2 min readBlockingEIOPA taxonomy 2.10.0Updated 11 November 2026

Solvency capital requirement - for undertakings on standard formula: two values must match (S.25.01, EIOPA rule BV255_1)

A blocking check on the solvency capital requirement - for undertakings on standard formula template (S.25.01), in the annual solo (ARS), annual group (ARG) and annual branch (ARB) returns.

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 "Net solvency capital requirement" for "Intangible asset risk" reported in Solvency Capital Requirement - for undertakings on Standard Formula (S.25.01) must be equal to the one reported in "Gross solvency capital requirement". Future discretionary benefits do not affect intangible asset risk

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.

EIOPA writes it out as separate checks, one for each table or return it covers. Line4 Check runs two of them (BV255_1-1 and BV255_1-2), and a failure names the one that failed.

What to do if your return fails it

  1. 01Open the tables below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02The two values must be the same. Find which of the two is right, and correct the other one.
  3. 03It runs only when your filing indicators mark S.25.01 as reported.
  4. 04This is a blocking check. A return that fails it is normally rejected, so fix it before you submit.

The cells it reads

Solvency capital requirement - for undertakings on standard formula: basic solvency capital requirement (S.25.01.01.01)

Row

  • R0070Intangible asset risk

Columns

  • C0030Net solvency capital requirement
  • C0040Gross solvency capital requirement

Solvency capital requirement - for undertakings on standard formula: basic solvency capital requirement (S.25.01.04.01)

Row

  • R0070Intangible asset risk

Columns

  • C0030Net solvency capital requirement
  • C0040Gross solvency capital requirement

A worked example

The first of its checks, with simple numbers.

Illustrative values
Net solvency capital requirement1,200
What the rule then expects

Gross solvency capital requirement must then be 1,200.

1,200Passes
1,300Fails

A file that reports 1,200 passes. One that reports 1,300 fails, by 100.

The numbers are illustrative.

Which returns it applies to

Line4 Check runs it on annual solo (ARS), annual group (ARG) and annual branch (ARB) returns on EIOPA taxonomy 2.10.0. EIOPA applies it to annual branch (ARB), annual solo (ARS), annual ECB solo (AES), annual ECB branch (AEB) and annual group (ARG) returns, as a blocking check.

EIOPA’s own words and formula

In EIOPA’s list of validations, word for word:

The item "Net solvency capital requirement" for "Intangible asset risk" reported in S.25.01 - Solvency Capital Requirement - for undertakings on Standard Formula must be equal to the one reported in "Gross solvency capital requirement". Future discretionary benefits do not affect intangible asset risk.
Show the formulaShow

EIOPA's formula, for BV255_1-1. Cells are written as {t: table, r: row, c: column}.

{t: S.25.01.01.01, c: C0040, z: Z0001} = {t: S.25.01.01.01, c: C0030, z: Z0001}

BV255_1-2:

{t: S.25.01.04.01, c: C0040, z: Z0001} = {t: S.25.01.04.01, c: C0030, z: Z0001}

Every Solvency II rule on S.25.01

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.