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1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

None of the 20 values it checks in information on the gender pay gap for IF (II) can be negative (R 06.01.b, EBA rule v12153_s)

A warning in the gender pay gap, investment firms return, REM gender pay gap (IF), on template R 06.01.b, information on the gender pay gap for IF (II).

Check your file against this ruleWhat to do if it fails

The rule in plain words

None of the values it checks in information on the gender pay gap for IF (II) can be negative.

EBA checks it for four columns: all male and all female, each split into staff in percent of all staff and identified staff in percent based on all identified staff. And for five rows: quartile 1 (low), quartile 2 (low to medium), quartile 3 (medium to high), quartile 4 (high), and total staff or identified staff. That makes 20 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.

All male identified staff in percent based on all identified staff: Total staff/identified staff >= 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 R 06.01 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

Information on the gender pay gap for IF (II) (R 06.01.b)

Rows

  • 0030Quartile 1 (low)
  • 0040Quartile 2 (low to medium)
  • 0050Quartile 3 (medium to high)
  • 0060Quartile 4 (high)
  • 0070Total staff/identified staff

Columns

  • 0020All male staff in percent of all staff
  • 0030All female staff in percent of all staff
  • 0040All male identified staff in percent based on all identified staff
  • 0050All female identified staff in percent based on all identified staff

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

What the rule then expects

Total staff or identified staff, all male identified staff in percent based on all identified staff 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}.

{R_06.01.b,r0070,c0040,} >= 0

The next five:

{R_06.01.b,r0030,c0040,} >= 0{R_06.01.b,r0070,c0030,} >= 0{R_06.01.b,r0040,c0050,} >= 0{R_06.01.b,r0050,c0030,} >= 0{R_06.01.b,r0070,c0050,} >= 0

And 14 more, the same formula for the other cells it covers.

Every REM gender pay gap (IF) rule, by template

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