1 min readBlockingEIOPA taxonomy 2.10.0Updated 11 November 2026

Column Year must follow "yyyy" pattern (S.27.02, EIOPA rule BV2187)

A blocking check on the catastrophe data - loss data template (S.27.02), in the quarterly solo (QRS), quarterly group (QRG), quarterly branch (QRB), annual solo (ARS), annual group (ARG), annual branch (ARB), financial stability solo (QFS), financial stability group (QFG) and financial stability branch (QFB) returns.

It is new in taxonomy 2.10.0, for returns from the first quarter of 2027. 2.8.2 returns do not have it.

The rule in plain words

Column Year must follow "yyyy" pattern

What to do if your return fails it

  1. 01Open the tables below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Compare the code or text in your return with the format the rule sets out, character by character, including any prefix and any spaces.
  3. 03This is a blocking check. A return that fails it is normally rejected, so fix it before you submit.

The cells it reads

Catastrophe data - loss data: insurance loss data - reporting for direct business (S.27.02.01.01)

Columns

  • C0060Gross loss
  • C0070Number of claims
  • C0071Number of claims reported closed without payment
  • C0072Number of claims reported closed with payment

Catastrophe data - loss data: reinsurance loss data - reporting for gross direct business (S.27.02.01.02)

Columns

  • C0080Non proportional reinsurer’s share - loss
  • C0090Proportional reinsurer’s share - loss

Catastrophe data - loss data: reinsurance loss data - reporting for reinsurance business (S.27.02.01.03)

Columns

  • C0100Non proportional reinsurance accepted: loss - All asset
  • C0110Proportional reinsurance accepted: loss - All asset
  • C0120Retrocession's share: loss - All asset type

Which returns it applies to

Line4 Check runs it on quarterly solo (QRS), quarterly group (QRG), quarterly branch (QRB), annual solo (ARS), annual group (ARG), annual branch (ARB), financial stability solo (QFS), financial stability group (QFG) and financial stability branch (QFB) returns on EIOPA taxonomy 2.10.0. EIOPA applies it to quarterly ECB branch (QEB), quarterly ECB solo (QES), annual branch (ARB), annual solo (ARS), financial stability group (QFG), quarterly group (QRG), financial stability solo (QFS), financial stability branch (QFB), quarterly branch (QRB), quarterly solo (QRS), annual ECB solo (AES), annual ECB branch (AEB) and annual group (ARG) returns, as a blocking check.

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}.

matches(dim({d: [s2c_dim:NH]},[s2c_dim:NH]), "^\d{4}$")

Every Solvency II rule on S.27.02

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.