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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.c, EBA rule v3094_m)

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

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:

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

EBA checks it for two columns: financial guarantees received on exposures with forbearance measures and financial guarantees received on non-performing exposures with forbearance measures. That makes two 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.

Financial guarantees received on exposures with forbearance measures: Debt securities = Credit institutions + Central banks + Other financial corporations + Non-financial corporations + General governments

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  3. 03If they differ, a part is missing, a value sits in the wrong cell, or the total is out of date.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

Rows

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

Columns

  • 0180Financial guarantees received on exposures with forbearance measures
  • 0185Of which: Financial guarantees received on non-performing exposures with forbearance measures

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

Illustrative values
Credit institutions1,200
Central banks800
Other financial corporations450
Non-financial corporations300
General governments150
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.c,r0010,c0180,} = sum({F_19.00.c,r0040,c0180,},{F_19.00.c,r0020,c0180,},{F_19.00.c,r0050,c0180,},{F_19.00.c,r0060,c0180,},{F_19.00.c,r0030,c0180,})

The next one:

{F_19.00.c,r0010,c0185,} = sum({F_19.00.c,r0060,c0185,},{F_19.00.c,r0050,c0185,},{F_19.00.c,r0030,c0185,},{F_19.00.c,r0040,c0185,},{F_19.00.c,r0020,c0185,})

Every FINREP 9 rule, by template

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