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.
- Non-identified, not listed on a trading venue: liabilities excluded from bail-in must equal the sum of its six parts (v6411_m)Warning
- Outstanding amount, total must equal the sum of its five parts (v6422_m)Blocking
- Outstanding amount, total cannot be less than the sum of two columns (v6423_m)Warning
- Outstanding amount, total must equal the sum of its eight parts (v6474_m)Blocking
- Outstanding amount, total must equal the sum of its seven parts (row 0110, v6475_m)Blocking
- Outstanding amount: total must equal credit institutions plus other financial corporations (v6476_m)Blocking
- Outstanding amount, total must equal outstanding amount, households (v6477_m)Blocking
- Outstanding amount: total must equal general governments & central banks (v6478_m)Blocking
- Households: liabilities excluded from bail-in must equal the sum of its seven parts (v6480_m)Warning
- Non-financial corporations (non-SMEs): liabilities excluded from bail-in must equal the sum of its seven parts (v6482_m)Blocking
- Credit institutions: liabilities excluded from bail-in must equal the sum of its eight parts (v6484_m)Blocking
- Liabilities excluded from bail-in must equal the sum of its nine parts (v6486_m)Blocking
- General governments & central banks: liabilities excluded from bail-in must equal the sum of its eight parts (v6488_m)Blocking
- Liabilities excluded from bail-in must equal the sum of its eleven parts (v6490_m)Blocking
- Liabilities governed by the law of a third country, excluding intragroup: liabilities excluded from bail-in must equal the sum of its seven parts (v6492_m)Blocking
- Liabilities not excluded from bail-in must equal the sum of its eleven parts (v6494_m)Blocking
- Deposits, not covered but preferential must equal the sum of its four parts (v6496_m)Blocking
- Deposits, not covered and not preferential must equal the sum of its four parts (v6498_m)Blocking
- Uncollateralized secured liabilities must equal the sum of its four parts (v6500_m)Blocking
- Structured notes must equal the sum of its four parts (v6502_m)Blocking
- Senior unsecured liabilities must equal the sum of its four parts (v6504_m)Blocking
- Senior non-preferred liabilities must equal the sum of its four parts (v6506_m)Blocking
- Subordinated liabilities (not recognised as own funds) must equal the sum of its four parts (v6508_m)Blocking
- Other MREL eligible liabilities must equal the sum of its two parts (v6510_m)Blocking
- Total liabilities and own funds including derivative liabilities must equal the sum of its three parts (v7500_m)Warning
- Intragroup: liabilities excluded from bail-in must equal the sum of its eight parts (v11254_m)Warning
- Non-identified, listed on a trading venue: liabilities excluded from bail-in must equal the sum of its six parts (v11901_m)Blocking
- Liabilities excluded from bail-in, households: outstanding amount cannot be negative (v90280_s)Warning
- Structured notes: outstanding amount cannot be negative (v90282_s)Warning
- Liabilities excluded from bail-in, general governments & central banks: outstanding amount cannot be negative (v90284_s)Warning
- None of the 106 values it checks in liability structure (LIAB) can be negative (v90285_s)Warning
- Liabilities excluded from bail-in, liabilities governed by the law of a third country, excluding intragroup: outstanding amount cannot be negative (v90287_s)Warning
- Liabilities not excluded from bail-in: outstanding amount cannot be negative (v903484_s)Warning
- None of the 112 values it checks in liability structure (LIAB) can be negative (v903571_s)Warning
- Tier 2 capital: outstanding amount cannot be negative (v903572_s)Warning
- Own funds must equal the sum of its three parts (v903635_h)Warning
- None of the 108 values it checks in liability structure (LIAB) can be negative (v903656_s)Warning
- Carrying amount, total must equal the sum of its eight parts (v6469_m)Blocking
- Carrying amount, total must equal the sum of its seven parts (v6470_m)Blocking
- Carrying amount: total must equal credit institutions plus other financial corporations (v6471_m)Blocking
- Carrying amount, total must equal carrying amount, households (v6472_m)Blocking
- Carrying amount, total must equal carrying amount, general governments & central banks (v6473_m)Blocking
- Households: liabilities excluded from bail-in must equal the sum of its seven parts (v6479_m)Blocking
- Non-financial corporations (SMEs): liabilities excluded from bail-in must equal the sum of its seven parts (v6481_m)Blocking
- Credit institutions: liabilities excluded from bail-in must equal the sum of its eight parts (v6483_m)Blocking
- Liabilities excluded from bail-in must equal the sum of its nine parts (v6485_m)Blocking
- General governments & central banks: liabilities excluded from bail-in must equal the sum of its eight parts (v6487_m)Blocking
- Liabilities excluded from bail-in must equal the sum of its eleven parts (v6489_m)Blocking
- Liabilities governed by the law of a third country, excluding intragroup: liabilities excluded from bail-in must equal the sum of its seven parts (v6491_m)Blocking
- Liabilities not excluded from bail-in must equal the sum of its eleven parts (v6493_m)Blocking
- Deposits, not covered but preferential must equal the sum of its four parts (v6495_m)Blocking
- Deposits, not covered and not preferential must equal the sum of its four parts (v6497_m)Blocking
- Uncollateralized secured liabilities must equal the sum of its four parts (v6499_m)Blocking
- Structured notes must equal the sum of its four parts (v6501_m)Blocking
- Senior unsecured liabilities must equal the sum of its four parts (v6503_m)Blocking
- Senior non-preferred liabilities must equal the sum of its four parts (v6505_m)Blocking
- Subordinated liabilities (not recognised as own funds) must equal the sum of its four parts (v6507_m)Blocking
- Other MREL eligible liabilities must equal the sum of its two parts (v6509_m)Blocking
- Intragroup: liabilities excluded from bail-in must equal the sum of its eight parts (v11255_m)Warning
- Uncollateralized secured liabilities, households: carrying amount cannot be negative (v90288_s)Warning
- Senior unsecured liabilities: carrying amount cannot be negative (v90291_s)Warning
- Uncollateralized secured liabilities, general governments & central banks: carrying amount cannot be negative (v90293_s)Warning
- Structured notes, total: carrying amount cannot be negative (v90296_s)Warning
- Liabilities excluded from bail-in must equal the sum of its six parts (v90342_m)Warning
- Structured notes, intragroup: carrying amount cannot be negative (v903486_s)Warning
- None of the 112 values it checks in liability structure (LIAB) can be negative (v903573_s)Warning
- None of the 106 values it checks in liability structure (LIAB) can be negative (v903574_s)Warning
- None of the 162 values it checks in liability structure (LIAB) can be negative (v903657_s)Warning
Templates with no rule of their own
Rules on other templates can still read them.
- Legal Entities (Z 01.01)
26 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.
v6433_m, v6459_m, v6460_m, v6462_m, v6463_m, v6465_m, e7484_e, e7485_e, e7489_e, e7491_e, e7493_e, e7496_e, e7498_e, v7502_m, v7504_m, v7505_m, v7506_m, v7509_m, v7510_m, v7511_m, v11902_m, v90189_s, v90328_m, v90329_m, v903552_s, v903563_s
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.