1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

The sum of three columns cannot be more than total, carrying amount of financial assets recognised in the balance sheet (EBA rule v1017_m)

A warning in the financial reporting return (FINREP 9), on templates F 30.01, interests in unconsolidated structured entities and F 30.02, breakdown of interests in unconsolidated structured entities by nature of the activities.

The rule in plain words

These three added up, all for selected financial assets recognised in the reporting institution's balance sheet cannot be more than total, carrying amount of financial assets recognised in the balance sheet:

  • Securitisation special purpose entities
  • Asset management
  • Other activities
How the Line4 Check report words itShow

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

F_30.02: Selected financial assets recognised in the reporting institution's balance sheet, Securitisation Special Purpose Entities + F_30.02: Selected financial assets recognised in the reporting institution's balance sheet, Asset management + F_30.02: Selected financial assets recognised in the reporting institution's balance sheet, Other activities <= F_30.01: Total, Carrying amount of financial assets recognised in the balance sheet

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the templates 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 30.02 and 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

Column

  • 0010Carrying amount of financial assets recognised in the balance sheet

Breakdown of interests in unconsolidated structured entities by nature of the activities (F 30.02)

Row

  • 0010Selected financial assets recognised in the reporting institution's balance sheet

Columns

  • 0010Securitisation Special Purpose Entities
  • 0020Asset management
  • 0030Other activities

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

Illustrative values
Selected financial assets recognised in the reporting institution's balance sheet, securitisation special purpose entities1,200
Selected financial assets recognised in the reporting institution's balance sheet, asset management800
Selected financial assets recognised in the reporting institution's balance sheet, other activities450
Together2,450
What the rule then expects

Total, carrying amount of financial assets recognised in the balance sheet must then be at least 2,450.

2,450Passes
2,350Fails

A file that reports 2,450 passes. One that reports 2,350 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}.

sum({F_30.02,r0010,c0010,},{F_30.02,r0010,c0020,},{F_30.02,r0010,c0030,}) <= {F_30.01,r0010,c0010,}

Every FINREP 9 rule, by template

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