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1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Loans and advances, central banks cannot be less than a calculation over four columns (EBA rule v6054_m)

A warning in the financial reporting return (FINREP 9), on templates 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 and F 20.04, geographical breakdown of assets by residence of the counterparty.

Check your file against this ruleWhat to do if it fails

The rule in plain words

Loans and advances, central banks cannot be less than these four worked out:

  • Central banks, gross carrying amount (all sheets added up)
  • Minus central banks, gross carrying amount held for trading or trading (all sheets added up)
  • Central banks, accumulated impairment (all sheets added up)
  • Central banks, accumulated negative changes in fair value due to credit risk on non-performing exposures (all sheets added up)
How the Line4 Check report words itShow

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

F_05.01: LOANS AND ADVANCES, Central banks >= F_20.04: Central banks, Gross carrying amount (all sheets added up) - F_20.04: Central banks, Of which: held for trading or trading (all sheets added up) + F_20.04: Central banks, Accumulated impairment (all sheets added up) + F_20.04: Central banks, Accumulated negative changes in fair value due to credit risk on non-performing exposures (all sheets added up)

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the templates below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Work out both sides from your file, as the rule in plain words sets out, and compare them.
  3. 03EBA allows a small rounding difference, worked out from the decimals each value is reported with.
  4. 04It runs only when your filing indicators mark F 05.01 and F 20.04 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)

Row

  • 0080LOANS AND ADVANCES

Column

  • 0010Central banks

Geographical breakdown of assets by residence of the counterparty (F 20.04)

Row

  • 0150Central banks

Columns

  • 0010Gross carrying amount
  • 0011Of which: held for trading or trading
  • 0031Accumulated impairment
  • 0040Accumulated negative changes in fair value due to credit risk on non-performing exposures
Show the rule as writtenShow

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

{F_05.01,r0080,c0010,} >= sum({F_20.04,r0150,c0010,}) - sum({F_20.04,r0150,c0011,}) + sum({F_20.04,r0150,c0031,}) + sum({F_20.04,r0150,c0040,})

Every FINREP 9 rule, by template

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