1 min readSwitched off by EBA on 17 March 2026EBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Specialised lending must equal SME (EBA rule v22955_m)

A check in the own funds and capital requirements return (COREP own funds), on templates C 07.00.a, credit and counterparty credit risks and free deliveries: standardised approach to capital requirements and C 09.01.a, geographical breakdown of exposures by residence of the obligor (SA exposures).

EBA switched this rule off for filings submitted from 17 March 2026, in a quarterly update to its list of validation rules. It no longer applies, so a failure here does not count, and Line4 Check does not run it.

The rule in plain words

Specialised lending must equal SME.

All the values are in the original exposure pre conversion factors column (0010).

The template it checks

Credit and counterparty credit risks and free deliveries: standardised approach to capital requirements (C 07.00.a)

Row

  • 0020of which: SME

Column

  • 0010Original exposure pre conversion factors

Geographical breakdown of exposures by residence of the obligor (SA exposures) (C 09.01.a)

Row

  • 0076of which: Specialised lending

Column

  • 0010ORIGINAL EXPOSURE PRE CONVERSION FACTORS
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EBA's formula. Cells are written as {template, row, column, sheet}.

sum({C_09.01.a,r0076,c0010,}) = sum({C_07.00.a,r0020,c0010,})

Every COREP own funds rule, by template

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