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1 min readSwitched off by EBAEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Target expressed as minimum headcount in the diversity policy (number of members), executive directors cannot be negative (EBA rule v22726_s)

A check in the diversity benchmarking return (REM diversity), on template R 22.02, diversity policy, Quantitative targets set within the diversity policy.

EBA switched this rule off in its 4.2 severity package (January 2026), so it does not run on reporting framework 4.2 filings. EBA's list of validation rules of 12 October 2026 still has it switched off. Line4 Check does not run it either.

The rule in plain words

Target expressed as minimum headcount in the diversity policy (number of members), executive directors cannot be negative.

EBA writes it out eight times. These words are for the first; the others are the same rule on other cells.

The template it checks

Diversity policy, Quantitative targets set within the diversity policy (R 22.02)

Row

  • 0020Target expressed as minimum headcount in the diversity policy (number of members)

Column

  • 0010Executive directors
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_22.02,r0020,c0010,} >= 0

And 7 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.