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1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Lowest cannot be more than highest (EBA rule v0568_m)

A warning in the own funds and capital requirements return (COREP own funds), on template C 17.01.b, operational risk: thresholds applied in data collections.

Check your file against this ruleWhat to do if it fails

The rule in plain words

Lowest cannot be more than highest.

EBA checks it for nine rows, from gross loss amount (new events) (0020) to gross loss amount (new events) (0820). That makes nine checks. A failure names the one that failed.

How the Line4 Check report words itShow

The first of its checks, word for word as the report shows it when it fails. The others read the same, with their own column, row or sheet.

Gross loss amount (new events), LOWEST <= Gross loss amount (new events), HIGHEST

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the template below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Compare the values in your file. If the first is bigger than it may be, one of them is wrong: check both before you change either.
  3. 03EBA allows a small rounding difference, worked out from the decimals each value is reported with.
  4. 04It runs only when your filing indicators mark C 17.01 as reported.
  5. 05This is a warning. It does not stop the filing on its own, but your authority may ask you to explain it.

The cells it reads

Operational risk: thresholds applied in data collections (C 17.01.b)

Rows

  • 0020Gross loss amount (new events)
  • 0120Gross loss amount (new events)
  • 0220Gross loss amount (new events)
  • 0320Gross loss amount (new events)
  • 0420Gross loss amount (new events)
  • 0520Gross loss amount (new events)
  • 0620Gross loss amount (new events)
  • 0720Gross loss amount (new events)
  • 0820Gross loss amount (new events)

Columns

  • 0090LOWEST
  • 0100HIGHEST

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

Illustrative values
Lowest1,200
What the rule then expects

Highest must then be at least 1,200.

1,200Passes
1,100Fails

A file that reports 1,200 passes. One that reports 1,100 fails, by 100.

The numbers are illustrative, reported to the unit, so the rounding tolerance does not change the result.

Show the rule as writtenShow

EBA's formula, as written out for the first of its checks. Cells are written as {template, row, column, sheet}.

{C_17.01.b,r0420,c0090,} <= {C_17.01.b,r0420,c0100,}

The next five:

{C_17.01.b,r0720,c0090,} <= {C_17.01.b,r0720,c0100,}{C_17.01.b,r0120,c0090,} <= {C_17.01.b,r0120,c0100,}{C_17.01.b,r0220,c0090,} <= {C_17.01.b,r0220,c0100,}{C_17.01.b,r0320,c0090,} <= {C_17.01.b,r0320,c0100,}{C_17.01.b,r0620,c0090,} <= {C_17.01.b,r0620,c0100,}

And 3 more, the same formula for the other cells it covers.

Every COREP own funds rule, by template

Checks like this one, run at the point of submission, are the first step to real-time supervision.