1 min readSwitched off by EBAEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Financial liabilities held for trading cannot be negative (EBA rule v3898_s)

A check in the financial reporting return (FINREP 9), on template F 01.02, balance sheet statement: liabilities.

EBA switched this rule off in its 4.2 severity package (January 2026), so it does not run on reporting framework 4.2 filings. EBA's list of validation rules of 12 October 2026 still has it switched off. Line4 Check does not run it either.

The rule in plain words

Financial liabilities held for trading cannot be negative.

EBA writes it out 41 times. These words are for the first; the others are the same rule on other cells.

The template it checks

Balance sheet statement: liabilities (F 01.02)

Row

  • 0010Financial liabilities held for trading

Column

  • 0010Carrying amount
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_01.02,r0010,c0010,} >= 0

And 40 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.