1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

None of the six values it checks in summary of GAR KPIs (gar) (I) can be negative (D 06.00.a, EBA rule v12843_s)

A warning in the environmental, social and governance risks return (ESG), on template D 06.00.a, summary of GAR KPIs (gar) (I).

The rule in plain words

None of the values it checks in summary of GAR KPIs (gar) (I) can be negative.

EBA checks it for three columns: climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation and total (climate change mitigation + climate change adaptation). And for two rows: GAR stock and GAR flow. That makes six 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.

Climate change adaptation: GAR flow >= 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 D 06.00 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

Summary of GAR KPIs (gar) (I) (D 06.00.a)

Rows

  • 0010GAR stock
  • 0020GAR flow

Columns

  • 0010Climate change mitigation
  • 0020Climate change adaptation
  • 0030Total (Climate change mitigation + Climate change adaptation)

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

What the rule then expects

GAR flow, climate change adaptation 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}.

{D_06.00.a,r0020,c0020,} >= 0

The next five:

{D_06.00.a,r0010,c0030,} >= 0{D_06.00.a,r0010,c0010,} >= 0{D_06.00.a,r0010,c0020,} >= 0{D_06.00.a,r0020,c0030,} >= 0{D_06.00.a,r0020,c0010,} >= 0

Every ESG rule, by template

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