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2 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Counterbalancing capacity: level 2A tradable assets must equal the sum of its three parts (C 66.01.w, EBA rule v8769_m)

A warning in the additional liquidity monitoring metrics return (ALMM), on template C 66.01.w, maturity ladder, significant currencies, overnight and higher maturity.

Check your file against this ruleWhat to do if it fails

The rule in plain words

For counterbalancing capacity: level 2A tradable assets must equal these three added up:

  • Level 2A public sector (CQS1, CQS2)
  • Level 2A corporate bonds (CQS1)
  • Level 2A covered bonds (CQS 1, CQS2)

EBA checks it for 21 columns, from overnight (0020) to greater than 5 years (0220). That makes 21 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.

Greater than 3 days up to 4 days: Level 2A tradable assets = Level 2A public sector (CQS1, CQS2) + Level 2A corporate bonds (CQS1) + Level 2A covered bonds (CQS 1, CQS2)

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the template below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Add up the parts in your file and compare the result with the total.
  3. 03If they differ, a part is missing, a value sits in the wrong cell, or the total is out of date.
  4. 04EBA allows a small rounding difference, worked out from the decimals each value is reported with.
  5. 05It runs only when your filing indicators mark C 66.01 as reported.
  6. 06This 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

Maturity ladder, significant currencies, overnight and higher maturity (C 66.01.w)

Rows

  • 0820Level 2A tradable assets
  • 0830Level 2A corporate bonds (CQS1)
  • 0840Level 2A covered bonds (CQS 1, CQS2)
  • 0850Level 2A public sector (CQS1, CQS2)

Columns

  • 0020Overnight
  • 0030Greater than overnight up to 2 days
  • 0040Greater than 2 days up to 3 days
  • 0050Greater than 3 days up to 4 days
  • 0060Greater than 4 days up to 5 days
  • 0070Greater than 5 days up to 6 days
  • 0080Greater than 6 days up to 7 days
  • 0090Greater than 7 days up to 2 weeks
  • 0100Greater than 2 weeks up to 3 weeks
  • 0110Greater than 3 weeks up to 30 days
  • 0120Greater than 30 days up to 5 weeks
  • 0130Greater than 5 weeks up to 2 months
  • 0140Greater than 2 months up to 3 months
  • 0150Greater than 3 months up to 4 months
  • 0160Greater than 4 months up to 5 months
  • 0170Greater than 5 months up to 6 months
  • 0180Greater than 6 months up to 9 months
  • 0190Greater than 9 months up to 12 months
  • 0200Greater than 12 months up to 2 years
  • 0210Greater than 2 years up to 5 years
  • 0220Greater than 5 years

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

Illustrative values
Level 2A public sector (CQS1, CQS2)1,200
Level 2A corporate bonds (CQS1)800
Level 2A covered bonds (CQS 1, CQS2)450
Together2,450
What the rule then expects

Level 2A tradable assets must then be 2,450.

2,450Passes
2,550Fails

A file that reports 2,450 passes. One that reports 2,550 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}.

{C_66.01.w,r0820,c0050,} = sum({C_66.01.w,r0850,c0050,},{C_66.01.w,r0830,c0050,},{C_66.01.w,r0840,c0050,})

The next five:

{C_66.01.w,r0820,c0030,} = sum({C_66.01.w,r0850,c0030,},{C_66.01.w,r0830,c0030,},{C_66.01.w,r0840,c0030,}){C_66.01.w,r0820,c0190,} = sum({C_66.01.w,r0850,c0190,},{C_66.01.w,r0840,c0190,},{C_66.01.w,r0830,c0190,}){C_66.01.w,r0820,c0090,} = sum({C_66.01.w,r0830,c0090,},{C_66.01.w,r0850,c0090,},{C_66.01.w,r0840,c0090,}){C_66.01.w,r0820,c0080,} = sum({C_66.01.w,r0830,c0080,},{C_66.01.w,r0840,c0080,},{C_66.01.w,r0850,c0080,}){C_66.01.w,r0820,c0120,} = sum({C_66.01.w,r0840,c0120,},{C_66.01.w,r0830,c0120,},{C_66.01.w,r0850,c0120,})

And 15 more, the same formula for the other cells it covers.

Every ALMM rule, by template

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