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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-431/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2015/431",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2015/431 of 10 March 2015 amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditors of the Lietuvos bankas",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-431",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2015/431\nof 10 March 2015\namending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditors of the Lietuvos bankas\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Protocol (No 4) 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/2014/58 of the European Central Bank of 16 December 2014 to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of Lietuvos bankas,\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 Governing Council of the ECB and approved by the Council of the European Union.\n(2)\nPursuant to Article 1 of Council Decision 2014/509/EU Lithuania fulfils the necessary conditions for the adoption of the euro, and the derogation in favour of Lithuania referred to in Article 4 of the 2003 Act of Accession is abrogated with effect from 1 January 2015.\n(3)\nThe Governing Council of the ECB recommended that UAB PricewaterhouseCoopers be appointed as the external auditors of the Lietuvos bankas for the financial years 2015 to 2017.\n(4)\nIt is appropriate to follow the recommendation of the Governing Council of the ECB and to amend Council Decision 1999/70/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 465, 24.12.2014, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Council Decision 2014/509/EU of 23 July 2014 on the adoption by Lithuania of the euro on 1 January 2015 (OJ L 228, 31.7.2014, p. 29)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 33."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Council Decision 1999/70/EC of 25 January 1999 concerning the external auditors of the national central banks (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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