The rule in plain words
For month 2: total must equal long derivative positions plus short derivative positions.
EBA checks it for three rows: size of the derivative business, on- and off-balance sheet derivatives, and (-) credit derivatives that are recognised as internal hedges against non-trading book credit risk exposures. That makes three checks. A failure names the one that failed.
How the Line4 Check report words itShowHide
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.
Size of the derivative business, Long derivative positions + Size of the derivative business, Short derivative positions = Size of the derivative business, Total
What to do if your filing fails it
- 01Open the template below and find the cells the rule reads.
- 02Add up the parts in your file and compare the result with the total.
- 03If they differ, a part is missing, a value sits in the wrong cell, or the total is out of date.
- 04EBA allows a small rounding difference, worked out from the decimals each value is reported with.
- 05It runs only when your filing indicators mark C 34.01 as reported.
- 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
Size of the derivative business (CCR 1) (I) (C 34.01.a)
Rows
- 0010Size of the derivative business
- 0020On- and off-balance sheet derivatives
- 0030(-) Credit derivatives that are recognised as internal hedges against non-trading book credit risk exposures
Columns
- 0040Long derivative positions
- 0050Short derivative positions
- 0060Total
A worked example
The first of its checks, with simple numbers.
Total must then be 2,000.
A file that reports 2,000 passes. One that reports 2,100 fails, by 100.
The numbers are illustrative, reported to the unit, so the rounding tolerance does not change the result.
Show the rule as writtenShowHide
EBA's formula, as written out for the first of its checks. Cells are written as {template, row, column, sheet}.
{C_34.01.a,r0010,c0040,} + {C_34.01.a,r0010,c0050,} = {C_34.01.a,r0010,c0060,}The next two:
{C_34.01.a,r0020,c0040,} + {C_34.01.a,r0020,c0050,} = {C_34.01.a,r0020,c0060,}{C_34.01.a,r0030,c0040,} + {C_34.01.a,r0030,c0050,} = {C_34.01.a,r0030,c0060,}Other rules on C 34.01.a
- Size of the derivative business: total must equal long derivative positions plus short derivative positions (v09801_m)Warning
- Month 3: total must equal long derivative positions plus short derivative positions (v09803_m)Warning
- Size of the derivative business must equal the sum of its two parts (v09804_m)Warning
- None of the twelve values it checks in size of the derivative business (CCR 1) (I) can be negative (row 0010, v10307_s)Warning
- None of the twelve values it checks in size of the derivative business (CCR 1) (I) can be negative (row 0010, v10308_s)Warning
- Credit derivatives that are recognised as internal hedges against non-trading book credit risk exposures cannot be more than zero (v10492_s)Warning
- Percentage of total assets times total assets must equal size of the derivative business (v10638_m)Warning
Every COREP own funds rule, by template
Checks like this one, run at the point of submission, are the first step to real-time supervision.
