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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-571/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2008/571",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 8 July 2008 amending Decision 98/481/EC approving the external auditors of the European Central Bank (2008/571/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-571",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 8 July 2008\namending Decision 98/481/EC approving the external auditors of the European Central Bank\n(2008/571/EC)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Protocol on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 27(1) thereof,\nHaving regard to Recommendation ECB/2008/2 of the European Central Bank of 30 April 2008 to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of the European Central Bank,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe accounts of the European Central Bank (ECB) and of the national central banks of the Eurosystem are to be audited by independent external auditors recommended by the ECB’s Governing Council and approved by the Council of the European Union.\n(2)\nThe mandates of Coopers and Lybrand (1998-2003) and KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft (2003-2007) have expired following the audit for the financial year 2007. It is therefore necessary to appoint an external auditor from the financial year 2008.\n(3)\nThe ECB’s Governing Council has recommended that PricewaterhouseCoopers Aktiengesellschaft Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft should be appointed as the external auditors of the ECB for the financial years 2008 to 2012,\nHAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ C 114, 9.5.2008, p. 1."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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