1 min readSwitched off by EBA on 17 March 2026EBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Total liabilities cannot be less than due to automatic optionality (EBA rule v22204_m)

A check in the interest rate risk in the banking book return (IRRBB), on template J 02.00, breakdown of sensitivity estimates.

EBA switched this rule off for filings submitted from 17 March 2026, in a quarterly update to its list of validation rules. It no longer applies, so a failure here does not count, and Line4 Check does not run it.

The rule in plain words

Total liabilities cannot be less than due to automatic optionality.

All the values are in the level of EVE - Baseline scenario column (0030) of J 02.00.

EBA writes it out seven times. These words are for the first; the others are the same rule on other cells.

The template it checks

Breakdown of sensitivity estimates (J 02.00)

Rows

  • 0200Total liabilities
  • 0210Of which: due to automatic optionality

Column

  • 0030Level of EVE - Baseline scenario
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}.

{J_02.00,r0200,c0030,} >= {J_02.00,r0210,c0030,}

And 6 more, the same formula for the other cells it covers.

Every IRRBB rule, by template

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