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2 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Each of the 312 values it checks in information on performing and non-performing exposures (II) cannot be more than zero (F 18.00.b, EBA rule v23161_s)

A warning in the financial reporting return (FINREP 9), on template F 18.00.b, information on performing and non-performing exposures (II).

Check your file against this ruleWhat to do if it fails

The rule in plain words

Each of the values it checks in information on performing and non-performing exposures (II) cannot be more than zero.

EBA checks it for eight columns: performing exposures - accumulated impairment and provisions, instruments without significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition (Stage 1), instruments with significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition but not credit-impaired (Stage 2) (0142), purchased or originated credit-impaired financial assets (0143), past due > 30 days <= 90 days, instruments with significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition but not credit-impaired (Stage 2) (0950), credit-impaired instruments (Stage 3), and purchased or originated credit-impaired financial assets (0952). And for 39 rows, from cash balances at central banks and other demand deposits (0005) to credit for consumption (0913). That makes 312 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.

Of which: Instruments with significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition but not credit-impaired (Stage 2): Other financial corporations <= 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 F 18.00 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

Information on performing and non-performing exposures (II) (F 18.00.b)

Rows

  • 0005Cash balances at central banks and other demand deposits
  • 0010Debt securities
  • 0020Central banks
  • 0030General governments
  • 0040Credit institutions
  • 0050Other financial corporations
  • 0060Non-financial corporations
  • 0070Loans and advances
  • 0080Central banks
  • 0090General governments
  • 0100Credit institutions
  • 0110Other financial corporations
  • 0120Non-financial corporations
  • 0130Of which: Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
  • 0140Of which: Loans collateralised by commercial immovable property
  • 0150Households
  • 0160Of which: Loans collateralised by residential immovable property
  • 0170Of which: Credit for consumption
  • 0180DEBT INSTRUMENTS AT COST OR AT AMORTISED COST
  • 0181Debt securities
  • 0182Central banks
  • 0183General governments
  • 0184Credit institutions
  • 0185Other financial corporations
  • 0186Non-financial corporations
  • 0191Loans and advances
  • 0192Central banks
  • 0193General governments
  • 0194Credit institutions
  • 0195Other financial corporations
  • 0196Non-financial corporations
  • 0197Households
  • 0201DEBT INSTRUMENTS AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME OR THROUGH EQUITY SUBJECT TO IMPAIRMENT
  • 0330DEBT INSTRUMENTS OTHER THAN HELD FOR TRADING OR TRADING
  • 0335DEBT INSTRUMENTS HELD FOR SALE
  • 0900Of which: Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
  • 0903Of which: Loans collateralised by commercial immovable property
  • 0910Of which: Loans collateralised by residential immovable property
  • 0913Of which: Credit for consumption

Columns

  • 0140Performing exposures - Accumulated impairment and provisions
  • 0141Of which: Instruments without significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition (Stage 1)
  • 0142Of which: Instruments with significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition but not credit-impaired (Stage 2)
  • 0143Of which: purchased or originated credit-impaired financial assets
  • 0910of which: Past due > 30 days <= 90 days
  • 0950Of which: Instruments with significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition but not credit-impaired (Stage 2)
  • 0951Of which: Credit-impaired instruments (Stage 3)
  • 0952Of which: purchased or originated credit-impaired financial assets

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

What the rule then expects

Other financial corporations, instruments with significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition but not credit-impaired (Stage 2) can then be at most 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}.

{F_18.00.b,r0195,c0142,} <= 0

The next five:

{F_18.00.b,r0910,c0910,} <= 0{F_18.00.b,r0913,c0140,} <= 0{F_18.00.b,r0184,c0910,} <= 0{F_18.00.b,r0910,c0142,} <= 0{F_18.00.b,r0194,c0142,} <= 0

And 306 more, the same formula for the other cells it covers.

Every FINREP 9 rule, by template

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