2 min readBlockingEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Debt securities: general governments, gross carrying amount or nominal amount must equal a calculation over four cells (EBA rule v5172_m)

A blocking check in the financial reporting return (FINREP 9), on templates F 04.02.1, breakdown of financial assets by instrument and by counterparty sector: non-trading financial assets mandatorily at fair value through profit or loss, F 04.02.2, breakdown of financial assets by instrument and by counterparty sector: financial assets designated at fair value through profit or loss and F 18.00.a, information on performing and non-performing exposures (I).

The rule in plain words

For general governments: gross carrying amount or nominal amount must equal these four worked out:

  • Carrying amount in F 04.02.1
  • Minus accumulated negative changes in fair value due to credit risk on non-performing exposures in F 04.02.1
  • Carrying amount in F 04.02.2
  • Minus accumulated negative changes in fair value due to credit risk on non-performing exposures in F 04.02.2
How the Line4 Check report words itShow

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

F_18.00.A: General governments, Gross carrying amount/Nominal amount = F_04.02.1: General governments, Carrying amount - F_04.02.1: General governments, Accumulated negative changes in fair value due to credit risk on non-performing exposures + F_04.02.2: General governments, Carrying amount - F_04.02.2: General governments, Accumulated negative changes in fair value due to credit risk on non-performing exposures

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the templates below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Work out both sides from your file, as the rule in plain words sets out, and compare them.
  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 18.00 and F 04.02.1 or F 04.02.2 as reported.
  5. 05This is a blocking check. A filing that fails it is normally rejected, so fix it before you submit.

The cells it reads

Breakdown of financial assets by instrument and by counterparty sector: non-trading financial assets mandatorily at fair value through profit or loss (F 04.02.1)

Row

  • 0070General governments

Columns

  • 0010Carrying amount
  • 0020Accumulated negative changes in fair value due to credit risk on non-performing exposures

Breakdown of financial assets by instrument and by counterparty sector: financial assets designated at fair value through profit or loss (F 04.02.2)

Row

  • 0080General governments

Columns

  • 0010Carrying amount
  • 0020Accumulated negative changes in fair value due to credit risk on non-performing exposures

Information on performing and non-performing exposures (I) (F 18.00.a)

Row

  • 0213General governments

Column

  • 0010Gross carrying amount/Nominal amount

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

Illustrative values
General governments, carrying amount in F 04.02.11,200
General governments, accumulated negative changes in fair value due to credit risk on non-performing exposures in F 04.02.1 (taken away)800
General governments, carrying amount in F 04.02.2450
General governments, accumulated negative changes in fair value due to credit risk on non-performing exposures in F 04.02.2 (taken away)300
Together550
What the rule then expects

General governments, gross carrying amount or nominal amount must then be 550.

550Passes
650Fails

A file that reports 550 passes. One that reports 650 fails, by 100.

The numbers are illustrative, reported to the unit, so the rounding tolerance does not change the result.

Show the rule as writtenShow

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

{F_18.00.a,r0213,c0010,} = {F_04.02.1,r0070,c0010,} - {F_04.02.1,r0070,c0020,} + {F_04.02.2,r0080,c0010,} - {F_04.02.2,r0080,c0020,}

Every FINREP 9 rule, by template

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