1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Amount cannot be negative (EBA rule v22701_s)

A warning in the diversity benchmarking return (REM diversity), on template R 13.00.b, corporate information.

The rule in plain words

Amount cannot be negative.

EBA checks it for five rows: number of executive directors (including the CEO), number of non-executive directors (including the chairperson, excluding employee representatives), employee representatives that are members of the management body, total on balance sheet assets in Euro (individual basis) and total own funds in Euro (individual basis). That makes five 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.

Number of executive directors (including the CEO) >= 0

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the template below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Look for a value with the wrong sign in these cells, such as an amount entered as a negative number.
  3. 03EBA compares the values exactly here: there is no rounding tolerance.
  4. 04It runs only when your filing indicators mark R 13.00 or R 13.00 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)

Rows

  • 0040Number of executive directors (including the CEO)
  • 0050Number of non-executive directors (including the chairperson, excluding employee representatives)
  • 0060Employee representatives that are members of the management body
  • 0070Total on balance sheet assets in Euro (individual basis)
  • 0080Total own funds in Euro (individual basis)

Column

  • 0020Amount

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

What the rule then expects

Number of executive directors (including the CEO) must then be at least 0.

0Passes
-100Fails

A file that reports 0 passes. One that reports -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_13.00.b,r0040,c0020,} >= 0

The next four:

{R_13.00.b,r0050,c0020,} >= 0{R_13.00.b,r0060,c0020,} >= 0{R_13.00.b,r0070,c0020,} >= 0{R_13.00.b,r0080,c0020,} >= 0

Every REM diversity rule, by template

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