1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Small and medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) cannot be more than non-financial corporations (EBA rule v7787_m)

A warning in the financial reporting return (FINREP 9), on template F 13.01, breakdown of collateral and guarantees by loans and advances other than held for trading.

The rule in plain words

Small and medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) cannot be more than non-financial corporations.

EBA checks it for seven columns: residential immovable property, commercial immovable property, cash, deposits, [debt securities issued], movable property, equity and debt securities, rest, and financial guarantees received. That makes seven 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.

Residential immovable property: Of which: Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) <= Of which: Non-financial corporations

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the template below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Compare the values in your file. If the first is bigger than it may be, one of them is wrong: check both before you change either.
  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 13.01 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 collateral and guarantees by loans and advances other than held for trading (F 13.01)

Rows

  • 0030Of which: Non-financial corporations
  • 0035Of which: Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)

Columns

  • 0010Residential immovable property
  • 0020Commercial immovable property
  • 0030Cash, deposits, [debt securities issued]
  • 0031Movable property
  • 0032Equity and debt securities
  • 0041Rest
  • 0050Financial guarantees received

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

Illustrative values
Small and medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)1,200
What the rule then expects

Non-financial corporations must then be at least 1,200.

1,200Passes
1,100Fails

A file that reports 1,200 passes. One that reports 1,100 fails, by 100.

The numbers are illustrative, reported to the unit, so the rounding tolerance does not change the result.

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_13.01,r0035,c0010,} <= {F_13.01,r0030,c0010,}

The next five:

{F_13.01,r0035,c0020,} <= {F_13.01,r0030,c0020,}{F_13.01,r0035,c0030,} <= {F_13.01,r0030,c0030,}{F_13.01,r0035,c0031,} <= {F_13.01,r0030,c0031,}{F_13.01,r0035,c0032,} <= {F_13.01,r0030,c0032,}{F_13.01,r0035,c0041,} <= {F_13.01,r0030,c0041,}

And 1 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.