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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 17 rows (EBA rule v22560_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 non-executive directors (including the chairperson, excluding employee representatives) cannot be more than these 17 added up:

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

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

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

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

  • 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_21.00,r0010,c0020,},{R_21.00,r0020,c0020,},{R_21.00,r0030,c0020,},{R_21.00,r0040,c0020,},{R_21.00,r0050,c0020,},{R_21.00,r0060,c0020,},{R_21.00,r0070,c0020,},{R_21.00,r0080,c0020,},{R_21.00,r0090,c0020,},{R_21.00,r0100,c0020,},{R_21.00,r0110,c0020,},{R_21.00,r0120,c0020,},{R_21.00,r0130,c0020,},{R_21.00,r0140,c0020,},{R_21.00,r0150,c0020,},{R_21.00,r0160,c0020,},{R_21.00,r0170,c0020,})

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