1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Loan commitments given: credit-impaired instruments (Stage 3) in F 18.00.b must equal credit-impaired instruments (Stage 3) in F 09.01.1 (EBA rule v8144_m)

A warning in the financial reporting return (FINREP 9), on templates F 09.01.1, off-balance sheet exposures : loan commitments, financial guarantees and other commitments given and F 18.00.b, information on performing and non-performing exposures (II).

The rule in plain words

For loan commitments given: credit-impaired instruments (Stage 3) in F 18.00.b must equal credit-impaired instruments (Stage 3) in F 09.01.1.

How the Line4 Check report words itShow

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

F_18.00.B: Loan commitments given, Of which: Credit-impaired instruments (Stage 3) = F_09.01.1: Loan commitments given, Credit-impaired instruments (Stage 3)

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the templates below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02The two values must be the same. Find which of the two is right, and correct the other one.
  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 and F 09.01.1 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

Off-balance sheet exposures : loan commitments, financial guarantees and other commitments given (F 09.01.1)

Row

  • 0010Loan commitments given

Column

  • 0060Credit-impaired instruments (Stage 3)

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

Row

  • 0340Loan commitments given

Column

  • 0951Of which: Credit-impaired instruments (Stage 3)

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

Illustrative values
Loan commitments given, credit-impaired instruments (Stage 3) in F 18.00.b1,200
What the rule then expects

Loan commitments given, credit-impaired instruments (Stage 3) in F 09.01.1 must then be 1,200.

1,200Passes
1,300Fails

A file that reports 1,200 passes. One that reports 1,300 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_18.00.b,r0340,c0951,} = {F_09.01.1,r0010,c0060,}

Every FINREP 9 rule, by template

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