1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Carrying amount cannot be negative (F 04.07, EBA rule v3909_s)

A warning in the financial reporting return (FINREP 9), on template F 04.07, breakdown of financial assets by instrument and by counterparty sector: non-trading non-derivative financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss.

The rule in plain words

Carrying amount cannot be negative.

EBA checks it for 19 rows, from equity instruments (0010) to non-trading non-derivative financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss (0190). That makes 19 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.

Carrying amount: Other financial corporations >= 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 F 04.07 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

Breakdown of financial assets by instrument and by counterparty sector: non-trading non-derivative financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss (F 04.07)

Rows

  • 0010Equity instruments
  • 0020of which: unquoted
  • 0030of which: credit institutions
  • 0040of which: other financial corporations
  • 0050of which: non-financial corporations
  • 0060Debt securities
  • 0070Central banks
  • 0080General governments
  • 0090Credit institutions
  • 0100Other financial corporations
  • 0110Non-financial corporations
  • 0120Loans and advances
  • 0130Central banks
  • 0140General governments
  • 0150Credit institutions
  • 0160Other financial corporations
  • 0170Non-financial corporations
  • 0180Households
  • 0190Non-trading non-derivative financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss

Column

  • 0010Carrying amount

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

What the rule then expects

Other financial corporations, carrying amount 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}.

{F_04.07,r0160,c0010,} >= 0

The next five:

{F_04.07,r0100,c0010,} >= 0{F_04.07,r0010,c0010,} >= 0{F_04.07,r0110,c0010,} >= 0{F_04.07,r0130,c0010,} >= 0{F_04.07,r0070,c0010,} >= 0

And 13 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.