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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-76/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2009/76",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 20 January 2009 amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditor of the Bank Ċentrali ta′ Malta/Central Bank of Malta (2009/76/EC)",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 20 January 2009\namending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditor of the Bank Ċentrali ta′ Malta/Central Bank of Malta\n(2009/76/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 to Article 27(1) thereof,\nHaving regard to Recommendation ECB/2008/19 of the European Central Bank of 5 December 2008 to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of the Central Bank of Malta,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe accounts of the European Central Bank (ECB) and of the national central banks of the Eurosystem shall 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 mandate of the current external auditors of the Bank Ċentrali ta′ Malta/Central Bank of Malta will end after the audit for the financial year 2008. It is therefore necessary to appoint external auditors as from the financial year 2009.\n(3)\nThe ECB's Governing Council has recommended that KPMG should be appointed as the external auditors for the financial years 2009 to 2013.\n(4)\nIt is appropriate to follow the recommendation of the ECB's Governing Council and amend Council Decision 1999/70/EC accordingly,\nHAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ C 322, 17.12.2008, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 22, 29.1.1999, p. 69."
    }
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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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