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1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Debt securities, gross carrying amount or nominal amount must equal the sum of its two parts (EBA rule v5448_m)

A warning in the financial reporting return (FINREP 9), on templates F 04.08, breakdown of financial assets by instrument and by counterparty sector: non-trading non-derivative financial assets measured at fair value to equity and F 18.00.a, information on performing and non-performing exposures (I).

Check your file against this ruleWhat to do if it fails

The rule in plain words

For debt securities: gross carrying amount or nominal amount must equal unimpaired assets plus impaired assets.

How the Line4 Check report words itShow

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

F_18.00.A: Debt securities, Gross carrying amount/Nominal amount = F_04.08: Debt securities, Unimpaired assets + F_04.08: Debt securities, Impaired assets

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the templates below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Add up the parts in your file and compare the result with the total.
  3. 03If they differ, a part is missing, a value sits in the wrong column, or the total is out of date.
  4. 04EBA allows a small rounding difference, worked out from the decimals each value is reported with.
  5. 05It runs only when your filing indicators mark F 18.00 and F 04.08 as reported.
  6. 06This 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: non-trading non-derivative financial assets measured at fair value to equity (F 04.08)

Row

  • 0060Debt securities

Columns

  • 0040Unimpaired assets
  • 0050Impaired assets

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

Row

  • 0181Debt securities

Column

  • 0010Gross carrying amount/Nominal amount

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

Illustrative values
Debt securities, unimpaired assets1,200
Debt securities, impaired assets800
Together2,000
What the rule then expects

Debt securities, gross carrying amount or nominal amount must then be 2,000.

2,000Passes
2,100Fails

A file that reports 2,000 passes. One that reports 2,100 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,r0181,c0010,} = sum({F_04.08,r0060,c0040,},{F_04.08,r0060,c0050,})

Every FINREP 9 rule, by template

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