1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Number of executive directors (including the CEO), amount must equal the sum of its six parts (EBA rule v22550_m)

A warning in the diversity benchmarking return (REM diversity), on templates R 13.00.b, corporate information and R 14.00, executive directors age and gender.

The rule in plain words

Number of executive directors (including the CEO), amount must equal these six added up:

  • CEO, non-binary, total number of executive directors by gender
  • Executive directors (excluding CEO), male, total number of executive directors by gender
  • Executive directors (excluding CEO), non-binary, total number of executive directors by gender
  • Executive directors (excluding CEO), female, total number of executive directors by gender
  • CEO, male, total number of executive directors by gender
  • CEO, female, total number of executive directors by gender
How the Line4 Check report words itShow

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

R_13.00.B: Number of executive directors (including the CEO) = R_14.00: CEO, non-binary, Total number of executive directors by gender + R_14.00: Executive directors (excluding CEO), male, Total number of executive directors by gender + R_14.00: Executive directors (excluding CEO), non-binary, Total number of executive directors by gender + R_14.00: Executive directors (excluding CEO), female, Total number of executive directors by gender + R_14.00: CEO, male, Total number of executive directors by gender + R_14.00: CEO, female, Total number of executive directors by gender

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the templates below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Add up the parts in your file and compare the result with the total.
  3. 03If they differ, a part is missing, a value sits in the wrong row, or the total is out of date.
  4. 04EBA compares the values exactly here: there is no rounding tolerance.
  5. 05It runs only when your filing indicators mark R 13.00 and R 14.00 as reported.
  6. 06This 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

Corporate information (R 13.00.b)

Row

  • 0040Number of executive directors (including the CEO)

Column

  • 0020Amount

Executive directors age and gender (R 14.00)

Rows

  • 0010CEO, male
  • 0020CEO, female
  • 0030CEO, non-binary
  • 0040Executive directors (excluding CEO), male
  • 0050Executive directors (excluding CEO), female
  • 0060Executive directors (excluding CEO), non-binary

Column

  • 0070Total number of executive directors by gender

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

Illustrative values
CEO, non-binary, total number of executive directors by gender1,200
Executive directors (excluding CEO), male, total number of executive directors by gender800
Executive directors (excluding CEO), non-binary, total number of executive directors by gender450
Executive directors (excluding CEO), female, total number of executive directors by gender300
CEO, male, total number of executive directors by gender150
CEO, female, total number of executive directors by gender100
Together3,000
What the rule then expects

Number of executive directors (including the CEO), amount must then be 3,000.

3,000Passes
3,100Fails

A file that reports 3,000 passes. One that reports 3,100 fails, by 100.

The numbers are illustrative.

Show the rule as writtenShow

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

{R_13.00.b,r0040,c0020,} = sum({R_14.00,r0030,c0070,},{R_14.00,r0040,c0070,},{R_14.00,r0060,c0070,},{R_14.00,r0050,c0070,},{R_14.00,r0010,c0070,},{R_14.00,r0020,c0070,})

Every REM diversity rule, by template

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