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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-324/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2013/324",
  "legislation_title": "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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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 21 June 2013\namending Decision 98/481/EC approving the external auditors of the European Central Bank\n(2013/324/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 the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular to Article 27.1 thereof,\nHaving regard to Recommendation ECB/2013/9 of the European Central Bank of 19 April 2013 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 Member States whose currency is the euro 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 ECB's external auditors ended following the audit for the financial year 2012. It is therefore necessary to appoint external auditors from the financial year 2013.\n(3)\nThe ECB has selected Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft as its external auditors for the financial years 2013 to 2017.\n(4)\nThe Governing Council of the ECB recommended that Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft be appointed as the external auditors of the ECB for the financial years 2013 to 2017.\n(5)\nIt is appropriate to follow the recommendation of the Governing Council of the ECB and amend Council Decision 98/481/EC accordingly,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ C 122, 27.4.2013, p. 1."
    },
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 216, 4.8.1998, p. 7."
    }
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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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