EBA Hotfix of ITS Validation Rules (12/12/2025)
The European Banking Authority (EBA) issued a hotfix with a revised list and small taxonomy package of validation rules (12/12/2025). Included in its Implementing Technical Standards (ITS) on supervisory reporting, highlighting those which have been deactivated for incorrectness or for triggering IT problems.
The validation rules are an integral part of the EBA technical package covering the reporting requirements. These components are required from EBA 4.0 for each deactivation exercise to ensure consistent deactivation of rules in both the taxonomy and the DPM. These validation rules are updated:
- With each release of a new technical package.
- Around two months before the first reference date of a framework release for corrections.
- As part of a ‘small validation rules package’, published every quarter for updates.
The validation rules are split in two files depending on the Reporting Framework to which they apply:
- From EBA 4.0: Validation rules applying to framework releases after and including Reporting Framework 4.0.
- Up to EBA 3.5: Validation rules applying to framework releases up to and including Reporting Framework 3.5.
A hotfix for reporting framework 4.2 will be issued in January 2026. Any necessary review of the validation rules for this framework will be incorporated in that hotfix. Therefore, no changes affecting release 4.2 are part of the current publication.