1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Total original exposure cannot be less than defaulted original exposure (C 28.00, EBA rule v0648_m)

A warning in the large exposures return (COREP LE), on template C 28.00, exposures in the non-trading and trading book.

The rule in plain words

Total original exposure cannot be less than defaulted original exposure.

How the Line4 Check report words itShow

Word for word as the report shows it when the rule fails.

Total original exposure >= Of which: defaulted

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 smaller 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 28.00 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

Exposures in the non-trading and trading book (C 28.00)

Columns

  • 040Total original exposure
  • 050Of which: defaulted

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

Illustrative values
Total original exposure1,200
What the rule then expects

Defaulted original exposure can then be at most 1,200.

1,200Passes
1,300Fails

A file that reports 1,200 passes. One that reports 1,300 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. Cells are written as {template, row, column, sheet}.

{C_28.00,,c040,} >= {C_28.00,,c050,}

Every COREP LE rule, by template

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