1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Nominal amount of loan commitments given cannot be more than nominal amount off-balance sheet exposures given by the reporting entity (EBA rule v0997_m)

A warning in the financial reporting return (FINREP 9), on template F 30.01, interests in unconsolidated structured entities.

The rule in plain words

Nominal amount of loan commitments given cannot be more than nominal amount off-balance sheet exposures given by the reporting entity.

All the values are in the total row (0010) of F 30.01.

How the Line4 Check report words itShow

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

Total, Of which: nominal amount of loan commitments given <= Total, Nominal amount off-balance sheet exposures given by the reporting entity

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 bigger 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 30.01 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

Interests in unconsolidated structured entities (F 30.01)

Row

  • 0010Total

Columns

  • 0050Nominal amount off-balance sheet exposures given by the reporting entity
  • 0060Of which: nominal amount of loan commitments given

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

Illustrative values
nominal amount of loan commitments given1,200
What the rule then expects

Nominal amount off-balance sheet exposures given by the reporting entity must then be at least 1,200.

1,200Passes
1,100Fails

A file that reports 1,200 passes. One that reports 1,100 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. Cells are written as {template, row, column, sheet}.

{F_30.01,r0010,c0060,} <= {F_30.01,r0010,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.