1 min readSwitched off by EBA on 17 March 2026EBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Total EU area cannot be less than the sum of four rows (EBA rule v89325_m)

A check in the environmental, social and governance risks return (ESG), on template D 02.00.a, banking book - Indicators of potential climate change transition risk: loans collateralised by immovable property - energy efficiency of the collateral (I).

EBA switched this rule off for filings submitted from 17 March 2026, in a quarterly update to its list of validation rules. It no longer applies, so a failure here does not count, and Line4 Check does not run it.

The rule in plain words

Total EU area cannot be less than these four added up:

  • Loans collateralised by commercial immovable property
  • Loans collateralised by residential immovable property
  • Collateral obtained by taking possession: residential and commercial immovable properties
  • Level of energy efficiency (EP score in kWh/m² of collateral) estimated

All the values are in the > 200; <= 300 column (0040) of D 02.00.a.

EBA writes it out seven times. These words are for the first; the others are the same rule on other cells.

The template it checks

Banking book - Indicators of potential climate change transition risk: loans collateralised by immovable property - energy efficiency of the collateral (I) (D 02.00.a)

Rows

  • 0010Total EU area
  • 0020Of which Loans collateralised by commercial immovable property
  • 0030Of which Loans collateralised by residential immovable property
  • 0040Of which Collateral obtained by taking possession: residential and commercial immovable properties
  • 0050Of which Level of energy efficiency (EP score in kWh/m² of collateral) estimated

Column

  • 0040> 200; <= 300
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}.

{D_02.00.a,r0010,c0040,} >= {D_02.00.a,r0020,c0040,} + {D_02.00.a,r0030,c0040,} + {D_02.00.a,r0040,c0040,} + {D_02.00.a,r0050,c0040,}

And 6 more, the same formula for the other cells it covers.

Every ESG rule, by template

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