of high earners cannot be less than for institutions that benefit from a derogation at an institutional level number of high earners benefitting from the derogations under Art (v12516_m)Warning
- Total variable remuneration of all high earners cannot be less than for institutions that benefit from a derogation at an institutional level variable remuneration of individual high earners that are identif (v12517_m)Warning
- Total number of high earners must equal the sum of its two parts (v12518_m)Warning
- Identified staff cannot be more than total number of high earners (row 0050, v12621_m)Warning
- Total number of high earners must equal number of other staff (v12622_m)Warning
- Total number of high earners must equal number of individuals in senior management (v12623_m)Warning
- Total number of high earners must equal the sum of its three parts (row 0040, v12624_m)Warning
- If total number of high earners is reported, total fixed remuneration of all high earners must be reported (v12626_m)Warning
- If total fixed remuneration of all high earners is reported, total number of high earners must be reported (v12627_m)Warning
- Guaranteed variable remuneration awards: if number of high earners is reported, total amount must be reported (v12628_m)Warning
- Guaranteed variable remuneration awards: if total amount is reported, number of high earners must be reported (v12629_m)Warning
- Severance payments awarded during the financial year: if number of high earners is reported, total amount must be reported (v12630_m)Warning
- Severance payments awarded during the financial year: if total amount is reported, number of high earners must be reported (row 0200, v12631_m)Warning
- If number of beneficiaries of contributions to discretionary pension benefits in year N is reported, total amount of contributions to discretionary pension benefits in year N must be reported (v12632_m)Warning
- If total amount of contributions to discretionary pension benefits in year N is reported, number of beneficiaries of contributions to discretionary pension benefits in year N must be reported (v12633_m)Warning
105 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.
v09262_m, v09286_m, v12115_m, v12119_m, v12205_m, v12206_m, v12207_m, v12208_m, v12209_m, v12210_m, v12211_m, v12212_m, v12213_m, v12214_m, v12215_m, v12216_m, v12217_m, v12218_m, v12219_m, v12220_m, v12221_m, v12222_m, v12223_m, v12224_m, v12225_m, v12226_m, v12227_m, v12228_m, v12229_m, v12230_m, v12231_m, v12232_m, v12233_m, v12234_m, v12235_m, v12236_m, v12237_m, v12238_m, v12239_m, v12240_m, v12241_m, v12242_m, v12243_m, v12244_m, v12245_m, v12246_m, v12247_m, v12248_m, v12249_m, v12250_m, v12251_m, v12252_m, v12253_m, v12254_m, v12255_m, v12256_m, v12257_m, v12258_m, v12259_m, v12260_m, v12261_m, v12262_m, v12263_m, v12264_m, v12265_m, v12266_m, v12267_m, v12268_m, v12269_m, v12270_m, v12271_m, v12272_m, v12273_m, v12274_m, v12275_m, v12276_m, v12277_m, v12278_m, v12279_m, v12280_m, v12281_m, v12282_m, v12283_m, v12284_m, v12285_m, v12286_m, v12287_m, v12288_m, v12289_m, v12290_m, v12291_m, v12292_m, v12293_m, v12294_m, v12295_m, v12296_m, v12297_m, v12298_m, v12299_m, v12300_m, v12301_m, v12302_m, v12303_m, v12407_m, v12409_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.