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

Benchmarking of IFRS 9 models: every EBA validation rule in plain words (SBP IFRS 9)

Supervisory benchmarking is the yearly exercise in which banks with internal models run them over the same benchmark portfolios, so supervisors can spot models that come out far from their peers. It rests on Article 78 of the Capital Requirements Directive. Credit risk and IFRS 9 data are usually due on 11 April, in a set of EBA templates (C 101.00 to C 120.06).

EBA's 4.2 package has 45 validation rules for it. Line4 Check runs 45 of them (192 written-out checks): 0 can block a filing and 45 are warnings.

45rules Line4 Check runs
0can block a filing
45warnings
192written-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.

Details on exposures in Low Default Portfolios by counterparty (C 111.00)4 rules
Details on exposures in Low Default Portfolios by counterparty by economic scenario (C 112.00)11 rules
Details on exposures in Low Default Portfolios by counterparty by facility (C 113.00)2 rules
Details on macroeconomic scenarios per country (C 114.00)3 rules
Details on exposures in High Default Portfolios (C 115.00)6 rules
Details on exposures in High Default Portfolios by economic scenario (C 116.00)11 rules
Details on exposures in High Default Portfolios by staging (C 117.00)3 rules
Details on macroeconomic scenarios per GDP Area code (C 118.00)3 rules
Nature of Report (SBP) (S 00.01)2 rules

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.