1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

If financial assets held for trading, carrying amount is more than zero, the sum of three columns must be more than zero (EBA rule v4962_m)

A warning in the financial reporting return (FINREP 9), on templates F 01.01, balance sheet statement: assets and F 14.00, fair value hierarchy: financial instruments at fair value.

The rule in plain words

For financial assets held for trading: if carrying amount is more than zero, these three added up must be more than zero:

  • Level 3
  • Level 2
  • Level 1
How the Line4 Check report words itShow

Word for word as the report shows it when the rule fails.

If F_01.01: Financial assets held for trading > 0, then F_14.00: Financial assets held for trading, Level 3 + F_14.00: Financial assets held for trading, Level 2 + F_14.00: Financial assets held for trading, Level 1 > 0

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the templates below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02The check applies only when its first part holds in your file. When it does, the second part must hold too: fix the second part, or correct the first.
  3. 03EBA allows a small rounding difference, worked out from the decimals each value is reported with.
  4. 04It runs only when your filing indicators mark F 01.01 and F 14.00 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

Balance sheet statement: assets (F 01.01)

Row

  • 0050Financial assets held for trading

Column

  • 0010Carrying amount

Fair value hierarchy: financial instruments at fair value (F 14.00)

Row

  • 0010Financial assets held for trading

Columns

  • 0010Level 1
  • 0020Level 2
  • 0030Level 3
Show the rule as writtenShow

EBA's formula. Cells are written as {template, row, column, sheet}.

if ({F_01.01,r0050,c0010,} > 0) then (sum({F_14.00,r0010,c0030,},{F_14.00,r0010,c0020,},{F_14.00,r0010,c0010,}) > 0) else True

Every FINREP 9 rule, by template

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