1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Derivatives: financial assets held for trading and trading must equal gross carrying amount held for trading or trading (all sheets added up) (EBA rule v5352_m)

A warning in the financial reporting return (FINREP 9), on templates F 10.00, derivatives: trading and economic hedges and F 20.04, geographical breakdown of assets by residence of the counterparty.

The rule in plain words

For derivatives: financial assets held for trading and trading must equal gross carrying amount held for trading or trading (all sheets added up).

How the Line4 Check report words itShow

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

F_10.00: Derivatives, Financial assets Held for trading and trading = F_20.04: Derivatives, Of which: held for trading or trading (all sheets added up)

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 10.00 and F 20.04 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

Derivatives: trading and economic hedges (F 10.00)

Row

  • 0290Derivatives

Column

  • 0010Financial assets Held for trading and trading

Geographical breakdown of assets by residence of the counterparty (F 20.04)

Row

  • 0010Derivatives

Column

  • 0011Of which: held for trading or trading
Show the rule as writtenShow

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

{F_10.00,r0290,c0010,} = sum({F_20.04,r0010,c0011,})

Every FINREP 9 rule, by template

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