1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

None of the 200 values it checks in market risk: standardised approach for position risk in equities can be negative (C 21.00, EBA rule v3781_s)

A warning in the own funds and capital requirements return (COREP own funds), on template C 21.00, market risk: standardised approach for position risk in equities.

The rule in plain words

None of the values it checks in market risk: standardised approach for position risk in equities can be negative.

EBA checks it for two columns: long and short. And for four rows: general risk, exchange traded stock-index futures broadly diversified subject to particular approach, other equities than exchange traded stock-index futures broadly diversified and specific risk. And on 25 sheets, from total (0001) to euro area (0044). That makes 200 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.

Long: Exchange traded stock-index futures broadly diversified subject to particular approach, Russian Federation >= 0

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the template below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Look for a value with the wrong sign in these cells, such as an amount entered as a negative number.
  3. 03EBA compares the values exactly here: there is no rounding tolerance.
  4. 04It runs only when your filing indicators mark C 21.00 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

Market risk: standardised approach for position risk in equities (C 21.00)

Rows

  • 0020General risk
  • 0030Exchange traded stock-index futures broadly diversified subject to particular approach
  • 0040Other equities than exchange traded stock-index futures broadly diversified
  • 0050Specific risk

Columns

  • 0030Long
  • 0040Short

Sheets

  • 0001Total
  • 0004Bulgaria
  • 0006Czech Republic
  • 0007Denmark
  • 0013Hungary
  • 0021Poland
  • 0023Romania
  • 0027Sweden
  • 0028United Kingdom
  • 0029Albania
  • 0030Japan
  • 0031Macedonia
  • 0032Russian Federation
  • 0033Serbia
  • 0034Switzerland
  • 0035Turkey
  • 0036Ukraine
  • 0037USA
  • 0038Norway
  • 0039Egypt
  • 0040Iceland
  • 0041Liechtenstein
  • 0042Other
  • 0043Croatia
  • 0044Euro Area

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

What the rule then expects

Exchange traded stock-index futures broadly diversified subject to particular approach, long must then be at least 0.

0Passes
-100Fails

A file that reports 0 passes. One that reports -100 fails, by 100.

The numbers are illustrative.

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}.

{C_21.00,r0030,c0030,s0032} >= 0

The next five:

{C_21.00,r0020,c0030,s0001} >= 0{C_21.00,r0040,c0030,s0040} >= 0{C_21.00,r0040,c0030,s0043} >= 0{C_21.00,r0050,c0040,s0027} >= 0{C_21.00,r0050,c0040,s0028} >= 0

And 194 more, the same formula for the other cells it covers.

Every COREP own funds rule, by template

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