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1 min readBlockingEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Loans and advances must equal the sum of its six parts (F 04.02.2, EBA rule v0802_m)

A blocking check in the financial reporting return (FINREP 9), on template F 04.02.2, breakdown of financial assets by instrument and by counterparty sector: financial assets designated at fair value through profit or loss.

Check your file against this ruleWhat to do if it fails

The rule in plain words

Loans and advances must equal these six added up:

  • Central banks
  • General governments
  • Credit institutions
  • Other financial corporations
  • Non-financial corporations
  • Households

EBA checks it for two columns: carrying amount and accumulated negative changes in fair value due to credit risk on non-performing exposures. 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.

Carrying amount: Loans and advances = Central banks + General governments + Credit institutions + Other financial corporations + Non-financial corporations + Households

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the template below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Add up the parts in your file and compare the result with the total.
  3. 03If they differ, a part is missing, a value sits in the wrong cell, or the total is out of date.
  4. 04EBA allows a small rounding difference, worked out from the decimals each value is reported with.
  5. 05It runs only when your filing indicators mark F 04.02.2 as reported.
  6. 06This is a blocking check. A filing that fails it is normally rejected, so fix it before you submit.

The cells it reads

Breakdown of financial assets by instrument and by counterparty sector: financial assets designated at fair value through profit or loss (F 04.02.2)

Rows

  • 0120Loans and advances
  • 0130Central banks
  • 0140General governments
  • 0150Credit institutions
  • 0160Other financial corporations
  • 0170Non-financial corporations
  • 0180Households

Columns

  • 0010Carrying amount
  • 0020Accumulated negative changes in fair value due to credit risk on non-performing exposures

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

Illustrative values
Central banks1,200
General governments800
Credit institutions450
Other financial corporations300
Non-financial corporations150
Households100
Together3,000
What the rule then expects

Loans and advances must then be 3,000.

3,000Passes
3,100Fails

A file that reports 3,000 passes. One that reports 3,100 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}.

{F_04.02.2,r0120,c0010,} = {F_04.02.2,r0130,c0010,} + {F_04.02.2,r0140,c0010,} + {F_04.02.2,r0150,c0010,} + {F_04.02.2,r0160,c0010,} + {F_04.02.2,r0170,c0010,} + {F_04.02.2,r0180,c0010,}

The next one:

{F_04.02.2,r0120,c0020,} = {F_04.02.2,r0130,c0020,} + {F_04.02.2,r0140,c0020,} + {F_04.02.2,r0150,c0020,} + {F_04.02.2,r0160,c0020,} + {F_04.02.2,r0170,c0020,} + {F_04.02.2,r0180,c0020,}

Every FINREP 9 rule, by template

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