1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Capital conservation buffer must equal 0.025 times total risk exposure amount (EBA rule v8714_m)

A warning in the own funds and capital requirements return (COREP own funds), on templates C 02.00.a, capital adequacy - risk exposure amounts and C 04.00, capital adequacy - Memorandum items.

The rule in plain words

Capital conservation buffer must equal 0.025 times total risk exposure amount.

How the Line4 Check report words itShow

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

C_04.00: Capital conservation buffer = 0.025 × C_02.00.A: TOTAL RISK EXPOSURE AMOUNT, TREA

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 C 02.00 and C 04.00 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

Capital adequacy - risk exposure amounts (C 02.00.a)

Row

  • 0010TOTAL RISK EXPOSURE AMOUNT

Column

  • 0010TREA

Capital adequacy - Memorandum items (C 04.00)

Row

  • 0750Capital conservation buffer

Column

  • 0010Amount
Show the rule as writtenShow

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

{C_04.00,r0750,c0010,} = {C_02.00.a,r0010,c0010,} * 0.025

Every COREP own funds rule, by template

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