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1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Debt instruments valued at cost or at amortised cost: debt securities must equal the sum of its five parts (F 19.00.a, EBA rule v3092_m)

A warning in the financial reporting return (FINREP 9), on template F 19.00.a, information on forborne exposures (I).

Check your file against this ruleWhat to do if it fails

The rule in plain words

For debt instruments valued at cost or at amortised cost: debt securities must equal these five added up:

  • General governments
  • Credit institutions
  • Non-financial corporations
  • Central banks
  • Other financial corporations

EBA checks it for eleven columns, from gross carrying amount / nominal amount of exposures with forbearance measures (0010) to forbearance of exposures non-performing prior to forbearance (0110). That makes eleven 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.

Refinancing: Debt securities = General governments + Credit institutions + Non-financial corporations + Central banks + Other financial corporations

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  3. 03If they differ, a part is missing, a value sits in the wrong cell, or the total is out of date.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 19.00 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 forborne exposures (I) (F 19.00.a)

Rows

  • 0010Debt securities
  • 0020Central banks
  • 0030General governments
  • 0040Credit institutions
  • 0050Other financial corporations
  • 0060Non-financial corporations

Columns

  • 0010Gross carrying amount / nominal amount of exposures with forbearance measures
  • 0020Performing exposures with forbearance measures
  • 0030Instruments with modifications in their terms and conditions
  • 0040Refinancing
  • 0050of which: Performing forborne exposures under probation reclassified from non-performing
  • 0060Non-performing exposures with forbearance measures
  • 0070Instruments with modifications in their terms and conditions
  • 0080Refinancing
  • 0090of which: Defaulted
  • 0100of which: Impaired
  • 0110of which: Forbearance of exposures non-performing prior to forbearance

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

Illustrative values
General governments1,200
Credit institutions800
Non-financial corporations450
Central banks300
Other financial corporations150
Together2,900
What the rule then expects

Debt securities must then be 2,900.

2,900Passes
3,000Fails

A file that reports 2,900 passes. One that reports 3,000 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_19.00.a,r0010,c0040,} = sum({F_19.00.a,r0030,c0040,},{F_19.00.a,r0040,c0040,},{F_19.00.a,r0060,c0040,},{F_19.00.a,r0020,c0040,},{F_19.00.a,r0050,c0040,})

The next five:

{F_19.00.a,r0010,c0090,} = sum({F_19.00.a,r0050,c0090,},{F_19.00.a,r0020,c0090,},{F_19.00.a,r0030,c0090,},{F_19.00.a,r0040,c0090,},{F_19.00.a,r0060,c0090,}){F_19.00.a,r0010,c0030,} = sum({F_19.00.a,r0060,c0030,},{F_19.00.a,r0020,c0030,},{F_19.00.a,r0030,c0030,},{F_19.00.a,r0050,c0030,},{F_19.00.a,r0040,c0030,}){F_19.00.a,r0010,c0020,} = sum({F_19.00.a,r0060,c0020,},{F_19.00.a,r0020,c0020,},{F_19.00.a,r0040,c0020,},{F_19.00.a,r0050,c0020,},{F_19.00.a,r0030,c0020,}){F_19.00.a,r0010,c0100,} = sum({F_19.00.a,r0050,c0100,},{F_19.00.a,r0020,c0100,},{F_19.00.a,r0040,c0100,},{F_19.00.a,r0030,c0100,},{F_19.00.a,r0060,c0100,}){F_19.00.a,r0010,c0050,} = sum({F_19.00.a,r0040,c0050,},{F_19.00.a,r0050,c0050,},{F_19.00.a,r0020,c0050,},{F_19.00.a,r0030,c0050,},{F_19.00.a,r0060,c0050,})

And 5 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.