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1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Fair value of financial instruments (Level 2) cannot be more than assets safeguarded and administered (EBA rule v11170_m)

A warning in the investment firms, class 2 return (IFR class 2), on template I 06.06, average value of total daily ASA.

Check your file against this ruleWhat to do if it fails

The rule in plain words

Fair value of financial instruments (Level 2) cannot be more than assets safeguarded and administered.

EBA checks it for eight columns: month t-3, month t-4, month t-5, month t-6, month t-7, month t-8, month t-9 and month t-10. That makes eight 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.

Month t-5: Of which: Fair value of financial instruments (Level 2) <= Assets safeguarded and administered

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 bigger 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 I 06.06 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

Average value of total daily ASA (I 06.06)

Rows

  • 0010Assets safeguarded and administered
  • 0020Of which: Fair value of financial instruments (Level 2)

Columns

  • 0010Month t-3
  • 0020Month t-4
  • 0030Month t-5
  • 0040Month t-6
  • 0050Month t-7
  • 0060Month t-8
  • 0070Month t-9
  • 0080Month t-10

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

Illustrative values
Fair value of financial instruments (Level 2)1,200
What the rule then expects

Assets safeguarded and administered must then be at least 1,200.

1,200Passes
1,100Fails

A file that reports 1,200 passes. One that reports 1,100 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}.

{I_06.06,r0020,c0030,} <= {I_06.06,r0010,c0030,}

The next five:

{I_06.06,r0020,c0050,} <= {I_06.06,r0010,c0050,}{I_06.06,r0020,c0060,} <= {I_06.06,r0010,c0060,}{I_06.06,r0020,c0010,} <= {I_06.06,r0010,c0010,}{I_06.06,r0020,c0070,} <= {I_06.06,r0010,c0070,}{I_06.06,r0020,c0040,} <= {I_06.06,r0010,c0040,}

And 2 more, the same formula for the other cells it covers.

Every IFR class 2 rule, by template

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