The rule in plain words
Each of the values it checks in detail of the exposures to individual clients within groups of connected clients cannot be more than zero.
EBA checks it for eleven columns, from (-) value adjustments and provisions (200) to (-) amounts exempted (330). That makes eleven checks. A failure names the one that failed.
How the Line4 Check report words itShowHide
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.
(-) Equity instruments: (-) Equity instruments <= 0
What to do if your filing fails it
- 01Open the template below and find the cells the rule reads.
- 02Look for a value with the wrong sign in these cells, such as an amount entered as a negative number.
- 03EBA compares the values exactly here: there is no rounding tolerance.
- 04It runs only when your filing indicators mark C 29.00 as reported.
- 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
Detail of the exposures to individual clients within groups of connected clients (C 29.00)
Columns
- 200(-) Value adjustments and provisions
- 210(-) Exposures deducted from CET 1 or Additional Tier 1 items
- 250(-) Debt instruments
- 260(-) Equity instruments
- 270(-) Derivatives
- 280(-) Loan commitments
- 290(-) Financial Guarantees
- 300(-) Other commitments
- 310(-) Funded credit protection other than substitution effect
- 320(-) Real estate
- 330(-) Amounts exempted
A worked example
The first of its checks, with simple numbers.
(-) equity instruments can then be at most 0.
A file that reports 0 passes. One that reports 100 fails, by 100.
The numbers are illustrative.
Show the rule as writtenShowHide
EBA's formula, as written out for the first of its checks. Cells are written as {template, row, column, sheet}.
{C_29.00,,c260,} <= 0The next five:
{C_29.00,,c300,} <= 0{C_29.00,,c310,} <= 0{C_29.00,,c280,} <= 0{C_29.00,,c290,} <= 0{C_29.00,,c320,} <= 0And 5 more, the same formula for the other cells it covers.
Other rules on C 29.00
- Exposure value after application of exemptions and CRM: total cannot be less than non-trading book (v1684_m)Warning
- Total, exposure value after application of exemptions and CRM must equal the sum of its ten parts (v1683_m)Warning
- Exposure value before application of exemptions and CRM: total cannot be less than non-trading book (v1682_m)Warning
- Total cannot be less than the absolute value of a sum of nine columns (v1681_m)Warning
- Total must equal the sum of its three parts (v1680_m)Warning
- Total original exposure cannot be less than defaulted original exposure (v1679_m)Warning
- Total original exposure cannot be less than the absolute value of value adjustments and provisions plus exposures deducted from CET 1 or additional Tier 1 items (v1678_m)Warning
- Total original exposure must equal the sum of its 13 parts (v1677_m)Warning
Every COREP LE rule, by template
Checks like this one, run at the point of submission, are the first step to real-time supervision.