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REM validation rule decoder

REM is almost entirely informational: 615 entries for 613 rules and just 11 errors. Nearly a third — 194 — are inactive, and 69 are cross-module, unusually high for a framework this size. The practical risk here is not rejection but chasing rules that were switched off.

Package 4.3 · 613 REM rules across 615 entries · 11 errors · 194 inactive · 69 cross-module · runs offline

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Search a rule code such as v09194_m, a table code such as R_01.00, or any words from the rule text. Filters combine.

615 rules loaded
What this means: a reading of the EBA validation rules list for the 4.3 package as published, filtered and searched locally. It tells you what a rule says, whether it is active, whether it is implemented in XBRL and whether breaching it is an error or a warning. It does not validate a file or tell you whether your data breaches a rule. Descriptions are reproduced as published; the Expression and Precondition columns are not. Rules change between releases and between published versions of the list — check the current EBA publication before relying on any single entry. This is not advice.

Knowing the rule is not passing it. The converter runs the validation rules against your data before submission and reports breaches by severity — with a free tier to start.

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Three axes

Mostly deactivated, rarely blocking

Eleven errors in 615 entries, against 194 rules that cannot fire at all.

11 of 615

Errors

REM is a disclosure framework rather than a prudential one. Eleven errors in 615 entries reflects that: the supervisor is collecting data, not enforcing thresholds.

194

Inactive

194 of 615 entries are inactive — nearly a third, the highest proportion outside Pillar 3. Most of the framework you find published cannot fire.

70

Not in XBRL

70 REM rules are absent from the taxonomy. Combined with the inactive count, well under half the published list is live and enforceable.

69

Cross-module

Rules spanning more than one module. Template-by-template checking never catches these, which is why they break submissions disproportionately often.

Reviewed 21 August 2026 · source: EBA validation rules package 4.3 of 23 June 2026 · Source: EBA validation rules list, the 4.3 package, as supplied · compiled 20 August 2026 · REM subset

Scope

What this decoder does

It doesResolve and filter

  • Finds a rule by code, by table, or by words in its text.
  • Filters on severity, active status, XBRL implementation and cross-module scope, in combination.
  • Gives a one-click view of the rules that can actually reject a filing: active, implemented, and an error.
  • Shows the tables a rule touches, so you can see where to look.
  • Runs entirely offline against an embedded copy of the list.

It does notValidate anything

  • Check your data. It has no access to your file and never will.
  • Reproduce the Expression and Precondition columns. The Description shown here is as published, and for many rules it embeds the formula itself.
  • Cover frameworks other than REM, which have their own pages.
  • Cover releases other than 4.3.
  • Tell you which templates you are required to file.

Start from what can block you

Of the 613 REM rules in this package, 9 are simultaneously active, implemented in XBRL and severity error. Those are the ones that can reject a filing, and they are the list worth working through before a submission window. The remaining 604 are either informational, dormant, or invisible to the taxonomy — useful context, but not what stops a filing.

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Nothing you search here leaves your browser

The rule list is embedded in the page and every search runs on your own machine. No query is sent to REGREP, and nothing is logged.

That is deliberate. Which rules you are chasing says a good deal about what is failing.

Questions

About validation rules

Does a warning stop my submission?

Almost never. 11 of 615 REM entries are errors. Remuneration data is collected for benchmarking rather than tested against limits, so a breach is usually a question rather than a rejection.

What does "not implemented in XBRL" mean?

That the rule exists in the published list but is not part of the taxonomy's own validation. It will not fire when your instance document is validated against the taxonomy, even though the rule is live. It is a separate question from whether the rule is active, and the two do not always agree.

Why keep inactive rules in the list at all?

Because the published list is a record as well as a specification — rules are deactivated rather than deleted, so that historical periods and prior releases remain interpretable. For a current filing they are noise, which is why this tool filters them out rather than hiding the distinction.

What makes cross-module rules different?

They span more than one module. REM has 69 against only 615 entries — proportionally the highest in the package, because remuneration figures are checked against headcount and own funds reported elsewhere.

Why isn't the rule expression shown?

Because the formal expression is the authoritative artefact and belongs in the EBA's own publication, where it carries its context and preconditions. Reproducing it here would invite people to implement from a summary. The description tells you what the rule is about; the EBA list tells you exactly what it tests.

Which release is this?

Package 4.3, from the list supplied for this build. Rules are added, deactivated and re-severitied between releases and between published versions of the same release, so check the current EBA publication before relying on any single entry.

Finding the rule is the easy half.

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