1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Central banks cannot be more than collateralised deposits other than repurchase agreements (F 32.04.a, EBA rule v2845_m)

A warning in the asset encumbrance return (AE), on template F 32.04.a, asset encumbrance: sources of encumbrance (a).

The rule in plain words

Central banks cannot be more than collateralised deposits other than repurchase agreements.

All the values are in the matching liabilities, contingent liabilities or securities lent column (0010) of F 32.04.a.

How the Line4 Check report words itShow

Word for word as the report shows it when the rule fails.

Matching liabilities, contingent liabilities or securities lent: Of which: central banks <= Collateralised deposits other than repurchase agreements

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the template below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Compare the values in your file. If the first is bigger than it may be, one of them is wrong: check both before you change either.
  3. 03EBA allows a small rounding difference, worked out from the decimals each value is reported with.
  4. 04It runs only when your filing indicators mark F 32.04 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

Asset encumbrance: sources of encumbrance (a) (F 32.04.a)

Rows

  • 0070Collateralised deposits other than repurchase agreements
  • 0080Of which: central banks

Column

  • 0010Matching liabilities, contingent liabilities or securities lent

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

Illustrative values
central banks1,200
What the rule then expects

Collateralised deposits other than repurchase agreements must then be at least 1,200.

1,200Passes
1,100Fails

A file that reports 1,200 passes. One that reports 1,100 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. Cells are written as {template, row, column, sheet}.

{F_32.04.a,r0080,c0010,} <= {F_32.04.a,r0070,c0010,}

Every AE rule, by template

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