1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Negative fair value (liability) cannot be more than zero (EBA rule v10482_s)

A warning in the own funds and capital requirements return (COREP own funds), on template C 34.09, credit derivatives exposures (CCR 9).

The rule in plain words

Negative fair value (liability) cannot be more than zero.

EBA checks it for two columns: protection bought and protection sold. 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.

Protection bought: Negative fair value (liability) <= 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 C 34.09 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

Credit derivatives exposures (CCR 9) (C 34.09)

Row

  • 0080Negative fair value (liability)

Columns

  • 0030Protection bought
  • 0040Protection sold

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

What the rule then expects

Negative fair value (liability), protection bought 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}.

{C_34.09,r0080,c0030,} <= 0

The next one:

{C_34.09,r0080,c0040,} <= 0

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.