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

Depreciation must equal goodwill (EBA rule v23836_h)

A check in the financial reporting return (FINREP 9), on template F 02.00, statement of profit or loss.

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

Depreciation must equal goodwill.

All the values are in the current period column (0010) of F 02.00.

The template it checks

Statement of profit or loss (F 02.00)

Rows

  • 0390(Depreciation)
  • 0415(Goodwill)

Column

  • 0010Current period
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EBA's formula. Cells are written as {template, row, column, sheet}.

{F_02.00,r0390,c0010,} = {F_02.00,r0415,c0010,}

Every FINREP 9 rule, by template

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