1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

None of the 18 values it checks in credit risk: equity can be negative (C 10.01, EBA rule v903654_s)

A warning in the own funds and capital requirements return (COREP own funds), on template C 10.01, credit risk: equity - IRB approaches to capital requirements - TOTAL.

The rule in plain words

None of the values it checks in credit risk: equity can be negative.

EBA checks it for three columns: exposure value, off-balance sheet items and memorandum item: expected loss amount. And for six rows: total IRB equity exposures, PD/LGD approach: total, simple risk weight approach: total, 190%, 290% and 370%. That makes 18 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.

Exposure value: 290% >= 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 C 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

Credit risk: equity - IRB approaches to capital requirements - TOTAL (C 10.01)

Rows

  • 0010Total IRB Equity Exposures
  • 0020PD/LGD approach: Total
  • 0050Simple risk weight approach: Total
  • 0070190%
  • 0080290%
  • 0090370%

Columns

  • 0060Exposure value
  • 0061Of which: off-balance sheet items
  • 0090Memorandum item: Expected loss amount

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

What the rule then expects

290%, exposure value 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}.

{C_10.01,r0080,c0060,} >= 0

The next five:

{C_10.01,r0010,c0060,} >= 0{C_10.01,r0090,c0060,} >= 0{C_10.01,r0090,c0090,} >= 0{C_10.01,r0020,c0090,} >= 0{C_10.01,r0070,c0061,} >= 0

And 12 more, the same formula for the other cells it covers.

Every COREP own funds rule, by template

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