1 min readWarningBank of England taxonomy 2.2.0Updated 11 November 2026

Basic information - general and list of assets: a conditional check (IR.01.02, IR.06.02, Bank of England rule IR_bv0871_02)

A warning on the basic information - general (IR.01.02) and list of assets (IR.06.02) templates, in the quarterly group (QRG) and annual group (ARG) returns.

The rule in plain words

The item "Nominated ECAI" should be reported if the rating was provided in "Credit quality step", for assets CIC other than '##71', '##72' and '##79'

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.

What to do if your return fails it

  1. 01Open the tables below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02The check applies only when its first part holds in your return. When it does, the second part must hold too: fix the second part, or correct the first.
  3. 03It runs only when your filing indicators mark IR.01.02 and IR.06.02 as reported.
  4. 04This is a warning. It does not stop the return on its own, but your supervisor may ask you to explain it.

The cells it reads

Basic information - general (IR.01.02.04.01)

Row

  • R0250Exemption of reporting ECAI information

Column

  • C0010c

List of assets - information on assets (IR.06.02.04.02)

Columns

  • C0290CIC
  • C0330Nominated ECAI
  • C0340Credit quality step

Which returns it applies to

Line4 Check runs it on quarterly group (QRG) and annual group (ARG) returns on Bank of England taxonomy 2.2.0. The Bank of England applies it to quarterly group (QRG) and annual group (ARG) returns, as a warning.

The Bank’s own words and formula

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

Show the formulaShow

The Bank of England's formula. Cells are written as {t: table, r: row, c: column}.

if ({t: IR.01.02.04.01, r: R0250, c: C0010} != $[s2c_CN:x72] and {t: IR.01.02.04.01, r: R0250, c: C0010} != $[s2c_CN:x73] and {t: IR.01.02.04.01, r: R0250, c: C0010} != $[s2c_CN:x76] and {t: IR.01.02.04.01, r: R0250, c: C0010} != $[s2c_CN:x77] and {t: IR.06.02.04.02, c: C0340, z: Z0001} != $[s2c_BR:x29] and {t: IR.06.02.04.02, c: C0340, z: Z0001} != $[s2c_BR:x30] and {t: IR.06.02.04.02, c: C0340, z: Z0001} != $[s2c_BR:x31] and {t: IR.06.02.04.02, c: C0340, z: Z0001} != $[s2c_BR:x32] and not(isNull({t: IR.06.02.04.02, c: C0340, z: Z0001})) and not(isNull({t: IR.01.02.04.01, r: R0250, c: C0010}))) then not(isNull({t: IR.06.02.04.02, c: C0330, z: Z0001})) else true()

Every Solvency UK rule on IR.01.02

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.