1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities for G-SIIs (TLAC) cannot be negative (M 01.00, EBA rule v10834_s)

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

Requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities for G-SIIs (TLAC) cannot be negative.

EBA checks it for nine rows, from total risk exposure amount (TREA) (0100) to share of the total non-subordinated liabilities that is included in own funds and eligible liabilities (0360). That makes nine 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.

Requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities for G-SIIs (TLAC): Of which containing a write down and conversion clause as referred to in Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU >= 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 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

  • 0100Total risk exposure amount (TREA)
  • 0110Total exposure measure (TEM)
  • 0200Own funds and eligibile liabilities
  • 0220Of which governed by third country law
  • 0230Of which containing a write down and conversion clause as referred to in Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU
  • 0300Own funds and eligible liabilities as a percentage of the total risk exposure amount
  • 0320Own funds and eligible liabilities as a percentage of the total exposure measure
  • 0350Aggregate amount of permitted non-subordinated eligible liabilities instruments if the subordination discretion as per Article 72b(3) of Reg
  • 0360Share of the total non-subordinated liabilities that is included in own funds and eligible liabilities

Column

  • 0020Requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities for G-SIIs (TLAC)

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

What the rule then expects

Containing a write down and conversion clause as referred to in Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU, requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities for G-SIIs (TLAC) must then be at least 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}.

{M_01.00,r0230,c0020,} >= 0

The next five:

{M_01.00,r0100,c0020,} >= 0{M_01.00,r0200,c0020,} >= 0{M_01.00,r0360,c0020,} >= 0{M_01.00,r0300,c0020,} >= 0{M_01.00,r0320,c0020,} >= 0

And 3 more, the same formula for the other cells it covers.

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.