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1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Total number of executive directors per age category must equal the sum of its six parts (EBA rule v22563_m)

A warning in the diversity benchmarking return (REM diversity), on template R 14.00, executive directors age and gender.

Check your file against this ruleWhat to do if it fails

The rule in plain words

Total number of executive directors per age category must equal these six added up:

  • Executive directors (excluding CEO), female
  • Executive directors (excluding CEO), non-binary
  • CEO, non-binary
  • CEO, male
  • CEO, female
  • Executive directors (excluding CEO), male

EBA checks it for six columns: <30, 30-40, 41-50, 51-60, 61-70 and >70. That makes six checks. A failure names the one that failed.

How the Line4 Check report words itShow

The first of its checks, word for word as the report shows it when it fails. The others read the same, with their own column, row or sheet.

<30: Total number of executive directors per age category = Executive directors (excluding CEO), female + Executive directors (excluding CEO), non-binary + CEO, non-binary + CEO, male + CEO, female + Executive directors (excluding CEO), male

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the template 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  3. 03If they differ, a part is missing, a value sits in the wrong cell, or the total is out of date.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 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

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
  • 0070Total number of executive directors per age category

Columns

  • 0010<30
  • 002030-40
  • 003041-50
  • 004051-60
  • 005061-70
  • 0060>70

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

Illustrative values
Executive directors (excluding CEO), female1,200
Executive directors (excluding CEO), non-binary800
CEO, non-binary450
CEO, male300
CEO, female150
Executive directors (excluding CEO), male100
Together3,000
What the rule then expects

Total number of executive directors per age category 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, as written out for the first of its checks. Cells are written as {template, row, column, sheet}.

{R_14.00,r0070,c0010,} = sum({R_14.00,r0050,c0010,},{R_14.00,r0060,c0010,},{R_14.00,r0030,c0010,},{R_14.00,r0010,c0010,},{R_14.00,r0020,c0010,},{R_14.00,r0040,c0010,})

The next five:

{R_14.00,r0070,c0020,} = sum({R_14.00,r0030,c0020,},{R_14.00,r0060,c0020,},{R_14.00,r0010,c0020,},{R_14.00,r0050,c0020,},{R_14.00,r0020,c0020,},{R_14.00,r0040,c0020,}){R_14.00,r0070,c0030,} = sum({R_14.00,r0040,c0030,},{R_14.00,r0050,c0030,},{R_14.00,r0010,c0030,},{R_14.00,r0060,c0030,},{R_14.00,r0030,c0030,},{R_14.00,r0020,c0030,}){R_14.00,r0070,c0050,} = sum({R_14.00,r0030,c0050,},{R_14.00,r0050,c0050,},{R_14.00,r0020,c0050,},{R_14.00,r0040,c0050,},{R_14.00,r0010,c0050,},{R_14.00,r0060,c0050,}){R_14.00,r0070,c0040,} = sum({R_14.00,r0040,c0040,},{R_14.00,r0020,c0040,},{R_14.00,r0010,c0040,},{R_14.00,r0050,c0040,},{R_14.00,r0060,c0040,},{R_14.00,r0030,c0040,}){R_14.00,r0070,c0060,} = sum({R_14.00,r0060,c0060,},{R_14.00,r0010,c0060,},{R_14.00,r0020,c0060,},{R_14.00,r0050,c0060,},{R_14.00,r0030,c0060,},{R_14.00,r0040,c0060,})

Every REM diversity rule, by template

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