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2 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Non-performing exposures, accumulated impairment, accumulated negative changes in fair value due to credit risk and provisions must equal the sum of its seven parts (EBA rule v2705_m)

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

Non-performing exposures - accumulated impairment, accumulated negative changes in fair value due to credit risk and provisions must equal these seven added up:

  • Past due > 5 years <= 7 years
  • Past due > 1 year <= 2 years
  • Past due > 180 days <= 1 year
  • Past due > 7 years
  • Past due > 90 days <= 180 days
  • Past due > 2 years <= 5 years
  • Unlikely to pay that are not past-due or past-due <= 90 days

EBA checks it for 57 rows, from cash balances at central banks and other demand deposits (0005) to credit for consumption (0933). That makes 57 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.

DEBT INSTRUMENTS AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME OR THROUGH EQUITY SUBJECT TO IMPAIRMENT, Non-performing exposures - Accumulated impairment, accumulated negative changes in fair value due to credit risk and provisions = DEBT INSTRUMENTS AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME OR THROUGH EQUITY SUBJECT TO IMPAIRMENT, Past due > 5 years <= 7 years + DEBT INSTRUMENTS AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME OR THROUGH EQUITY SUBJECT TO IMPAIRMENT, Past due > 1 year <= 2 years + DEBT INSTRUMENTS AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME OR THROUGH EQUITY SUBJECT TO IMPAIRMENT, Past due > 180 days <= 1 year + DEBT INSTRUMENTS AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME OR THROUGH EQUITY SUBJECT TO IMPAIRMENT, Past due > 7 years + DEBT INSTRUMENTS AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME OR THROUGH EQUITY SUBJECT TO IMPAIRMENT, Past due > 90 days <= 180 days + DEBT INSTRUMENTS AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME OR THROUGH EQUITY SUBJECT TO IMPAIRMENT, Past due > 2 years <= 5 years + DEBT INSTRUMENTS AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME OR THROUGH EQUITY SUBJECT TO IMPAIRMENT, Unlikely to pay that are not past-due or past-due <= 90 days

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the template below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Add up the parts in your file and compare the result with the total.
  3. 03If they differ, a part is missing, a value sits in the wrong cell, or the total is out of date.
  4. 04EBA allows a small rounding difference, worked out from the decimals each value is reported with.
  5. 05It runs only when your filing indicators mark F 18.00 as reported.
  6. 06This 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
  • 0211Debt securities
  • 0212Central banks
  • 0213General governments
  • 0214Credit institutions
  • 0215Other financial corporations
  • 0216Non-financial corporations
  • 0221Loans and advances

And 17 more.

Columns

  • 0150Non-performing exposures - Accumulated impairment, accumulated negative changes in fair value due to credit risk and provisions
  • 0160Unlikely to pay that are not past-due or past-due <= 90 days
  • 0170Past due > 90 days <= 180 days
  • 0180Past due > 180 days <= 1 year
  • 0191Past due > 1 year <= 2 years
  • 0192Past due > 2 years <= 5 years
  • 0196Past due > 5 years <= 7 years
  • 0197Past due > 7 years

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

Illustrative values
Past due > 5 years <= 7 years1,200
Past due > 1 year <= 2 years800
Past due > 180 days <= 1 year450
Past due > 7 years300
Past due > 90 days <= 180 days150
Past due > 2 years <= 5 years100
Unlikely to pay that are not past-due or past-due <= 90 days60
Together3,060
What the rule then expects

Non-performing exposures - accumulated impairment, accumulated negative changes in fair value due to credit risk and provisions must then be 3,060.

3,060Passes
3,160Fails

A file that reports 3,060 passes. One that reports 3,160 fails, by 100.

The numbers are illustrative, reported to the unit, so the rounding tolerance does not change the result.

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,r0201,c0150,} = sum({F_18.00.b,r0201,c0196,},{F_18.00.b,r0201,c0191,},{F_18.00.b,r0201,c0180,},{F_18.00.b,r0201,c0197,},{F_18.00.b,r0201,c0170,},{F_18.00.b,r0201,c0192,},{F_18.00.b,r0201,c0160,})

The next five:

{F_18.00.b,r0150,c0150,} = sum({F_18.00.b,r0150,c0192,},{F_18.00.b,r0150,c0180,},{F_18.00.b,r0150,c0191,},{F_18.00.b,r0150,c0170,},{F_18.00.b,r0150,c0197,},{F_18.00.b,r0150,c0196,},{F_18.00.b,r0150,c0160,}){F_18.00.b,r0195,c0150,} = sum({F_18.00.b,r0195,c0180,},{F_18.00.b,r0195,c0192,},{F_18.00.b,r0195,c0196,},{F_18.00.b,r0195,c0160,},{F_18.00.b,r0195,c0191,},{F_18.00.b,r0195,c0170,},{F_18.00.b,r0195,c0197,}){F_18.00.b,r0184,c0150,} = sum({F_18.00.b,r0184,c0180,},{F_18.00.b,r0184,c0196,},{F_18.00.b,r0184,c0197,},{F_18.00.b,r0184,c0170,},{F_18.00.b,r0184,c0160,},{F_18.00.b,r0184,c0191,},{F_18.00.b,r0184,c0192,}){F_18.00.b,r0160,c0150,} = sum({F_18.00.b,r0160,c0160,},{F_18.00.b,r0160,c0196,},{F_18.00.b,r0160,c0191,},{F_18.00.b,r0160,c0197,},{F_18.00.b,r0160,c0170,},{F_18.00.b,r0160,c0192,},{F_18.00.b,r0160,c0180,}){F_18.00.b,r0130,c0150,} = sum({F_18.00.b,r0130,c0191,},{F_18.00.b,r0130,c0170,},{F_18.00.b,r0130,c0196,},{F_18.00.b,r0130,c0180,},{F_18.00.b,r0130,c0192,},{F_18.00.b,r0130,c0197,},{F_18.00.b,r0130,c0160,})

And 51 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.