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1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 11 November 2026

Total must equal cross-border plus national (S 02.01, EBA rule v903488_h)

A warning in the sEPA instant payments return (SEPA IPR), on template S 02.01, s 02.01 - charges for credit transfers and instant credit transfers (national currency).

The rule in plain words

Total must equal cross-border plus national.

EBA checks it for two columns, all for credit transfers: value of charges for and instant. 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.

of which: instant credit transfers: Total = Cross-border + National

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  3. 03If they differ, a part is missing, a value sits in the wrong cell, or the total is out of date.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 S 02.01 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

S 02.01 - charges for credit transfers and instant credit transfers (national currency) (S 02.01)

Rows

  • 0010Total
  • 0050National
  • 0060Cross-border

Columns

  • 0010Value of charges for credit transfers
  • 0020of which: instant credit transfers

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

Illustrative values
Cross-border1,200
National800
Together2,000
What the rule then expects

Total must then be 2,000.

2,000Passes
2,100Fails

A file that reports 2,000 passes. One that reports 2,100 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}.

{S_02.01,r0010,c0020,} = {S_02.01,r0060,c0020,} + {S_02.01,r0050,c0020,}

The next one:

{S_02.01,r0010,c0010,} = {S_02.01,r0060,c0010,} + {S_02.01,r0050,c0010,}

Every SEPA IPR rule, by template

Checks like this one, run at the point of submission, are the first step to real-time supervision. Line4 builds SupTech software for financial regulators that runs checks like these as each return arrives.