1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Non-financial corporations cannot be negative (EBA rule v5673_s)

A warning in the financial reporting return (FINREP 9), on template F 05.01, breakdown of non-trading loans and advances by product: loans and advances other than held for trading, trading or held for sale assets by product.

The rule in plain words

Non-financial corporations cannot be negative.

EBA checks it for eleven rows, from on demand [call] and short notice [current account] (0010) to project finance loans (0130). That makes eleven checks. A failure names the one that failed.

How the Line4 Check report words itShow

The first of its checks, word for word as the report shows it when it fails. The others read the same, with their own column, row or sheet.

Non-financial corporations: Trade receivables >= 0

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the template below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Look for a value with the wrong sign in these cells, such as an amount entered as a negative number.
  3. 03EBA compares the values exactly here: there is no rounding tolerance.
  4. 04It runs only when your filing indicators mark F 05.01 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 non-trading loans and advances by product: loans and advances other than held for trading, trading or held for sale assets by product (F 05.01)

Rows

  • 0010On demand [call] and short notice [current account]
  • 0020Credit card debt
  • 0030Trade receivables
  • 0040Finance leases
  • 0050Reverse repurchase loans
  • 0060Other term loans
  • 0070Advances that are not loans
  • 0080LOANS AND ADVANCES
  • 0090of which: loans collateralized by immovable property
  • 0100of which: other collateralized loans
  • 0130of which: project finance loans

Column

  • 0050Non-financial corporations

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

What the rule then expects

Trade receivables, non-financial corporations must then be at least 0.

0Passes
-100Fails

A file that reports 0 passes. One that reports -100 fails, by 100.

The numbers are illustrative.

Show the rule as writtenShow

EBA's formula, as written out for the first of its checks. Cells are written as {template, row, column, sheet}.

{F_05.01,r0030,c0050,} >= 0

The next five:

{F_05.01,r0080,c0050,} >= 0{F_05.01,r0100,c0050,} >= 0{F_05.01,r0050,c0050,} >= 0{F_05.01,r0130,c0050,} >= 0{F_05.01,r0040,c0050,} >= 0

And 5 more, the same formula for the other cells it covers.

Every FINREP 9 rule, by template

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