1 min readWarningEIOPA taxonomy 2.10.0Updated 11 November 2026

Balance sheet and life and health SLT technical provisions: values must agree (S.02.01, S.12.01, EIOPA rule BV1528)

A warning on the balance sheet (S.02.01) and life and health SLT technical provisions (S.12.01) templates, in the annual branch (ARB) return.

It applies to 2.8.2 returns too, the release for the 2026 returns, and Line4 Check runs it there as well.

The rule in plain words

The item "Technical provisions - life (excluding health and index-linked and unit-linked)" reported in in S.02.01 should be subtraction between "Technical provisions - total" item reported for Total (Life other than health insurance, incl. Unit-Linked) and "Technical provisions - total" item reported for Index-linked and unit-linked insurance (including reinsurance accepted part) reported in S.12.01

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

This is a warning. It does not stop the return on its own, but your supervisor may ask you to explain it. It runs only when your filing indicators mark S.02.01 and S.12.01 as reported.

The cells it reads

Balance sheet (S.02.01.07.01)

Row

  • R0650Technical provisions - life (excluding health and index-linked and unit-linked)

Column

  • C0010Solvency II value

Life and health SLT technical provisions (S.12.01.01.01)

Rows

  • R0010Technical provisions calculated as a whole
  • R0030Gross Best Estimate
  • R0100Risk Margin
  • R0200Technical provisions - total

Columns

  • C0030Index-linked and unit-linked insurance
  • C0120Index-linked and unit-linked insurance
  • C0150Total (Life other than health insurance, incl. Unit-Linked)

Which returns it applies to

Line4 Check runs it on annual branch (ARB) return on EIOPA taxonomy 2.10.0. EIOPA applies it to annual branch (ARB) returns, as a warning.

EIOPA’s own words and formula

The plain words above are EIOPA’s own, word for word, from its list of validations.

Show the formulaShow

EIOPA's formula. Cells are written as {t: table, r: row, c: column}.

{t: S.02.01.07.01, r: R0650, c: C0010} = {t: S.12.01.01.01, r: R0200, c: C0150} - {t: S.12.01.01.01, r: R0200, c: C0030} -{t: S.12.01.01.01, r: R0010, c: C0120} - {t: S.12.01.01.01, r: R0030, c: C0120} - {t: S.12.01.01.01, r: R0100, c: C0120}

Every Solvency II rule on S.02.01

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.