1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Total cannot be less than the absolute value of a sum of nine columns (C 28.00, EBA rule v0652_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 cannot be less than the absolute value of these nine worked out:

  • (-) debt instruments
  • (-) equity instruments
  • (-) derivatives
  • (-) loan commitments
  • (-) financial guarantees
  • (-) other commitments
  • (-) funded credit protection other than substitution effect
  • (-) Real estate
  • (-) amounts exempted
How the Line4 Check report words itShow

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

Total >= the absolute value of ((-) Debt instruments + (-) Equity instruments + (-) Derivatives + (-) Loan commitments + (-) Financial Guarantees + (-) Other commitments + (-) Funded credit protection other than substitution effect + (-) Real estate + (-) Amounts exempted)

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the template below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Work out both sides from your file, as the rule in plain words sets out, and compare them.
  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

  • 210Total
  • 240(-) Debt instruments
  • 250(-) Equity instruments
  • 260(-) Derivatives
  • 270(-) Loan commitments
  • 280(-) Financial Guarantees
  • 290(-) Other commitments
  • 300(-) Funded credit protection other than substitution effect
  • 310(-) Real estate
  • 320(-) Amounts exempted
Show the rule as writtenShow

EBA's formula. Cells are written as {template, row, column, sheet}.

{C_28.00,,c210,} >= abs({C_28.00,,c240,} + {C_28.00,,c250,} + {C_28.00,,c260,} + {C_28.00,,c270,} + {C_28.00,,c280,} + {C_28.00,,c290,} + {C_28.00,,c300,} + {C_28.00,,c310,} + {C_28.00,,c320,})

Every COREP LE rule, by template

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