1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

None of the 70 values it checks in breakdown of collateral and guarantees can be negative (F 13.01, EBA rule v3940_s)

A warning in the financial reporting return (FINREP 9), on template F 13.01, breakdown of collateral and guarantees by loans and advances other than held for trading.

The rule in plain words

None of the values it checks in breakdown of collateral and guarantees can be negative.

EBA checks it for seven columns: residential immovable property, commercial immovable property, cash, deposits, [debt securities issued], movable property, equity and debt securities, rest, and financial guarantees received. And for ten rows, from loans and advances (0010) to credit for consumption (0060). That makes 70 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.

Rest: Of which: Commercial Real Estate (CRE) loans to small and medium-sized enterprises >= 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 13.01 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 collateral and guarantees by loans and advances other than held for trading (F 13.01)

Rows

  • 0010Loans and advances
  • 0015Of which: Non-performing
  • 0020Of which: Other financial corporations
  • 0030Of which: Non-financial corporations
  • 0035Of which: Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)
  • 0036Of which: Commercial Real Estate (CRE) loans to small and medium-sized enterprises
  • 0037Of which: Commercial Real Estate (CRE) loans to non-financial corporations other than SMEs
  • 0040Of which: Households
  • 0050Of which: Lending for house purchase
  • 0060Of which: Credit for consumption

Columns

  • 0010Residential immovable property
  • 0020Commercial immovable property
  • 0030Cash, deposits, [debt securities issued]
  • 0031Movable property
  • 0032Equity and debt securities
  • 0041Rest
  • 0050Financial guarantees received

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

What the rule then expects

Commercial Real Estate (CRE) loans to small and medium-sized enterprises, rest 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_13.01,r0036,c0041,} >= 0

The next five:

{F_13.01,r0050,c0030,} >= 0{F_13.01,r0050,c0020,} >= 0{F_13.01,r0015,c0010,} >= 0{F_13.01,r0020,c0010,} >= 0{F_13.01,r0037,c0050,} >= 0

And 64 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.