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Document 32023D1486

    Council Decision (EU) 2023/1486 of 14 July 2023 amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditors of the Banca d’Italia

    ST/10468/2023/INIT

    OJ L 182, 19.7.2023, p. 195–196 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    Legal status of the document In force

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/1486/oj

    19.7.2023   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    L 182/195


    COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2023/1486

    of 14 July 2023

    amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditors of the Banca d’Italia

    THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

    Having regard to Protocol No 4 on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 27.1 thereof,

    Having regard to the Recommendation of the European Central Bank of 2 June 2023 to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of the Banca d’Italia (ECB/2023/14) (1),

    Whereas:

    (1)

    The accounts of the European Central Bank (ECB) and of the national central banks of the Member States whose currency is the euro are to be audited by independent external auditors recommended by the Governing Council of the ECB and approved by the Council of the European Union.

    (2)

    The mandate of the Banca d’Italia’s current external auditors, Deloitte & Touche S.p.A., ended following the audit for the financial year 2022. It is therefore necessary to appoint external auditors from the financial year 2023.

    (3)

    The Banca d’Italia has selected Deloitte & Touche S.p.A. as its external auditors for the financial years 2023 to 2027.

    (4)

    The Governing Council of the ECB recommended that Deloitte & Touche S.p.A. be appointed as the external auditors of the Banca d’Italia for the financial years 2023 to 2027.

    (5)

    Following the recommendation of the Governing Council of the ECB, Council Decision 1999/70/EC (2) should be amended accordingly,

    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

    Article 1

    In Article 1 of Decision 1999/70/EC, paragraph 6 is replaced by the following:

    ‘6.   Deloitte & Touche S.p.A. are hereby approved as the external auditors of the Banca d’Italia for the financial years 2023 to 2027.’.

    Article 2

    This Decision shall take effect on the date of its notification.

    Article 3

    This Decision is addressed to the European Central Bank.

    Done at Brussels, 14 July 2023.

    For the Council

    The President

    N. CALVIÑO SANTAMARÍA


    (1)   OJ C 202, 9.6.2023, p. 1.

    (2)  Council Decision 1999/70/EC of 25 January 1999 concerning the external auditors of the national central banks (OJ L 22, 29.1.1999, p. 69).


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