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1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

None of the 15 values it checks in FMI services: Key metrics can be negative (Z 09.03, EBA rule v903553_s)

A warning in the resolution planning: critical functions and services return (RESOL2), on template Z 09.03, fMI services - Key metrics.

Check your file against this ruleWhat to do if it fails

The rule in plain words

None of the values it checks in FMI services: Key metrics can be negative.

EBA checks it for 15 columns, from contribution to default fund (0030) to estimated additional liquidity or collateral requirements in a stress situation (0170). That makes 15 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.

Number of clients covered by omnibus accounts: Number of clients covered by omnibus accounts >= 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 Z 09.03 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

FMI services - Key metrics (Z 09.03)

Columns

  • 0030Contribution to default fund
  • 0040Initial margin on proprietary account
  • 0050Initial margin on client accounts
  • 0060Value of positions on proprietary accounts
  • 0070Value of positions on client accounts
  • 0080Number of clients covered by omnibus accounts
  • 0090Number of clients covered by segregated accounts
  • 0100Number of transactions on proprietary accounts
  • 0110Number of transactions on client accounts
  • 0120Value of transactions on proprietary accounts
  • 0130Value of transactions on client accounts
  • 0140Cumulated notional amount
  • 0150Credit line
  • 0160Peak of liquidity or collateral requirements
  • 0170Estimated additional liquidity or collateral requirements in a stress situation

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

What the rule then expects

Number of clients covered by omnibus accounts 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}.

{Z_09.03,,c0080,} >= 0

The next five:

{Z_09.03,,c0140,} >= 0{Z_09.03,,c0100,} >= 0{Z_09.03,,c0130,} >= 0{Z_09.03,,c0170,} >= 0{Z_09.03,,c0110,} >= 0

And 9 more, the same formula for the other cells it covers.

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