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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1998-481/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/1998/481",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 20 July 1998 approving the external auditors of the European Central Bank (98/481/EC)",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft is hereby approved as the external auditors of the ECB for the financial years 2013 to 2017.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "text": "Substituted by Council Decision of 21 June 2013 amending Decision 98/481/EC approving the external auditors of the European Central Bank (2013/324/EU)."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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