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2 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

None of the 20 values it checks in public sector and central Bank sources of funding can be negative (P 02.02, EBA rule v4397_s)

A warning in the funding plans return (FP), on template P 02.02, public sector and central Bank sources of funding.

Check your file against this ruleWhat to do if it fails

The rule in plain words

None of the values it checks in public sector and central Bank sources of funding can be negative.

EBA checks it for four columns: actual current position, planned Year 1 Position, planned Year 2 Position and planned Year 3 Position. And for five rows: national and supra-national term (less than one year) repo funding programmes, national and supra-national term (equal or greater than one year) repo funding programmes, national and supra-national term (equal or greater than one year) credit guarantee funding programmes, national and supra-national term (equal or greater than one year) credit supply incentive scheme to the real economy - debt issuance support, and national and supra-national term (equal or greater than one year) credit supply scheme to the real economy - loans granted. That makes 20 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.

Planned Year 1 Position: National and supra-national term (equal or greater than one year) repo funding programmes >= 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 P 02.02 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

Public sector and central Bank sources of funding (P 02.02)

Rows

  • 005National and supra-national term (less than one year) repo funding programmes
  • 010National and supra-national term (equal or greater than one year) repo funding programmes
  • 020National and supra-national term (equal or greater than one year) credit guarantee funding programmes
  • 030National and supra-national term (equal or greater than one year) credit supply incentive scheme to the real economy - debt issuance support
  • 040National and supra-national term (equal or greater than one year) credit supply scheme to the real economy - loans granted

Columns

  • 010Actual current position
  • 030Planned Year 1 Position
  • 040Planned Year 2 Position
  • 050Planned Year 3 Position

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

What the rule then expects

National and supra-national term (equal or greater than one year) repo funding programmes, planned Year 1 Position 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}.

{P_02.02,r010,c030,} >= 0

The next five:

{P_02.02,r010,c050,} >= 0{P_02.02,r005,c050,} >= 0{P_02.02,r040,c050,} >= 0{P_02.02,r010,c040,} >= 0{P_02.02,r020,c050,} >= 0

And 14 more, the same formula for the other cells it covers.

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