2 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Loans and advances, accumulated impairment must equal the sum of its eight parts (EBA rule v5534_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 06.01, breakdown of loans and advances other than held for trading, trading or held for sale assets to non-financial corporations by NACE codes.

The rule in plain words

Loans and advances, accumulated impairment must equal these eight added up, all for non-financial corporations:

  • Purchased or originated credit-impaired financial assets in F 04.03.1
  • Assets with significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition but not credit-impaired (Stage 2) in F 04.03.1
  • Assets without significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition (Stage 1) in F 04.03.1
  • Credit-impaired assets (Stage 3) in F 04.03.1
  • Assets with significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition but not credit-impaired (Stage 2) in F 04.04.1
  • Purchased or originated credit-impaired financial assets in F 04.04.1
  • Assets without significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition (Stage 1) in F 04.04.1
  • Credit-impaired assets (Stage 3) in F 04.04.1
How the Line4 Check report words itShow

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

F_06.01: Loans and advances, Accumulated impairment = F_04.03.1: Non-financial corporations, Purchased or originated credit-impaired financial assets + F_04.03.1: Non-financial corporations, Assets with significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition but not credit-impaired (Stage 2) + F_04.03.1: Non-financial corporations, Assets without significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition (Stage 1) + F_04.03.1: Non-financial corporations, Credit-impaired assets (Stage 3) + F_04.04.1: Non-financial corporations, Assets with significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition but not credit-impaired (Stage 2) + F_04.04.1: Non-financial corporations, Purchased or originated credit-impaired financial assets + F_04.04.1: Non-financial corporations, Assets without significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition (Stage 1) + F_04.04.1: Non-financial corporations, Credit-impaired assets (Stage 3)

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 06.01 and F 04.03.1 or F 04.04.1 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: financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income (F 04.03.1)

Row

  • 0160Non-financial corporations

Columns

  • 0050Assets without significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition (Stage 1)
  • 0060Assets with significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition but not credit-impaired (Stage 2)
  • 0070Credit-impaired assets (Stage 3)
  • 0071Purchased or originated credit-impaired financial assets

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

Row

  • 0120Non-financial corporations

Columns

  • 0050Assets without significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition (Stage 1)
  • 0060Assets with significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition but not credit-impaired (Stage 2)
  • 0070Credit-impaired assets (Stage 3)
  • 0071Purchased or originated credit-impaired financial assets
Show the rule as writtenShow

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

{F_06.01,r0190,c0021,} = sum({F_04.03.1,r0160,c0071,},{F_04.03.1,r0160,c0060,},{F_04.03.1,r0160,c0050,},{F_04.03.1,r0160,c0070,}) + sum({F_04.04.1,r0120,c0060,},{F_04.04.1,r0120,c0071,},{F_04.04.1,r0120,c0050,},{F_04.04.1,r0120,c0070,})

Every FINREP 9 rule, by template

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