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1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

None of the 40 values it checks in statement of profit or loss can be negative (P 04.01, EBA rule v23164_s)

A warning in the funding plans return (FP), on template P 04.01, statement of profit or loss.

Check your file against this ruleWhat to do if it fails

The rule in plain words

None of the values it checks in statement of profit or loss can be negative.

EBA checks it for four columns: actual current position, planned Year 1 Position, planned Year 2 Position and planned Year 3 Position. And for ten rows, from interest income (010) to depreciation (390). That makes 40 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.

Planned Year 2 Position: (Administrative Expenses) >= 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 P 04.01 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

Statement of profit or loss (P 04.01)

Rows

  • 010Interest income
  • 090(Interest expense)
  • 160Dividend income
  • 200Fee and commission income
  • 210(Fee and commission Expenses)
  • 340Other operating income
  • 360(Administrative Expenses)
  • 370(Staff Expenses)
  • 380(Other administrative Expenses)
  • 390(Depreciation)

Columns

  • 010Actual current position
  • 020Planned Year 1 Position
  • 030Planned Year 2 Position
  • 040Planned Year 3 Position

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

What the rule then expects

(administrative expenses), planned Year 2 Position 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}.

{P_04.01,r360,c030,} >= 0

The next five:

{P_04.01,r210,c020,} >= 0{P_04.01,r090,c040,} >= 0{P_04.01,r360,c040,} >= 0{P_04.01,r340,c020,} >= 0{P_04.01,r380,c030,} >= 0

And 34 more, the same formula for the other cells it covers.

Every FP rule, by template

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