1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

With a credit assessment by a nominated ECAI cannot be negative (C 07.00.a, EBA rule v23784_s)

A warning in the own funds and capital requirements return (COREP own funds), on template C 07.00.a, credit and counterparty credit risks and free deliveries: standardised approach to capital requirements.

The rule in plain words

With a credit assessment by a nominated ECAI cannot be negative.

EBA checks it for 29 rows, from total exposures (0010) to fall-back approach (0283). That makes 29 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: with a credit assessment by a nominated ECAI: 150% >= 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 C 07.00 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

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

Rows

  • 0010TOTAL EXPOSURES
  • 01400%
  • 01502%
  • 01604%
  • 017010%
  • 018020%
  • 018530%
  • 019035%
  • 019540%
  • 019645%
  • 020050%
  • 020560%
  • 021070%
  • 022075%
  • 022580%
  • 022690%
  • 0230100%
  • 0231105%
  • 0232110%
  • 0235130%
  • 0240150%
  • 0250250%
  • 0260370%
  • 0265400%
  • 02701250%
  • 0280Other risk weights
  • 0281Look-through approach
  • 0282Mandate-based approach
  • 0283Fall-back approach

Column

  • 0230Of which: with a credit assessment by a nominated ECAI

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

What the rule then expects

150%, with a credit assessment by a nominated ECAI 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}.

{C_07.00.a,r0240,c0230,} >= 0

The next five:

{C_07.00.a,r0250,c0230,} >= 0{C_07.00.a,r0231,c0230,} >= 0{C_07.00.a,r0190,c0230,} >= 0{C_07.00.a,r0260,c0230,} >= 0{C_07.00.a,r0195,c0230,} >= 0

And 23 more, the same formula for the other cells it covers.

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.