1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Loans and advances with forbearance measures: a lower-limit check across forbearance management and quality of forbearance, and loans and advances (F 26.00.a, F 23.02, EBA rule v903297_h)

A warning in the financial reporting return (FINREP 9), on templates F 23.02, loans and advances: additional information on gross carrying amounts and F 26.00.a, forbearance management and quality of forbearance (I).

The rule in plain words

For loans and advances with forbearance measures: the absolute value of gross carrying amount of instruments, for the following types of forbearance measures, non-financial corporations cannot be less than the absolute value of non-financial corporations - SMEs, exposures with forbearance measures.

The headline gives only the kind of check and the template, because the rule is too long to say in a headline. The plain words above say all of it.

How the Line4 Check report words itShow

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

the absolute value of F_26.00.A: Gross carrying amount of instruments, for the following types of forbearance measures:, of which: Non-financial corporations >= the absolute value of F_23.02: of which: Non-financial corporations - SMEs, of which: Exposures with forbearance measures

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the templates below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Compare the values in your file. If the first is smaller than it may be, one of them is wrong: check both before you change either.
  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 26.00 and F 23.02 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

Loans and advances: additional information on gross carrying amounts (F 23.02)

Row

  • 0040of which: Non-financial corporations - SMEs

Column

  • 0020of which: Exposures with forbearance measures

Forbearance management and quality of forbearance (I) (F 26.00.a)

Row

  • 0020Gross carrying amount of instruments, for the following types of forbearance measures:

Column

  • 0070of which: Non-financial corporations
Show the rule as writtenShow

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

abs({F_26.00.a,r0020,c0070,}) >= abs({F_23.02,r0040,c0020,})

Every FINREP 9 rule, by template

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