1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Accumulated impairment cannot be more than zero (F 20.04, EBA rule v09608_s)

A warning in the financial reporting return (FINREP 9), on template F 20.04, geographical breakdown of assets by residence of the counterparty.

The rule in plain words

Accumulated impairment cannot be more than zero.

EBA checks it for 18 rows, from cash balances at central banks and other demand deposits (0075) to credit for consumption (0240). That makes 18 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.

Accumulated impairment: Of which: Loans collateralized by residential immovable property <= 0

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the template below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Look for a value with the wrong sign in these cells, such as an amount entered as a negative number.
  3. 03EBA compares the values exactly here: there is no rounding tolerance.
  4. 04It runs only when your filing indicators mark F 20.04 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

Geographical breakdown of assets by residence of the counterparty (F 20.04)

Rows

  • 0075Cash balances at central banks and other demand deposits
  • 0080Debt securities
  • 0090Central banks
  • 0100General governments
  • 0110Credit institutions
  • 0120Other financial corporations
  • 0130Non-financial corporations
  • 0140Loans and advances
  • 0150Central banks
  • 0160General governments
  • 0170Credit institutions
  • 0180Other financial corporations
  • 0190Non-financial corporations
  • 0200Of which: Small and medium sized enterprises
  • 0210Of which: Loans collateralized by commercial immovable property
  • 0220Households
  • 0230Of which: Loans collateralized by residential immovable property
  • 0240Of which: Credit for consumption

Column

  • 0031Accumulated impairment

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

What the rule then expects

Loans collateralized by residential immovable property, accumulated impairment can then be at most 0.

0Passes
100Fails

A file that reports 0 passes. One that reports 100 fails, by 100.

The numbers are illustrative.

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_20.04,r0230,c0031,} <= 0

The next five:

{F_20.04,r0080,c0031,} <= 0{F_20.04,r0220,c0031,} <= 0{F_20.04,r0160,c0031,} <= 0{F_20.04,r0190,c0031,} <= 0{F_20.04,r0180,c0031,} <= 0

And 12 more, the same formula for the other cells it covers.

Every FINREP 9 rule, by template

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