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The sum of four cells cannot be more than financial guarantees received, maximum amount of the guarantee that can be considered (EBA rule v3078_m)

A warning in the financial reporting return (FINREP 9), on templates F 09.02, loan commitments, financial guarantees and other commitments received and F 18.00.c, information on performing and non-performing exposures (III).

The rule in plain words

These four added up cannot be more than financial guarantees received, maximum amount of the guarantee that can be considered:

  • Debt instruments other than held for trading or trading, financial guarantees received on performing exposures
  • Off-balance sheet exposures, financial guarantees received on performing exposures
  • Debt instruments other than held for trading or trading, financial guarantees received on non-performing exposures
  • Off-balance sheet exposures, financial guarantees received on non-performing exposures
How the Line4 Check report words itShow

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

F_18.00.C: DEBT INSTRUMENTS OTHER THAN HELD FOR TRADING OR TRADING, Financial guarantees received on performing exposures + F_18.00.C: OFF-BALANCE SHEET EXPOSURES, Financial guarantees received on performing exposures + F_18.00.C: DEBT INSTRUMENTS OTHER THAN HELD FOR TRADING OR TRADING, Financial guarantees received on non-performing exposures + F_18.00.C: OFF-BALANCE SHEET EXPOSURES, Financial guarantees received on non-performing exposures <= F_09.02: Financial guarantees received, Maximum amount of the guarantee that can be considered

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 18.00 and F 09.02 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

Loan commitments, financial guarantees and other commitments received (F 09.02)

Row

  • 0080Financial guarantees received

Column

  • 0010Maximum amount of the guarantee that can be considered

Information on performing and non-performing exposures (III) (F 18.00.c)

Rows

  • 0330DEBT INSTRUMENTS OTHER THAN HELD FOR TRADING OR TRADING
  • 0550OFF-BALANCE SHEET EXPOSURES

Columns

  • 0205Financial guarantees received on performing exposures
  • 0210Financial guarantees received on non-performing exposures

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

Illustrative values
Debt instruments other than held for trading or trading, financial guarantees received on performing exposures1,200
Off-balance sheet exposures, financial guarantees received on performing exposures800
Debt instruments other than held for trading or trading, financial guarantees received on non-performing exposures450
Off-balance sheet exposures, financial guarantees received on non-performing exposures300
Together2,750
What the rule then expects

Financial guarantees received, maximum amount of the guarantee that can be considered must then be at least 2,750.

2,750Passes
2,650Fails

A file that reports 2,750 passes. One that reports 2,650 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}.

sum({F_18.00.c,r0330,c0205,},{F_18.00.c,r0550,c0205,},{F_18.00.c,r0330,c0210,},{F_18.00.c,r0550,c0210,}) <= {F_09.02,r0080,c0010,}

Every FINREP 9 rule, by template

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