1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Derivatives: held for trading must equal financial liabilities held for trading and trading (EBA rule v0831_m)

A warning in the financial reporting return (FINREP 9), on templates F 08.01.a, breakdown of financial liabilities by product and by counterparty (a) and F 10.00, derivatives: trading and economic hedges.

The rule in plain words

For derivatives: held for trading must equal financial liabilities held for trading and trading.

It applies only when accounting framework in F 00.01 is Ifrs.

How the Line4 Check report words itShow

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

F_08.01.A: Derivatives, Held for trading = F_10.00: Derivatives, Financial liabilities Held for trading and trading

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the templates below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02The two values must be the same. Find which of the two is right, and correct the other one.
  3. 03EBA allows a small rounding difference, worked out from the decimals each value is reported with.
  4. 04It applies only when accounting framework in F 00.01 is Ifrs.
  5. 05It runs only when your filing indicators mark F 08.01, F 10.00 and F 00.01 as reported.
  6. 06This 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 financial liabilities by product and by counterparty (a) (F 08.01.a)

Row

  • 0010Derivatives

Column

  • 0010Held for trading

Derivatives: trading and economic hedges (F 10.00)

Row

  • 0290Derivatives

Column

  • 0020Financial liabilities Held for trading and trading
Show the rule as writtenShow

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

if ({F_00.01,r0010,c0010,} = {{[eba_qAS:qx2004]}}) then ({F_08.01.a,r0010,c0010,} = {F_10.00,r0290,c0020,}) else True

Every FINREP 9 rule, by template

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