1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

A balancing check across information on performing and non-performing exposures, and balance sheet statement: assets (F 18.00.a, F 18.00.b, F 01.01, EBA rule v7819_m)

A warning in the financial reporting return (FINREP 9), on templates F 01.01, balance sheet statement: assets, F 18.00.a, information on performing and non-performing exposures (I) and F 18.00.b, information on performing and non-performing exposures (II).

The rule in plain words

Cash balances at central banks and other demand deposits, gross carrying amount or nominal amount plus cash balances at central banks and other demand deposits, accumulated impairment, accumulated negative changes in fair value due to credit risk and provisions must equal cash balances at central banks, carrying amount plus other demand deposits, carrying amount.

The headline gives only the kind of check and the template, because the rule is too long to say in a headline. The plain words above say all of it.

How the Line4 Check report words itShow

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

F_18.00.A: Cash balances at central banks and other demand deposits, Gross carrying amount/Nominal amount + F_18.00.B: Cash balances at central banks and other demand deposits, Accumulated impairment, accumulated negative changes in fair value due to credit risk and provisions = F_01.01: Cash balances at central banks + F_01.01: Other demand deposits

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 18.00, F 18.00 and F 01.01 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

Balance sheet statement: assets (F 01.01)

Rows

  • 0030Cash balances at central banks
  • 0040Other demand deposits

Column

  • 0010Carrying amount

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

Row

  • 0005Cash balances at central banks and other demand deposits

Column

  • 0010Gross carrying amount/Nominal amount

Information on performing and non-performing exposures (II) (F 18.00.b)

Row

  • 0005Cash balances at central banks and other demand deposits

Column

  • 0130Accumulated impairment, accumulated negative changes in fair value due to credit risk and provisions
Show the rule as writtenShow

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

{F_18.00.a,r0005,c0010,} + {F_18.00.b,r0005,c0130,} = {F_01.01,r0030,c0010,} + {F_01.01,r0040,c0010,}

Every FINREP 9 rule, by template

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