1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Amount cannot be negative (Q 10.01.a, EBA rule v89776_s)

A warning in the asset-referenced and e-money tokens return (MiCA), on template Q 10.01.a, s 10.01 - additional information for significance assessment.

The rule in plain words

Amount cannot be negative.

EBA checks it for two rows: market capitalisation of the token within the EU and market capitalisation of the token on an international scale outside of the EU. That makes two 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.

Market capitalisation of the token within the EU >= 0

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the template below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Look for a value with the wrong sign in these cells, such as an amount entered as a negative number.
  3. 03EBA compares the values exactly here: there is no rounding tolerance.
  4. 04It runs only when your filing indicators mark Q 10.01 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

S 10.01 - additional information for significance assessment (Q 10.01.a)

Rows

  • 0010Market capitalisation of the token within the EU
  • 0020Market capitalisation of the token on an international scale outside of the EU

Column

  • 0010Amount

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

What the rule then expects

Market capitalisation of the token within the EU must then be at least 0.

0Passes
-100Fails

A file that reports 0 passes. One that reports -100 fails, by 100.

The numbers are illustrative.

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}.

{Q_10.01.a,r0010,c0010,} >= 0

The next one:

{Q_10.01.a,r0020,c0010,} >= 0

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