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1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Total number of non-executive directors by gender must equal the sum of its six parts (EBA rule v22574_m)

A warning in the diversity benchmarking return (REM diversity), on template R 16.00, non executive directors age and gender.

Check your file against this ruleWhat to do if it fails

The rule in plain words

Total number of non-executive directors by gender must equal these six added up:

  • 30-40
  • >70
  • 61-70
  • <30
  • 41-50
  • 51-60

EBA checks it for ten rows, from chairperson, male (0010) to total number of non-executive directors by age category (0100). That makes ten 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.

Chairperson, female, Total number of non-executive directors by gender = Chairperson, female, 30-40 + Chairperson, female, >70 + Chairperson, female, 61-70 + Chairperson, female, <30 + Chairperson, female, 41-50 + Chairperson, female, 51-60

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  3. 03If they differ, a part is missing, a value sits in the wrong cell, or the total is out of date.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 16.00 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

Non executive directors age and gender (R 16.00)

Rows

  • 0010Chairperson, male
  • 0020Chairperson, female
  • 0030Chairperson, non-binary
  • 0040Non-executive directors, male
  • 0050Non-executive directors, female
  • 0060Non-executive directors, non-binary
  • 0070Employee representatives, male
  • 0080Employee representatives, female
  • 0090Employee representatives, non-binary
  • 0100Total number of non-executive directors by age category

Columns

  • 0010<30
  • 002030-40
  • 003041-50
  • 004051-60
  • 005061-70
  • 0060>70
  • 0070Total number of non-executive directors by gender

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

Illustrative values
30-401,200
>70800
61-70450
<30300
41-50150
51-60100
Together3,000
What the rule then expects

Total number of non-executive directors by gender 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_16.00,r0020,c0070,} = sum({R_16.00,r0020,c0020,},{R_16.00,r0020,c0060,},{R_16.00,r0020,c0050,},{R_16.00,r0020,c0010,},{R_16.00,r0020,c0030,},{R_16.00,r0020,c0040,})

The next five:

{R_16.00,r0070,c0070,} = sum({R_16.00,r0070,c0050,},{R_16.00,r0070,c0020,},{R_16.00,r0070,c0040,},{R_16.00,r0070,c0010,},{R_16.00,r0070,c0030,},{R_16.00,r0070,c0060,}){R_16.00,r0060,c0070,} = sum({R_16.00,r0060,c0030,},{R_16.00,r0060,c0020,},{R_16.00,r0060,c0010,},{R_16.00,r0060,c0040,},{R_16.00,r0060,c0060,},{R_16.00,r0060,c0050,}){R_16.00,r0010,c0070,} = sum({R_16.00,r0010,c0060,},{R_16.00,r0010,c0010,},{R_16.00,r0010,c0040,},{R_16.00,r0010,c0050,},{R_16.00,r0010,c0020,},{R_16.00,r0010,c0030,}){R_16.00,r0030,c0070,} = sum({R_16.00,r0030,c0050,},{R_16.00,r0030,c0060,},{R_16.00,r0030,c0040,},{R_16.00,r0030,c0010,},{R_16.00,r0030,c0030,},{R_16.00,r0030,c0020,}){R_16.00,r0080,c0070,} = sum({R_16.00,r0080,c0030,},{R_16.00,r0080,c0060,},{R_16.00,r0080,c0010,},{R_16.00,r0080,c0050,},{R_16.00,r0080,c0020,},{R_16.00,r0080,c0040,})

And 4 more, the same formula for the other cells it covers.

Every REM diversity rule, by template

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