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In forceRemuneration and diversityLast checked 11 November 2026

Remuneration benchmarking, banks (REM_BM_CI)

A regulatory return listed by the European Banking Authority (EBA), European Union.

Lets supervisors and the EBA compare pay trends and practices across EU banks. Selected banks send their published remuneration tables (REM1 to REM5 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/637), pay data for all staff, extra data on 'identified staff' (staff whose work materially affects the bank's risk profile) and their use of exemptions from the rules on deferring bonuses and paying them in shares or similar instruments. Source

Official title: REM_BM_CI: Remuneration Benchmarking (module of the Guidelines on the remuneration, gender pay gap and approved higher ratio benchmarking exercises under CRD)

Check a REM benchmarking file, freeEvery EBA rule for REM benchmarking, in plain words

The facts

Who files
Credit institutions (and investment firms that follow the bank rules under Article 1(2) or (5) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033) chosen by their competent authority: the largest institutions by assets in each Member State, covering at least 60% of the banking system's assets, or up to the 20 largest where 60% cannot reasonably be reached (paragraphs 15 and 16). Data are collected at the level where remuneration disclosure applies, so at group (consolidated) level where Article 13 CRR applies (paragraph 8(a)). Institutions report to their competent authority; competent authorities report to the EBA, coordinating with each other and the ECB so that only one set of data per Member State reaches the EBA (paragraph 27). Source
How often
Every year: institutions submit by 15 June of each calendar year and competent authorities send the data to the EBA by 31 July every year. Source
Deadline
Institutions to competent authority: by 15 June of each calendar year (paragraph 20). Competent authority to EBA: remuneration data by 31 July every year (paragraph 28(a)). Competent authorities also tell the EBA which institutions are in the sample by 31 March of the calendar year following the year for which data are collected (paragraph 24). Data for a financial year ending in year 'yy' are submitted in year 'yy+1' (paragraph 32). Source
Format
xBRL-CSV, XBRL-XML. Firms file in the data exchange format their national authority sets, following the EBA data point model and its validation rules. Authorities send the data to the EBA in xBRL-CSV only for reference dates from 31 March 2026; for earlier reference dates the EBA accepted xBRL-XML or xBRL-CSV. Source
How it is filed
Filing routes recorded for the EBA: EUCLID (European Centralised Infrastructure of Data); Pillar 3 data hub (P3DH) submissions. See how firms file with the EBA.
Status
In forceListed with 'Status: In force' on the 4.2 framework page. The guidelines apply from 31 December 2022; the first collection under them covered the financial year 2022. Source
Legal basis
Group
Remuneration and diversity
Check a file before you file it

Line4 Check for EBA reporting runs EBA's own validation rules on a REM_BM_CI file in your browser, free. Your file never leaves your computer. What it runs, from its published manifest:

  • EBA release 4.2: 574 of EBA's 577 active checks (99%).

Every EBA rule for REM benchmarking, in plain words

It is not a substitute for the validation the supervisor runs when you submit.

Templates (8)

The tables and forms inside the return. Plain name first, the EBA's code in brackets.

  • General information and information on remuneration of all staff (R 01.00)
  • Additional information on remuneration of identified staff (R 02.00)
  • Information on identified staff remunerated EUR 1 million or more per financial year (R 03.00)
  • Derogations from the application of requirements to pay out parts of variable remuneration deferred and in instruments under Directive 2013/36/EU (CRD) (R 05.00)
  • Remuneration awarded for the financial year (R 09.00)
  • Special payments to staff whose professional activities have a material impact on institutions’ risk profile (identified staff) (R 10.00)
  • Deferred remuneration (R 11.00)
  • Information on remuneration of staff whose professional activities have a material impact on institutions’ risk profile (identified staff) (R 12.00)

Templates of module REM_BM_CI in EBA release 4.2, read from the module's entry point in the taxonomy package; parts of a template split into sub-tables (a, b, c) are listed once. Source

Validation rules

126 rules, as counted from the EBA's published material. Software can run them exactly as published. Source

How they are written: Excel list with one row per rule and module version: an expression column in the EBA's DPM-XL syntax, severity (error or warning), active status and reference-date range. The same rules ship as XBRL Formula assertions in the taxonomy package..

EBA's list applies the active REM_BM_CI_4.2 rules to reference dates from 2026-03-31 with no end date set.

The rules, on eba.europa.eu

How they were counted

Distinct rule codes listed for module REM_BM_CI_4.2 in EBA's validation rules list VR_4.4.phase1_.xlsx ((from 4.0) EBA_Validation rules, latest update 12/10/2026) with IsActive = Active: 126 of 144 listed. 0 of the active rules have severity error; the rest are warnings.

Counts are in the EBA's own unit, so they are not comparable with other regulators' counts.

Public data

No published data from this return was found. No publication of this return's data found on the EBA's risk analysis and data pages (checked 2026-11-11). Source

Official documents (14)

The EBA's own files, with the size and SHA-256 fingerprint of each as downloaded on 11 November 2026, so anyone can tell whether a copy is the same version.

