1 min readBlockingEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Loans and advances cannot be less than project finance loans (F 05.01, EBA rule v0876_m)

A blocking check in the financial reporting return (FINREP 9), on template F 05.01, breakdown of non-trading loans and advances by product: loans and advances other than held for trading, trading or held for sale assets by product.

The rule in plain words

Loans and advances cannot be less than project finance loans.

EBA checks it for two columns: gross carrying amount and non-financial corporations. 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.

Gross carrying amount: LOANS AND ADVANCES >= of which: project finance loans

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 F 05.01 as reported.
  5. 05This is a blocking check. A filing that fails it is normally rejected, so fix it before you submit.

The cells it reads

Breakdown of non-trading loans and advances by product: loans and advances other than held for trading, trading or held for sale assets by product (F 05.01)

Rows

  • 0080LOANS AND ADVANCES
  • 0130of which: project finance loans

Columns

  • 0005Gross carrying amount
  • 0050Non-financial corporations

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

Illustrative values
Loans and advances1,200
What the rule then expects

Project finance loans 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, as written out for the first of its checks. Cells are written as {template, row, column, sheet}.

{F_05.01,r0080,c0005,} >= {F_05.01,r0130,c0005,}

The next one:

{F_05.01,r0080,c0050,} >= {F_05.01,r0130,c0050,}

Every FINREP 9 rule, by template

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