{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-458/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2019/458",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2019/458 of 19 March 2019 amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditors of Banque centrale du Luxembourg",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-458",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2019/458\nof 19 March 2019\namending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditors of Banque centrale du Luxembourg\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to 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 Article 27.1 thereof,\nHaving regard to the Recommendation of the European Central Bank of 14 February 2019 to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of Banque centrale du Luxembourg (ECB/2019/6),\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 Governing Council of the ECB and approved by the Council of the European Union.\n(2)\nThe mandate of Banque centrale du Luxembourg's current external auditors, Deloitte Audit SARL, expired after the audit for the financial year 2018. It is therefore necessary to appoint external auditors from the financial year 2019.\n(3)\nBanque centrale du Luxembourg has selected Ernst & Young SA as its external auditors for the financial years 2019 to 2023.\n(4)\nThe Governing Council of the ECB recommended that Ernst & Young SA be appointed as the external auditors of Banque centrale du Luxembourg for the financial years 2019 to 2023.\n(5)\nFollowing the recommendation of the Governing Council of the ECB, Council Decision 1999/70/EC should be amended accordingly,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ C 67, 20.2.2019, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "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",
  "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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