Frequently asked questions CFI benchmark

Only if we do not have a recent email address, you will receive a letter for the CFI-benchmark report. For institutions that have previously submitted this reports in our Reporting Service, we have an email address of a contact person. This person will receive an email about the new reporting obligation. 

You need to provide data from the company financial statements. All items on the balance sheet must be included in the report.

If it is not clear where the error in the report is, then send both the validation report from the Reporting Service and the submitted Excel input file benchmark@dnb.nl. 

You can download the Excel input file from the reporting obligation in our Reporting Service, or from our website. 

Amounts should be reported in whole euros. 

A reporting institution whose financial year does not coincide with a calendar year should report on the financial year that ends in the calendar year to which the CFI-benchmark pertains.  

If the final figures for the relevant year are not yet available, you must submit preliminary figures based on accurate estimates to avoid exceeding the submission deadline. Once the final figures are known and if they significantly differ from the submitted estimates, you should adjust and resubmit the report. 

We do not grant extensions for the CFI-benchmark. 

Yes, in our Reporting Service, the reports are available from 2021 onwards. Reports before 2021 are in the former portal eLineBB and are no longer accessible. 

In our Reporting Service, you can reopen any reporting obligation and upload a corrected Excel file. 

You log in to the Reporting Service using eHerkenning. You need to request the 'DNB reports' service from your eHerkenning provider. Your institution can authorize another institution to report on your behalf using eHerkenning through 'chain authorization' or 'management authorization. 

The CFI-benchmark report must be submitted by uploading the completed Excel input file in our Reporting Service. 

A country of counterparty may only appear once on the same form, except on form T01.02 and T02.02, where the combination ‘country of counterparty’ and 'relationship to counterparty' must be unique.  

You may not delete, add, move or rename columns, cells or worksheets or the report will not be accepted. 

Calculations can be added as an attachment in a separate document. 

In this case, the report has been uploaded but not yet submitted. To send the report to DNB, click on the 'submit' button.  

The reporting period pertains to a calendar year. On form TOC, cells B5 and B6, you must specify the calendar year (yyyy-mm-dd) to which the CFI-benchmark relates. 

You must enter the Chamber of Commerce number of the reporting institution in cell B7 on form TOC. 

If it is not clear where the error in the report is, then send both the validation report from the Reporting Service and the submitted Excel input file benchmark@dnb.nl.