2 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Number of institutions where shareholders have approved a higher ratio that have their legal seat within the Member State (additional information to be provided below): an upper-limit check on approved higher ratios between variable and fixed remuneration (R 08.00, EBA rule v12550_m)

A warning in the approved higher bonus ratios, by country return (REM higher ratios), on template R 08.00, approved higher ratios between variable and fixed remuneration – aggregation by competent authorities.

The rule in plain words

For number of institutions where shareholders have approved a higher ratio that have their legal seat within the Member State (additional information to be provided below): number of institutions with their legal seat within the Member State that have approved 200% as the maximum ratio cannot be more than number of institutions where shareholders have approved a higher ratio that have their legal seat within the Member State (additional inform.

All the values are in the aggregation by competent authority column (0010) of R 08.00.

The headline gives only the kind of check and the template, because the rule is too long to say in a headline. The plain words above say all of it.

How the Line4 Check report words itShow

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

Thereof: number of institutions with their legal seat within the Member State that have approved 200% as the maximum ratio <= Number of institutions where shareholders have approved a higher ratio that have their legal seat within the Member State (additional inform

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 R 08.00 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

Approved higher ratios between variable and fixed remuneration – aggregation by competent authorities (R 08.00)

Rows

  • 0050Number of institutions where shareholders have approved a higher ratio that have their legal seat within the Member State (additional inform
  • 0060Thereof: number of institutions with their legal seat within the Member State that have approved 200% as the maximum ratio

Column

  • 0010Aggregation by competent authority

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

Illustrative values
number of institutions with their legal seat within the Member State that have approved 200% as the maximum ratio1,200
What the rule then expects

Number of institutions where shareholders have approved a higher ratio that have their legal seat within the Member State (additional inform 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. Cells are written as {template, row, column, sheet}.

{R_08.00,r0060,c0010,} <= {R_08.00,r0050,c0010,}

Every REM higher ratios rule, by template

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