1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Carrying amount cannot be negative (F 21.00, EBA rule v3969_s)

A warning in the financial reporting return (FINREP 9), on template F 21.00, tangible and intangible assets: assets subject to operating lease.

The rule in plain words

Carrying amount cannot be negative.

EBA checks it for nine rows, from property plant and equipment (0010) to cost model (0090). That makes nine 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.

Property plant and equipment >= 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 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

Tangible and intangible assets: assets subject to operating lease (F 21.00)

Rows

  • 0010Property plant and equipment
  • 0020revaluation model
  • 0030cost model
  • 0040Investment property
  • 0050fair value model
  • 0060cost model
  • 0070Other intangible assets
  • 0080revaluation model
  • 0090cost model

Column

  • 0010Carrying amount

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

What the rule then expects

Property plant and equipment 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_21.00,r0010,c0010,} >= 0

The next five:

{F_21.00,r0080,c0010,} >= 0{F_21.00,r0070,c0010,} >= 0{F_21.00,r0020,c0010,} >= 0{F_21.00,r0060,c0010,} >= 0{F_21.00,r0030,c0010,} >= 0

And 3 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.