1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Applicable limit must be more than zero (EBA rule v4890_m)

A warning in the large exposures return (COREP LE), on template C 26.00, large exposures limits.

The rule in plain words

Applicable limit must be more than zero.

EBA checks it for four rows: non institutions, institutions, institutions in % and globally systemic Important institutions (G-SIIs). That makes four 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.

Non institutions > 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 C 26.00 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

Large exposures limits (C 26.00)

Rows

  • 010Non institutions
  • 020Institutions
  • 030Institutions in %
  • 040Globally Systemic Important Institutions (G-SIIs)

Column

  • 010Applicable limit

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

What the rule then expects

Non institutions must then be more than 0.

100Passes
0Fails

A file that reports 100 passes. One that reports 0 fails.

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}.

{C_26.00,r010,c010,} > 0

The next three:

{C_26.00,r030,c010,} > 0{C_26.00,r020,c010,} > 0{C_26.00,r040,c010,} > 0

Every COREP LE rule, by template

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