The rule in plain words
Debt securities must equal these five added up:
- Central banks
- General governments
- Credit institutions
- Other financial corporations
- Non-financial corporations
EBA checks it for two columns: carrying amount and accumulated negative changes in fair value due to credit risk on non-performing exposures. That makes two checks. A failure names the one that failed.
How the Line4 Check report words itShowHide
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.
Carrying amount: Debt securities = Central banks + General governments + Credit institutions + Other financial corporations + Non-financial corporations
What to do if your filing fails it
- 01Open the template below and find the cells the rule reads.
- 02Add up the parts in your file and compare the result with the total.
- 03If they differ, a part is missing, a value sits in the wrong cell, or the total is out of date.
- 04EBA allows a small rounding difference, worked out from the decimals each value is reported with.
- 05It runs only when your filing indicators mark F 04.07 as reported.
- 06This is a blocking check. A filing that fails it is normally rejected, so fix it before you submit.
The cells it reads
Rows
- 0060Debt securities
- 0070Central banks
- 0080General governments
- 0090Credit institutions
- 0100Other financial corporations
- 0110Non-financial corporations
Columns
- 0010Carrying amount
- 0021Accumulated negative changes in fair value due to credit risk on non-performing exposures
A worked example
The first of its checks, with simple numbers.
Debt securities must then be 2,900.
A file that reports 2,900 passes. One that reports 3,000 fails, by 100.
The numbers are illustrative, reported to the unit, so the rounding tolerance does not change the result.
Show the rule as writtenShowHide
EBA's formula, as written out for the first of its checks. Cells are written as {template, row, column, sheet}.
{F_04.07,r0060,c0010,} = {F_04.07,r0070,c0010,} + {F_04.07,r0080,c0010,} + {F_04.07,r0090,c0010,} + {F_04.07,r0100,c0010,} + {F_04.07,r0110,c0010,}The next one:
{F_04.07,r0060,c0021,} = {F_04.07,r0070,c0021,} + {F_04.07,r0080,c0021,} + {F_04.07,r0090,c0021,} + {F_04.07,r0100,c0021,} + {F_04.07,r0110,c0021,}Other rules on F 04.07
- Loans and advances must equal the sum of its six parts (v5036_m)Blocking
- Non-trading non-derivative financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss must equal the sum of its three parts (v5037_m)Blocking
- Non-trading non-derivative financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss must equal the sum of its two parts (v5038_m)Blocking
- Equity instruments cannot be less than the sum of three rows (v5127_m)Blocking
- Debt instruments at strict LOCOM, or fair value through profit or loss or through equity not subject to impairment: debt securities, gross carrying amount or nominal amount must equal a calculation over six cells (v5462_m)Warning
- Debt securities: central banks, gross carrying amount or nominal amount must equal a calculation over six cells (row 0212, v5463_m)Warning
- Debt securities: general governments, gross carrying amount or nominal amount must equal a calculation over six cells (row 0213, v5464_m)Warning
- Debt securities: credit institutions, gross carrying amount or nominal amount must equal a calculation over six cells (row 0214, v5465_m)Warning
Every FINREP 9 rule, by template
Checks like this one, run at the point of submission, are the first step to real-time supervision.