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1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Number of executive directors (including the CEO), amount cannot be more than the sum of 17 rows (EBA rule v22559_m)

A warning in the diversity benchmarking return (REM diversity), on templates R 13.00.b, corporate information and R 21.00, professional 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 executive directors (including the CEO), amount cannot be more than these 17 added up:

  • Banking, executive directors
  • Investment firms, UCITS, AIFs, executive directors
  • Payment institutions, executive directors
  • Insurance, occupational pension schemes, executive directors
  • Information and communication technology, executive directors
  • Energy, executive directors
  • Environement, executive directors
  • HR, Sociology, Psychology, executive directors
  • Legal services, executive directors
  • Consulting, Auditing, tax advice, executive directors
  • Marketing, executive directors
  • Public service (financial supervisor), executive directors
  • Public service (other), executive directors
  • Industrial production, executive directors
  • Agriculture, executive directors
  • Medical services, executive directors
  • Other, executive directors
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_21.00: Banking, Executive directors + R_21.00: Investment firms, UCITS, AIFs, Executive directors + R_21.00: Payment institutions, Executive directors + R_21.00: Insurance, occupational pension schemes, Executive directors + R_21.00: Information and communication technology, Executive directors + R_21.00: Energy, Executive directors + R_21.00: Environement, Executive directors + R_21.00: HR, Sociology, Psychology, Executive directors + R_21.00: Legal services, Executive directors + R_21.00: Consulting, Auditing, Tax advice, Executive directors + R_21.00: Marketing, Executive directors + R_21.00: Public service (financial supervisor), Executive directors + R_21.00: Public service (other), Executive directors + R_21.00: Industrial production, Executive directors + R_21.00: Agriculture, Executive directors + R_21.00: Medical services, Executive directors + R_21.00: Other, Executive directors

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 21.00 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

  • 0040Number of executive directors (including the CEO)

Column

  • 0020Amount

Professional background of members of the management body (R 21.00)

Rows

  • 0010Banking
  • 0020Investment firms, UCITS, AIFs
  • 0030Payment institutions
  • 0040Insurance, occupational pension schemes
  • 0050Information and communication technology
  • 0060Energy
  • 0070Environement
  • 0080HR, Sociology, Psychology
  • 0090Legal services
  • 0100Consulting, Auditing, Tax advice
  • 0110Marketing
  • 0120Public service (financial supervisor)
  • 0130Public service (other)
  • 0140Industrial production
  • 0150Agriculture
  • 0160Medical services
  • 0170Other

Column

  • 0010Executive directors
Show the rule as writtenShow

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

{R_13.00.b,r0040,c0020,} <= sum({R_21.00,r0010,c0010,},{R_21.00,r0020,c0010,},{R_21.00,r0030,c0010,},{R_21.00,r0040,c0010,},{R_21.00,r0050,c0010,},{R_21.00,r0060,c0010,},{R_21.00,r0070,c0010,},{R_21.00,r0080,c0010,},{R_21.00,r0090,c0010,},{R_21.00,r0100,c0010,},{R_21.00,r0110,c0010,},{R_21.00,r0120,c0010,},{R_21.00,r0130,c0010,},{R_21.00,r0140,c0010,},{R_21.00,r0150,c0010,},{R_21.00,r0160,c0010,},{R_21.00,r0170,c0010,})

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