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Document 01999D0070-20150324

    Consolidated text: Council Decision of 25 January 1999 concerning the external auditors of the national central banks (1999/70/EC)

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/1999/70(1)/2015-03-24

    1999D0070 — EN — 24.03.2015 — 036.001


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    COUNCIL DECISION

    of 25 January 1999

    concerning the external auditors of the national central banks

    (1999/70/EC)

    (OJ L 022, 29.1.1999, p.69)

    Amended by:

     

     

    Official Journal

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    page

    date

     M1

    COUNCIL DECISION of 13 March 2000

      L 71

    24

    18.3.2000

     M2

    COUNCIL DECISION of 20 November 2000

      L 298

    23

    25.11.2000

     M3

    COUNCIL DECISION of 8 April 2003

      L 99

    49

    17.4.2003

     M4

    COUNCIL DECISION of 10 November 2003

      L 299

    23

    18.11.2003

     M5

    COUNCIL DECISION of 13 September 2004

      L 298

    23

    23.9.2004

     M6

    COUNCIL DECISION of 16 March 2005

      L 82

    6

    31.3.2005

    ►M7

    COUNCIL DECISION of 10 May 2005

      L 125

    8

    18.5.2005

     M8

    COUNCIL DECISION of 12 July 2005

      L 187

    20

    19.7.2005

     M9

    COUNCIL DECISION of 1 December 2005

      L 318

    25

    6.12.2005

     M10

    COUNCIL DECISION of 14 March 2006

      L 79

    25

    16.3.2006

     M11

    COUNCIL DECISION of 12 June 2006

      L 188

    7

    11.7.2006

     M12

    COUNCIL DECISION of 28 November 2006

      L 331

    19

    29.11.2006

     M13

    COUNCIL DECISION of 12 February 2007

      L 42

    24

    14.2.2007

     M14

    COUNCIL DECISION of 27 February 2007

      L 64

    35

    2.3.2007

     M15

    COUNCIL DECISION of 20 December 2007

      L 346

    19

    29.12.2007

     M16

    COUNCIL DECISION of 20 December 2007

      L 346

    20

    29.12.2007

     M17

    COUNCIL DECISION of 17 March 2008

      L 85

    8

    27.3.2008

     M18

    COUNCIL DECISION of 20 January 2009

      L 25

    17

    29.1.2009

     M19

    COUNCIL DECISION of 18 December 2008

      L 38

    33

    7.2.2009

    ►M20

    COUNCIL DECISION of 30 March 2009

      L 90

    22

    2.4.2009

     M21

    COUNCIL DECISION of 28 May 2009

      L 149

    64

    12.6.2009

     M22

    COUNCIL DECISION of 27 July 2009

      L 202

    53

    4.8.2009

     M23

    COUNCIL DECISION of 14 September 2009

      L 247

    10

    19.9.2009

     M24

    COUNCIL DECISION of 16 February 2010

      L 47

    16

    24.2.2010

    ►M25

    COUNCIL DECISION of 7 September 2010

      L 240

    5

    11.9.2010

    ►M26

    COUNCIL DECISION of 11 October 2010

      L 275

    9

    20.10.2010

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    COUNCIL DECISION of 11 October 2011

      L 285

    23

    1.11.2011

    ►M28

    COUNCIL DECISION of 27 January 2012

      L 30

    19

    2.2.2012

    ►M29

    COUNCIL DECISION of 19 March 2012

      L 90

    21

    28.3.2012

    ►M30

    COUNCIL DECISION of 15 May 2012

      L 137

    5

    26.5.2012

    ►M31

    COUNCIL DECISION of 24 July 2012

      L 202

    21

    28.7.2012

    ►M32

    COUNCIL DECISION of 13 November 2012

      L 319

    6

    16.11.2012

    ►M33

    COUNCIL DECISION of 11 March 2013

      L 70

    6

    14.3.2013

    ►M34

    COUNCIL DECISION of 21 June 2013

      L 175

    55

    27.6.2013

    ►M35

    COUNCIL DECISION of 21 June 2013

      L 175

    56

    27.6.2013

    ►M36

    COUNCIL DECISION of 26 September 2013

      L 262

    9

    4.10.2013

     M37

    COUNCIL DECISION of 28 January 2014

      L 39

    59

    8.2.2014

    ►M38

    COUNCIL DECISION of 6 May 2014

      L 139

    16

    14.5.2014

    ►M39

    COUNCIL DECISION of 16 June 2014

      L 180

    15

    20.6.2014

    ►M40

    COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2015/431 of 10 March 2015

      L 70

    45

    14.3.2015

    ►M41

    COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2015/493 of 17 March 2015

      L 78

    16

    24.3.2015




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    COUNCIL DECISION

    of 25 January 1999

    concerning the external auditors of the national central banks

    (1999/70/EC)



    THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

    Having regard to the Protocol on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank and in particular to Article 27.1 thereof,

    Having regard to the Recommendation of the European Central Bank (hereinafter referred to as the ‘ECB’) of 12 November 1998 ( 1 ),

    Whereas the accounts of the ECB and of the national central banks (hereinafter referred to as the ‘NCBs’) are to be audited by independent external auditors recommended by the Governing Council of the ECB and approved by the Council;

    Whereas the ECB has recommended the reappointment of the current external auditors appointed by each participating NCB subject to a possible later decision,

    HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:



    Article 1

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    1.  Ernst & Young Bedrijfsrevisoren/Réviseurs d’Entreprises are hereby approved as the external auditors of the Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique from the financial year 2005 for a period of three years, this period being renewable once.

    ▼M20

    2.  Ernst & Young AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft Steuerberatungsgesellschaft is hereby approved as the external auditor of the Deutsche Bundesbank for the financial years 2009 to 2014.

    ▼M36

    3.  KPMG Auditores S.L. are hereby approved as the external auditors of the Banco de España for the financial years 2013 to 2017.

    ▼M30

    4.  Deloitte & Associés and KPMG SA are hereby approved as the external auditors of the Banque de France for the financial years 2012 to 2017.

    BEAS is hereby approved as the deputy auditors to Deloitte & Associés and KPMG Audit FS I SAS as deputy auditors to KPMG SA for the financial years 2012 to 2017.

    ▼M32

    5.  RSM Farrell Grant Sparks is hereby approved as the external auditors of the Central Bank of Ireland.

    ▼M26

    6.  PricewaterhouseCoopers SpA is hereby approved as the external auditors of the Banca d’Italia for the financial years 2010 to 2015.

    ▼M38

    7.  DELOITTE AUDIT SARL are hereby approved as the external auditors of the Banque centrale du Luxembourg for the financial years 2014 to 2018.

    ▼M28

    8.  Deloitte Accountants BV are hereby approved as the external auditors of De Nederlandsche Bank for the financial years 2012 to 2018.

    ▼M35

    9.  KPMG Wirtschaftsprüfungs- und Steuerberatungs AG is hereby approved as the external auditors and PwC Wirtschaftsprüfung GmbH as the alternate external auditors of the Österreichische Nationalbank for the financial years 2013 to 2017.

    ▼M27

    10.  PricewaterhouseCoopers & Associados — Sociedade de Revisores Oficiais de Contas, Lda. is hereby approved as the external auditors of the Banco de Portugal for the financial years 2011 to 2016.

    ▼M34

    11.  PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy is hereby approved as the external auditors of Suomen Pankki for the financial years 2013 to 2019.

    ▼M29

    12.  KPMG Certified Auditors A.E. are hereby approved as the external auditors of the Bank of Greece for the financial years 2012 to 2016.

    ▼M31

    13.  Deloitte revizija d.o.o is hereby approved as the external auditor of Banka Slovenije for the financial years 2012 to 2014.

    ▼M33

    14.  KPMG Limited is hereby approved as the external auditors of the Central Bank of Cyprus for the financial years 2013 to 2017.

    ▼M39

    15.  PricewaterhouseCoopers are hereby approved as the external auditors of the Bank Ċentrali ta' Malta/Central Bank of Malta for the financial years 2014 to 2018.

    ▼M25

    16.  Ernst & Young Slovakia, spol. s.r.o. are hereby approved as the external auditors of Národná banka Slovenska for the financial years 2010 to 2014.

    ▼M41

    18.  KPMG Baltics SIA is hereby approved as the external auditors of the Latvijas Banka for the financial years 2015 to 2019.

    ▼M40

    19.  UAB PricewaterhouseCoopers are hereby approved as the external auditors of the Lietuvos bankas for the financial years 2015 to 2017.

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    Article 2

    This Decision shall be notified to the ECB.

    Article 3

    This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.



    ( 1 ) OJ C 411, 31.12.1998, p. 11.

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