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2 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Debt instruments other than held for trading or trading must equal the sum of its three parts (F 18.00.b, EBA rule v2728_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

Debt instruments other than held for trading or trading must equal these three added up:

  • Debt instruments at cost or at amortised cost
  • Debt instruments at fair value through other comprehensive income or through equity subject to impairment
  • Debt instruments at strict LOCOM, or fair value through profit or loss or through equity not subject to impairment

EBA checks it for nine columns, from accumulated impairment, accumulated negative changes in fair value due to credit risk and provisions (0130) to past due > 7 years (0197). That makes nine 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.

Past due > 90 days <= 180 days: DEBT INSTRUMENTS OTHER THAN HELD FOR TRADING OR TRADING = DEBT INSTRUMENTS AT COST OR AT AMORTISED COST + DEBT INSTRUMENTS AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME OR THROUGH EQUITY SUBJECT TO IMPAIRMENT + DEBT INSTRUMENTS AT STRICT LOCOM, OR FAIR VALUE THROUGH PROFIT OR LOSS OR THROUGH EQUITY NOT SUBJECT TO IMPAIRMENT

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  3. 03If they differ, a part is missing, a value sits in the wrong cell, or the total is out of date.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

  • 0180DEBT INSTRUMENTS AT COST OR AT AMORTISED COST
  • 0201DEBT INSTRUMENTS AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME OR THROUGH EQUITY SUBJECT TO IMPAIRMENT
  • 0231DEBT INSTRUMENTS AT STRICT LOCOM, OR FAIR VALUE THROUGH PROFIT OR LOSS OR THROUGH EQUITY NOT SUBJECT TO IMPAIRMENT
  • 0330DEBT INSTRUMENTS OTHER THAN HELD FOR TRADING OR TRADING

Columns

  • 0130Accumulated impairment, accumulated negative changes in fair value due to credit risk and provisions
  • 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
Debt instruments at cost or at amortised cost1,200
Debt instruments at fair value through other comprehensive income or through equity subject to impairment800
Debt instruments at strict LOCOM, or fair value through profit or loss or through equity not subject to impairment450
Together2,450
What the rule then expects

Debt instruments other than held for trading or trading must then be 2,450.

2,450Passes
2,550Fails

A file that reports 2,450 passes. One that reports 2,550 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,r0330,c0170,} = {F_18.00.b,r0180,c0170,} + {F_18.00.b,r0201,c0170,} + {F_18.00.b,r0231,c0170,}

The next five:

{F_18.00.b,r0330,c0160,} = {F_18.00.b,r0180,c0160,} + {F_18.00.b,r0201,c0160,} + {F_18.00.b,r0231,c0160,}{F_18.00.b,r0330,c0191,} = {F_18.00.b,r0180,c0191,} + {F_18.00.b,r0201,c0191,} + {F_18.00.b,r0231,c0191,}{F_18.00.b,r0330,c0150,} = {F_18.00.b,r0180,c0150,} + {F_18.00.b,r0201,c0150,} + {F_18.00.b,r0231,c0150,}{F_18.00.b,r0330,c0196,} = {F_18.00.b,r0180,c0196,} + {F_18.00.b,r0201,c0196,} + {F_18.00.b,r0231,c0196,}{F_18.00.b,r0330,c0180,} = {F_18.00.b,r0180,c0180,} + {F_18.00.b,r0201,c0180,} + {F_18.00.b,r0231,c0180,}

And 3 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.