1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

A balancing check across asset encumbrance and asset encumbrance: sources of encumbrance (F 36.02.a, F 32.04.b, EBA rule v2938_m)

A warning in the asset encumbrance return (AE), on templates F 32.04.b, asset encumbrance: sources of encumbrance (b) and F 36.02.a, asset encumbrance: Advance template for colllateral and own debt secrities issued other than covered bonds or ABSs (a).

The rule in plain words

Over-the-counter derivatives. encumbered collateral received, total minus over-the-counter derivatives. encumbered collateral received, own debt securities issued other than own covered bonds or securitisations must equal over-the-Counter, collateral received re-used.

The headline gives only the kind of check and the template, because the rule is too long to say in a headline. The plain words above say all of it.

How the Line4 Check report words itShow

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

F_36.02.A: Over-the-counter derivatives. Encumbered collateral received, Total - F_36.02.A: Over-the-counter derivatives. Encumbered collateral received, Own debt securities issued other than own covered bonds or securitisations = F_32.04.B: Of which: Over-The-Counter, Of which: collateral received re-used

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the templates below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Work out both sides from your file, as the rule in plain words sets out, and compare them.
  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 36.02 and 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 (b) (F 32.04.b)

Row

  • 0030Of which: Over-The-Counter

Column

  • 0040Of which: collateral received re-used

Asset encumbrance: Advance template for colllateral and own debt secrities issued other than covered bonds or ABSs (a) (F 36.02.a)

Row

  • 0050Over-the-counter derivatives. Encumbered collateral received

Columns

  • 0180Own debt securities issued other than own covered bonds or securitisations
  • 0190Total

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

Illustrative values
Over-the-counter derivatives. encumbered collateral received, total1,200
Over-the-counter derivatives. encumbered collateral received, own debt securities issued other than own covered bonds or securitisations (taken away)800
Together400
What the rule then expects

Over-the-Counter, collateral received re-used must then be 400.

400Passes
500Fails

A file that reports 400 passes. One that reports 500 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_36.02.a,r0050,c0190,} - {F_36.02.a,r0050,c0180,} = {F_32.04.b,r0030,c0040,}

Every AE rule, by template

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