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1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Debt securities must equal the sum of its five parts (F 16.01, EBA rule v1038_m)

A warning in the financial reporting return (FINREP 9), on template F 16.01, breakdown of selected statement of profit or loss items: interest income and expenses by instrument and counterparty sector(a).

Check your file against this ruleWhat to do if it fails

The rule in plain words

Debt securities must equal these five added up:

  • Credit institutions
  • Other financial corporations
  • General governments
  • Central banks
  • Non-financial corporations

EBA checks it for two columns: income and expenses. 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.

Expenses: Debt securities = Credit institutions + Other financial corporations + General governments + Central banks + Non-financial corporations

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the template below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Add up the parts in your file and compare the result with the total.
  3. 03If they differ, a part is missing, a value sits in the wrong cell, or the total is out of date.
  4. 04EBA allows a small rounding difference, worked out from the decimals each value is reported with.
  5. 05It runs only when your filing indicators mark F 16.01 as reported.
  6. 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

Breakdown of selected statement of profit or loss items: interest income and expenses by instrument and counterparty sector(a) (F 16.01)

Rows

  • 0020Debt securities
  • 0030Central banks
  • 0040General governments
  • 0050Credit institutions
  • 0060Other financial corporations
  • 0070Non-financial corporations

Columns

  • 0010Income
  • 0020Expenses

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

Illustrative values
Credit institutions1,200
Other financial corporations800
General governments450
Central banks300
Non-financial corporations150
Together2,900
What the rule then expects

Debt securities must then be 2,900.

2,900Passes
3,000Fails

A file that reports 2,900 passes. One that reports 3,000 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_16.01,r0020,c0020,} = sum({F_16.01,r0050,c0020,},{F_16.01,r0060,c0020,},{F_16.01,r0040,c0020,},{F_16.01,r0030,c0020,},{F_16.01,r0070,c0020,})

The next one:

{F_16.01,r0020,c0010,} = sum({F_16.01,r0040,c0010,},{F_16.01,r0070,c0010,},{F_16.01,r0050,c0010,},{F_16.01,r0030,c0010,},{F_16.01,r0060,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.