1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Own funds and eligible liabilities as a percentage of the total exposure measure cannot be less than own funds and subordinated liabilities (EBA rule v10745_m)

A warning in the loss-absorbing capacity return (MREL and TLAC), on template M 01.00, mREL and TLAC key metrics (resolution groups / entities) (KM2).

The rule in plain words

Own funds and eligible liabilities as a percentage of the total exposure measure cannot be less than own funds and subordinated liabilities.

All the values are in the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) column (0010) of M 01.00.

How the Line4 Check report words itShow

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

Minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL): Own funds and eligible liabilities as a percentage of the total exposure measure >= Of which own funds and subordinated liabilities

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 smaller 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 M 01.00 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

MREL and TLAC key metrics (resolution groups / entities) (KM2) (M 01.00)

Rows

  • 0320Own funds and eligible liabilities as a percentage of the total exposure measure
  • 0330Of which own funds and subordinated liabilities

Column

  • 0010Minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL)

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

Illustrative values
Own funds and eligible liabilities as a percentage of the total exposure measure1,200
What the rule then expects

Own funds and subordinated liabilities can then be at most 1,200.

1,200Passes
1,300Fails

A file that reports 1,200 passes. One that reports 1,300 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}.

{M_01.00,r0320,c0010,} >= {M_01.00,r0330,c0010,}

Every MREL and TLAC rule, by template

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