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1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Trade finance cannot be more than off-balance sheet items (EBA rule v0683_m)

A warning in the leverage ratio return (COREP LR), on template C 43.00.a, breakdown of leverage ratio exposure measure components: off-balance sheet items, derivatives, SFTs and trading book.

Check your file against this ruleWhat to do if it fails

The rule in plain words

Trade finance cannot be more than off-balance sheet items.

EBA checks it for two columns: leverage ratio exposure value and RWEA. That makes two 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.

Leverage Ratio Exposure Value: Of which: trade finance <= Off-balance sheet items

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 43.00 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

Breakdown of leverage ratio exposure measure components: off-balance sheet items, derivatives, SFTs and trading book (C 43.00.a)

Rows

  • 0010Off-balance sheet items
  • 0020Of which: trade finance

Columns

  • 0010Leverage Ratio Exposure Value
  • 0020RWEA

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

Illustrative values
trade finance1,200
What the rule then expects

Off-balance sheet items 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_43.00.a,r0020,c0010,} <= {C_43.00.a,r0010,c0010,}

The next one:

{C_43.00.a,r0020,c0020,} <= {C_43.00.a,r0010,c0020,}

Every COREP LR rule, by template

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