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1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Number of non-executive directors (including the chairperson, excluding employee representatives) cannot be more than the sum of eight rows (EBA rule v22554_m)

A warning in the diversity benchmarking return (REM diversity), on templates R 13.00.b, corporate information and R 20.00, educational background of members of the management body.

Check your file against this ruleWhat to do if it fails

The rule in plain words

Number of non-executive directors (including the chairperson, excluding employee representatives) cannot be more than these eight added up:

  • Law
  • Business administration or Economics
  • Mathematics, Physics, engineering, other natural science
  • Information technology
  • University degrees in other than the above subjects
  • Tertiary education in banking or finance
  • Other tertiary education
  • None of the above tertiary educations

All the values are in the amount column (0020).

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 non-executive directors (including the chairperson, excluding employee representatives) <= R_20.00: Law, Non-executive directors (excluding employee representatives) + R_20.00: Business administration or Economics, Non-executive directors (excluding employee representatives) + R_20.00: Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, other natural science, Non-executive directors (excluding employee representatives) + R_20.00: Information technology, Non-executive directors (excluding employee representatives) + R_20.00: University degrees in other than the above subjects, Non-executive directors (excluding employee representatives) + R_20.00: Tertiary education  in banking or finance, Non-executive directors (excluding employee representatives) + R_20.00: Other tertiary education, Non-executive directors (excluding employee representatives) + R_20.00: None of the above tertiary educations, Non-executive directors (excluding employee representatives)

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the templates below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Compare the values in your file. If the first is bigger than it may be, one of them is wrong: check both before you change either.
  3. 03EBA compares the values exactly here: there is no rounding tolerance.
  4. 04It runs only when your filing indicators mark R 13.00 and R 20.00 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

Corporate information (R 13.00.b)

Row

  • 0050Number of non-executive directors (including the chairperson, excluding employee representatives)

Column

  • 0020Amount

Educational background of members of the management body (R 20.00)

Rows

  • 0010Law
  • 0020Business administration or Economics
  • 0030Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, other natural science
  • 0040Information technology
  • 0050University degrees in other than the above subjects
  • 0060Tertiary education  in banking or finance
  • 0070Other tertiary education
  • 0080None of the above tertiary educations

Column

  • 0020Non-executive directors (excluding employee representatives)
Show the rule as writtenShow

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

{R_13.00.b,r0050,c0020,} <= sum({R_20.00,r0010,c0020,},{R_20.00,r0020,c0020,},{R_20.00,r0030,c0020,},{R_20.00,r0040,c0020,},{R_20.00,r0050,c0020,},{R_20.00,r0060,c0020,},{R_20.00,r0070,c0020,},{R_20.00,r0080,c0020,})

Every REM diversity rule, by template

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