1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Guarantees provided by the resolution entity and permitted by the resolution authority must equal permitted guarantees times total risk exposure amount (EBA rule v10781_m)

A warning in the loss-absorbing capacity return (MREL and TLAC), on template M 03.00, internal MREL and internal TLAC (ILAC).

The rule in plain words

Guarantees provided by the resolution entity and permitted by the resolution authority must equal permitted guarantees times total risk exposure amount.

All the values are in the internal MREL column (0010) of M 03.00.

How the Line4 Check report words itShow

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

Internal MREL: Guarantees provided by the resolution entity and permitted by the resolution authority = Of which permitted guarantees × Total risk exposure amount

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the template below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Work out both sides from your file, as the rule in plain words sets out, and compare them.
  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 03.00 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

Internal MREL and internal TLAC (ILAC) (M 03.00)

Rows

  • 0100Total risk exposure amount
  • 0270Guarantees provided by the resolution entity and permitted by the resolution authority
  • 0410Of which permitted guarantees

Column

  • 0010Internal MREL
Show the rule as writtenShow

EBA's formula. Cells are written as {template, row, column, sheet}.

{M_03.00,r0270,c0010,} = {M_03.00,r0410,c0010,} * {M_03.00,r0100,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.