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Document 01999D0070-20100911

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)/2010-09-11

1999D0070 — EN — 11.09.2010 — 022.001


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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

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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

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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

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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

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COUNCIL DECISION of 12 February 2007

  L 42

24

14.2.2007

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COUNCIL DECISION of 27 February 2007

  L 64

35

2.3.2007

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COUNCIL DECISION of 20 December 2007

  L 346

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29.12.2007

 M16

COUNCIL DECISION of 20 December 2007

  L 346

20

29.12.2007

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COUNCIL DECISION of 17 March 2008

  L 85

8

27.3.2008

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COUNCIL DECISION of 20 January 2009

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29.1.2009

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COUNCIL DECISION of 18 December 2008

  L 38

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7.2.2009

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COUNCIL DECISION of 30 March 2009

  L 90

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2.4.2009

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COUNCIL DECISION of 28 May 2009

  L 149

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12.6.2009

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COUNCIL DECISION of 27 July 2009

  L 202

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4.8.2009

 M23

COUNCIL DECISION of 14 September 2009

  L 247

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19.9.2009

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COUNCIL DECISION of 16 February 2010

  L 47

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24.2.2010

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COUNCIL DECISION of 7 September 2010

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11.9.2010




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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.

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

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3.  Deloitte, S.L. is hereby approved as the external auditor of the Banco de España for the financial years 2006 to 2008.

This mandate may be renewed thereafter on a yearly basis until the end of the financial year 2012.

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4.  Deloitte & Associés and Mazars & Guerard are hereby approved jointly as the external auditors of the Banque de France for the financial years 2006 to 2011.

KPMG S.A. is hereby approved as the deputy auditor of the Banque de France for the financial years 2006 to 2011.

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5.  Deloitte & Touche is hereby approved as the external auditors of the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland for the financial years 2009 to 2011.

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6.  PricewaterhouseCoopers SpA is hereby approved as the external auditor of the Banca d'Italia as from the financial year 2004, for a renewable period of three years.

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7.  KPMG AUDIT Sarl is hereby approved as the external auditor of the Banque centrale du Luxembourg for the 2009 to 2013 financial years.

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8.  PricewaterhouseCoopers Accountants N.V. is hereby approved as the external auditor of De Nederlandsche Bank for the financial years 2008 to 2011.

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9.  TPA Horwath Wirtschaftsprüfung GmbH and Moore Stephens Austria Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft mbH are hereby approved jointly as the external auditors of the OeNB for the financial year 2006.

BDO Auxilia Treuhand GmbH and Ernst & Young Wirtschaftsprüfungs GmbH are hereby approved jointly as the alternate external auditors of the OeNB for the financial year 2006.

This mandate may be renewed on a yearly basis, not exceeding a total term of five years, ending with the financial year 2010 at the latest.

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10.  PricewaterhouseCoopers & Associados — Sociedade de Revisores Oficiais de Contas, Lda. is hereby approved as external auditor of the Banco de Portugal as from the financial year 2004 for a renewable period of one year.

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11.  KPMG Oy Ab is hereby approved as the external auditor of Suomen Pankki for the financial years 2008 to 2012.

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12.  Ernst & Young (Hellas) Certified Auditors SA are hereby approved as the external auditors of the Bank of Greece for the financial year 2005 for a renewable period of one year.

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13.  Deloitte revizija d.o.o. is hereby approved as the external auditor of the Banka Slovenije for the financial years 2009 to 2011.

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14.  PricewaterhouseCoopers Limited is hereby approved as the external auditors of the Central Bank of Cyprus for the financial years 2008 to 2012.

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15.  KPMG is hereby approved as the external auditors of Bank Ċentrali ta′ Malta/Central Bank of Malta for the financial years 2009 to 2013.

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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.

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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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