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Amounts written-off directly to the statement of profit or loss cannot be more than zero (EBA rule v5687_s)

A blocking check in the financial reporting return (FINREP 9), on template F 12.00, movements in allowances for credit losses and impairment of equity instruments under national GAAP.

The rule in plain words

Amounts written-off directly to the statement of profit or loss cannot be more than zero.

EBA checks it for 20 rows, from specific allowances for credit risk (0330) to total (0530). That makes 20 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.

Amounts written-off directly to the statement of profit or loss: Specific allowances for credit risk <= 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 12.00 as reported.
  5. 05This is a blocking check. A filing that fails it is normally rejected, so fix it before you submit.

The cells it reads

Movements in allowances for credit losses and impairment of equity instruments under national GAAP (F 12.00)

Rows

  • 0330Specific allowances for credit risk
  • 0335Cash balances at central banks and other demand deposits
  • 0340Debt securities
  • 0350Central banks
  • 0360General governments
  • 0370Credit institutions
  • 0380Other financial corporations
  • 0390Non-financial corporations
  • 0400Loans and advances
  • 0410Central banks
  • 0420General governments
  • 0430Credit institutions
  • 0440Other financial corporations
  • 0450Non-financial corporations
  • 0460Households
  • 0470General allowances for credit risk
  • 0475Cash balances at central banks and other demand deposits
  • 0500General allowances for banking risks
  • 0505Cash balances at central banks and other demand deposits
  • 0530Total

Column

  • 0100Amounts written-off directly to the statement of profit or loss

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

What the rule then expects

Specific allowances for credit risk, amounts written-off directly to the statement of profit or loss can then be at most 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_12.00,r0330,c0100,} <= 0

The next five:

{F_12.00,r0335,c0100,} <= 0{F_12.00,r0340,c0100,} <= 0{F_12.00,r0350,c0100,} <= 0{F_12.00,r0360,c0100,} <= 0{F_12.00,r0370,c0100,} <= 0

And 14 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.