Error codes ยท ESA additional data-quality checks (2026)
E005: Ultimate parent ID contains DUMMY/INVALID/NOTAPPLICABLE or equals 0, NONE, TRUE, FALSE, LEI, EUID. C
content-review-resubmission
Official text
Invalid value reported for the identification code of the third-party service provider's ultimate parent undertaking.
How it appears in feedback
Invalid value reported for the identification code of the third-party service provider's ultimate parent undertaking.
What triggers it
Ultimate parent ID contains DUMMY/INVALID/NOTAPPLICABLE or equals 0, NONE, TRUE, FALSE, LEI, EUID. Canonical example: 9999999DUMMY99999999. If the parent is unknown or not applicable the field should be left blank, not filled with a placeholder.
Templates: B_05.01. Columns: c0110
How to fix it
Blank, or the real parent identifier (and then the parent must also be a row in B_05.01 for 807).
Introduced for the 2026 cycle under Art. 7(3) of ESA Decision 2024/22; executed by the EBA from the first week of April 2026 on B_05.01 and B_01.02; returned to NCAs as an error report (table, row ID, column, reported value, error code, message); NCAs asked for resubmission by 30 April 2026. Groups (FI): name field (3 checks), identification code (7), additional identifier (6), ultimate parent (5), country of HQ (1), total assets (1).
Sources
- Commissariat aux Assurances (LU), Note d'information 26/3, 15 Apr 2026, Annex: ESA additional validation checks E001-E023 (read 2026-10-31)
- MFSA Circular, Register of Information Additional Data Quality Checks | Year 2026, 5 Mar 2026 (Annex I examples) (read 2026-10-31)
- Finansinspektionen (SE), DORA Additional Data Quality Feedback, 8 Apr 2026 (PDF, Swedish/English) (read 2026-10-31)
- Central Bank of Ireland, Guide to Submitting DORA Registers of Information on the Central Bank of Ireland Portal (PDF dated 23 Feb 2026, 93 pp.) (read 2026-10-31)
- DNB, Rapportageverplichting DORA informatieregister en automatische terugkoppeling datakwaliteitscontroles (11 Mar 2026) (read 2026-10-31)