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1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Identified staff cannot be more than total number of high earners (row 0050, EBA rule v12703_m)

A warning in the high earners, investment firms return, REM high earners (IF), on templates R 04.01.a, information on the remuneration of high earners - IFD (I) and R 04.01.c, information on the remuneration of high earners - IFD (III).

Check your file against this ruleWhat to do if it fails

The rule in plain words

‘identified staff’ cannot be more than total number of high earners.

All the values are in the investment advice, order execution column (0040).

How the Line4 Check report words itShow

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

R_04.01.C: Of which: ‘identified staff’, Investment advice, order execution <= R_04.01.A: Total number of high earners, Investment advice, order execution

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the templates 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 compares the values exactly here: there is no rounding tolerance.
  4. 04It runs only when your filing indicators mark R 04.01 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 remuneration of high earners - IFD (I) (R 04.01.a)

Row

  • 0040Total number of high earners

Column

  • 0040Investment advice, order execution

Information on the remuneration of high earners - IFD (III) (R 04.01.c)

Row

  • 0050Of which: ‘identified staff’

Column

  • 0040Investment advice, order execution

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

Illustrative values
‘identified staff’1,200
What the rule then expects

Total number of high earners 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.

Show the rule as writtenShow

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

{R_04.01.c,r0050,c0040,} <= {R_04.01.a,r0040,c0040,}

Every REM high earners (IF) rule, by template

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