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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2010-484/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2010/484",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 7 September 2010 amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditors of Národná banka Slovenska (2010/484/EU)",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 7 September 2010\namending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditors of Národná banka Slovenska\n(2010/484/EU)\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 on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular to Article 27.1 thereof,\nHaving regard to Recommendation ECB/2010/6 of the European Central Bank of 1 July 2010 to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of Národná banka Slovenska,\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 mandate of the current external auditors of Národná banka Slovenska ended after the audit for the financial year 2009. It is therefore necessary to appoint external auditors from the financial year 2010.\n(3)\nNárodná banka Slovenska has selected Ernst & Young Slovakia, spol. s.r.o. as its external auditors for the financial years 2010 to 2014.\n(4)\nThe Governing Council of the ECB recommended that Ernst & Young Slovakia, spol. s.r.o. should be appointed as the external auditors of Národná banka Slovenska for the financial years 2010 to 2014.\n(5)\nIt is appropriate to follow the recommendation of the Governing Council of the ECB and to amend Decision 1999/70/EC accordingly,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ C 184, 8.7.2010, 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",
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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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