1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Gross carrying amount: an upper-limit check across loans and advances collateralised, and commercial Real Estate (CRE) loans and additional information on loans secured (F 23.03, F 18.02.a, EBA rule v7967_m)

A warning in the financial reporting return (FINREP 9), on templates F 18.02.a, commercial Real Estate (CRE) loans and additional information on loans secured by immovable property (I) and F 23.03, loans and advances collateralised by immovable property: Breakdown by LTV ratios.

The rule in plain words

For gross carrying amount: commercial Real Estate loans to non-financial corporations (NFCs) other than SMEs) collateralised by immovable property cannot be more than commercial real estate (CRE) loans to non-financial corporations other than SMEs.

All the values are in the exposures with forbearance measures column (0020).

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_23.03: Commercial Real Estate loans to non-financial corporations (NFCs) other than SMEs) collateralised by immovable property, of which: Exposures with forbearance measures <= F_18.02.A: Commercial real estate (CRE) loans to non-financial corporations other than SMEs, of which: Exposures with forbearance measures

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the templates 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 18.02 and F 23.03 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

Commercial Real Estate (CRE) loans and additional information on loans secured by immovable property (I) (F 18.02.a)

Row

  • 0020Commercial real estate (CRE) loans to non-financial corporations other than SMEs

Column

  • 0020of which: Exposures with forbearance measures

Loans and advances collateralised by immovable property: Breakdown by LTV ratios (F 23.03)

Row

  • 0170Commercial Real Estate loans to non-financial corporations (NFCs) other than SMEs) collateralised by immovable property

Column

  • 0020of which: Exposures with forbearance measures

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

Illustrative values
Commercial Real Estate loans to non-financial corporations (NFCs) other than SMEs) collateralised by immovable property1,200
What the rule then expects

Commercial real estate (CRE) loans to non-financial corporations other than SMEs 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. Cells are written as {template, row, column, sheet}.

{F_23.03,r0170,c0020,} <= {F_18.02.a,r0020,c0020,}

Every FINREP 9 rule, by template

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