2 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Credit institutions: ≤ 30 days plus > 90 days plus > 30 days ≤ 90 days cannot be more than the sum of four cells (EBA rule v5402_m)

A warning in the financial reporting return (FINREP 9), on templates F 04.03.1, breakdown of financial assets by instrument and by counterparty sector: financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income, F 04.04.1, breakdown of financial assets by instrument and by counterparty sector: financial assets at amortised cost and F 07.01, financial assets subject to impairment that are past due.

The rule in plain words

For credit institutions: add up these three:

  • ≤ 30 days
  • > 90 days
  • > 30 days ≤ 90 days

The result cannot be more than these four added up:

  • Assets with significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition but not credit-impaired (Stage 2) in F 04.03.1, gross carrying amount
  • Assets with significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition but not credit-impaired (Stage 2) in F 04.03.1, accumulated impairment
  • Assets with significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition but not credit-impaired (Stage 2) in F 04.04.1, gross carrying amount
  • Assets with significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition but not credit-impaired (Stage 2) in F 04.04.1, accumulated impairment
How the Line4 Check report words itShow

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

F_07.01: Credit institutions, ≤ 30 days + F_07.01: Credit institutions, > 90 days + F_07.01: Credit institutions, > 30 days ≤ 90 days <= F_04.03.1: Credit institutions, Gross carrying amount, assets with significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition but not credit-impaired (Stage 2) + F_04.03.1: Credit institutions, Accumulated impairment, assets with significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition but not credit-impaired (Stage 2) + F_04.04.1: Credit institutions, Gross carrying amount, assets with significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition but not credit-impaired (Stage 2) + F_04.04.1: Credit institutions, Accumulated impairment, assets with significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition but not credit-impaired (Stage 2)

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the templates below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Compare the values in your file. If the first is bigger than it may be, one of them is wrong: check both before you change either.
  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 07.01 and F 04.03.1 or F 04.04.1 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

Breakdown of financial assets by instrument and by counterparty sector: financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income (F 04.03.1)

Row

  • 0080Credit institutions

Columns

  • 0030Assets with significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition but not credit-impaired (Stage 2)
  • 0060Assets with significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition but not credit-impaired (Stage 2)

Breakdown of financial assets by instrument and by counterparty sector: financial assets at amortised cost (F 04.04.1)

Row

  • 0040Credit institutions

Columns

  • 0030Assets with significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition but not credit-impaired (Stage 2)
  • 0060Assets with significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition but not credit-impaired (Stage 2)

Financial assets subject to impairment that are past due (F 07.01)

Row

  • 0090Credit institutions

Columns

  • 0040≤ 30 days
  • 0050> 30 days ≤ 90 days
  • 0060> 90 days
Show the rule as writtenShow

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

sum({F_07.01,r0090,c0040,},{F_07.01,r0090,c0060,},{F_07.01,r0090,c0050,}) <= {F_04.03.1,r0080,c0030,} + {F_04.03.1,r0080,c0060,} + {F_04.04.1,r0040,c0030,} + {F_04.04.1,r0040,c0060,}

Every FINREP 9 rule, by template

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