1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

An upper-limit check across asset encumbrance and asset encumbrance: sources of encumbrance (F 36.02.a, F 32.04.b, EBA rule v2940_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

Repurchase agreements. encumbered collateral received, total minus repurchase agreements. encumbered collateral received, own debt securities issued other than own covered bonds or securitisations cannot be more than repurchase agreements, 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: Repurchase agreements. Encumbered collateral received, Total - F_36.02.A: Repurchase agreements. Encumbered collateral received, Own debt securities issued other than own covered bonds or securitisations <= F_32.04.B: Repurchase agreements, 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. 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 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

  • 0050Repurchase agreements

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

  • 0070Repurchase agreements. 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
Repurchase agreements. encumbered collateral received, total1,200
Repurchase agreements. encumbered collateral received, own debt securities issued other than own covered bonds or securitisations (taken away)800
Together400
What the rule then expects

Repurchase agreements, collateral received re-used must then be at least 400.

400Passes
300Fails

A file that reports 400 passes. One that reports 300 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,r0070,c0190,} - {F_36.02.a,r0070,c0180,} <= {F_32.04.b,r0050,c0040,}

Every AE rule, by template

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