1 min readSwitched off by EBAEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Debt instruments other than held for trading or trading must equal the sum of its two parts (F 18.00.a, EBA rule v6012_m)

A check in the financial reporting return (FINREP 9), on template F 18.00.a, information on performing and non-performing exposures (I).

EBA switched this rule off in its 4.2 severity package (January 2026), so it does not run on reporting framework 4.2 filings. EBA's list of validation rules of 12 October 2026 still has it switched off. Line4 Check does not run it either.

The rule in plain words

Debt instruments other than held for trading or trading must equal debt instruments at cost or at amortised cost plus debt instruments at fair value through other comprehensive income or through equity subject to impairment.

All the values are in the purchased or originated credit-impaired financial assets column (0058) of F 18.00.a.

EBA writes it out seven times. These words are for the first; the others are the same rule on other cells.

The template it checks

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

Rows

  • 0180DEBT INSTRUMENTS AT COST OR AT AMORTISED COST
  • 0201DEBT INSTRUMENTS AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME OR THROUGH EQUITY SUBJECT TO IMPAIRMENT
  • 0330DEBT INSTRUMENTS OTHER THAN HELD FOR TRADING OR TRADING

Column

  • 0058Of which: purchased or originated credit-impaired financial assets
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_18.00.a,r0330,c0058,} = {F_18.00.a,r0180,c0058,} + {F_18.00.a,r0201,c0058,}

And 6 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.