  • Guidelines on remuneration and gender pay gap benchmarking under CRD

    Legal text · PDF · 654.5 KB · 30 June 2022

    EBA/GL/2022/06 (final report). The 4.2 page lists it in the Legal Act column and says 'Please refer to the legal act' for templates and instructions: the data templates are Annexes I to VI and the data quality checks Annex VII of this PDF.

    SHA-256 ee3272adbcbashow in fullee3272adbcba2f59626785f314b7679356bbe01e1d7e12fde1379fbec9bbd96a
  • Compliance table (REM_BM_CI)

    Other · XLSX · 51.5 KB · 18 February 2025

    Which competent authorities comply with EBA/GL/2022/06.

    SHA-256 19a72af835ffshow in full19a72af835ff9ff9381280c553cf03c99c9096ff05160e6c300a633479f5d168
  • List of credit institutions and investment firms for the purpose of remuneration benchmarking (end-2025)(May 2026) [pdf]

    Other · PDF · 232.6 KB · 8 May 2026

    EBA sample for remuneration benchmarking of end-2025 data; covers both EBA/GL/2022/06 (credit institutions) and EBA/GL/2022/07 (investment firms).

    SHA-256 69af0b78f90fshow in full69af0b78f90f911b5cd5285360442c3e92728eed4d554ef5d033f521001fa771
  • List of credit institutions and investment firms for the purpose of remuneration benchmarking (end-2025)(May 2026) [xls]

    Other · XLSX · 103.4 KB · 8 May 2026

    SHA-256 0b8b7b48b42eshow in full0b8b7b48b42e0eef53d63f6c17a0c9d62786bf2437dbbccc51ca3326b7fa13f2
  • Reporting framework 4.2

    List of returns · HTML

    Table 1.A maps every module of release 4.2 to its legal act, templates and instructions.

  • Taxonomy package 4.2

    Taxonomy · ZIP · 62.0 MB · 13 January 2026

    XBRL taxonomy for all 50 modules of release 4.2, including the validation rules as XBRL Formula assertions.

    SHA-256 0bf9e33720deshow in full0bf9e33720de1472e809417999cfd29e4b5eadb31750c7770622e502590bbdd0
  • Sample files 4.2

    Sample · ZIP · 2.9 MB · 13 January 2026

    SHA-256 41fb8435ce33show in full41fb8435ce33c53528bd05f8624e79acdfc7e6d8991a67870292646fb88cc0ef
  • DPM table layout and data point categorization (4.2.1)

    Template · ZIP · 17.5 MB · 27 February 2026

    Annotated Excel layouts of every template in release 4.2 and 4.2.1, with row and column codes.

    SHA-256 e022598f9f98show in fulle022598f9f98408d6920555a90c899bea5a1a2519b696703c232526a45b7cc07
  • (from 4.0) EBA_Validation rules (latest update 12/10/2026)

    Validation rules · XLSX · 1.1 MB · 12 October 2026

    One row per rule and module version, with the expression, severity, active status and reference-date range.

    SHA-256 38c190fa4c2fshow in full38c190fa4c2ff81f22a5bd2ed94f744fc64e4eb9b722676e07f89669d79b1aea
  • Small validation package 14/09/2026: Micro taxonomy package

    Validation rules · ZIP · 1.5 MB · 14 September 2026

    Severity and deactivation updates for the taxonomy (XBRL set folders).

    SHA-256 ea6184a7e3a6show in fullea6184a7e3a67016346f2154bfb04ca0a489ea829cf344239367fa216d21709f
  • EBA filing rule V5.9

    Filing rules · PDF · 1.2 MB · 26 June 2026

    Technical rules for XBRL-XML and xBRL-CSV files sent to the EBA.

    SHA-256 bbc23b9ecad5show in fullbbc23b9ecad5de0a0821bbe8bce8e4ce617652afce02e81c88d572bac4a4b293
  • DPM Know issues (uploaded on 05/11/2026)

    Known issues · XLSX · 69.9 KB · 5 November 2026

    SHA-256 c6753a428649show in fullc6753a4286496876f2e545b355f1ebaddf0e4383de522b19818c93af141327e0
  • EBA filing rule V5.8

    Filing rules · PDF · 1.1 MB · 25 February 2026

    SHA-256 dea8d520c922show in fulldea8d520c9229c52ae1f44e921a3728d769544e0f0c8937da3958f1c0197d2bf
  • FAQs for Reporting Innovations and Upcoming Releases (Updated on 25/11/2025)

    Guidance · PDF · 196.4 KB · 25 November 2025

    SHA-256 ddcccd9e56f0show in fullddcccd9e56f0c670c5fdeffda7b564dd5a7bf752e990be8e6ed3e2fe7c6fd796

Sources

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Last checked 11 November 2026.