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1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Exposures under the standardised approach with prior supervisory permission to carry out a sequential IRB implementation cannot be less than total exposures (EBA rule v1649_m)

A warning in the own funds and capital requirements return (COREP own funds), on template C 07.00.a, credit and counterparty credit risks and free deliveries: standardised approach to capital requirements.

Check your file against this ruleWhat to do if it fails

The rule in plain words

Exposures under the standardised approach with prior supervisory permission to carry out a sequential IRB implementation cannot be less than total exposures.

EBA checks it for eight columns: (-) value adjustments and provision associated with the original exposure, (-) guarantees, (-) credit derivatives, (-) financial collateral: simple method, (-) other funded credit protection, (-) total outflows, (-) financial collateral: adjusted value (Cvam), and (-) of which: Volatility and maturity adjustments. 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.

(-) Value adjustments and provision associated with the original exposure: of which: Exposures under the standardised approach with prior supervisory permission to carry out a sequential IRB implementation >= TOTAL EXPOSURES

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 smaller 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 C 07.00 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

Credit and counterparty credit risks and free deliveries: standardised approach to capital requirements (C 07.00.a)

Rows

  • 0010TOTAL EXPOSURES
  • 0060of which: Exposures under the standardised approach with prior supervisory permission to carry out a sequential IRB implementation

Columns

  • 0030(-) Value adjustments and provision associated with the original exposure
  • 0050(-) Guarantees
  • 0060(-) Credit derivatives
  • 0070(-) Financial collateral: simple method
  • 0080(-) Other funded credit protection
  • 0090(-) Total Outflows
  • 0130(-) Financial collateral: adjusted value (Cvam)
  • 0140(-) of which: Volatility and maturity adjustments

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

Illustrative values
Exposures under the standardised approach with prior supervisory permission to carry out a sequential IRB implementation1,200
What the rule then expects

Total exposures can then be at most 1,200.

1,200Passes
1,300Fails

A file that reports 1,200 passes. One that reports 1,300 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}.

{C_07.00.a,r0060,c0030,} >= {C_07.00.a,r0010,c0030,}

The next five:

{C_07.00.a,r0060,c0090,} >= {C_07.00.a,r0010,c0090,}{C_07.00.a,r0060,c0060,} >= {C_07.00.a,r0010,c0060,}{C_07.00.a,r0060,c0070,} >= {C_07.00.a,r0010,c0070,}{C_07.00.a,r0060,c0140,} >= {C_07.00.a,r0010,c0140,}{C_07.00.a,r0060,c0050,} >= {C_07.00.a,r0010,c0050,}

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

Every COREP own funds rule, by template

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