Document ID: 32022D0864
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>2.6.2022&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>L 151/64</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2022/864
of 24 May 2022
amending Decision 1999/70/EC concerning the external auditors of the national central banks, as regards the external auditors of Lietuvos bankas
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having 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,
Having regard to the Recommendation of the European Central Bank of 29 March 2022 to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of Lietuvos bankas (ECB/2022/15) ( 1 ) ,
Whereas:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(1)</p></td><td><p>The 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.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(2)</p></td><td><p>The mandate of the current external auditors of Lietuvos bankas, Ernst &amp; Young Baltic UAB, ended following the audit for the financial year 2021. It is therefore necessary to appoint external auditors from the financial year 2022.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(3)</p></td><td><p>Lietuvos bankas has selected UAB ROSK Consulting as its external auditors for the financial years 2022 to 2024.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(4)</p></td><td><p>The Governing Council of the ECB recommended that UAB ROSK Consulting be appointed as the external auditors of Lietuvos bankas for the financial years 2022 to 2024.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>(5)</p></td><td><p>Following the recommendation of the Governing Council of the ECB, Council Decision 1999/70/EC&#160;<a>(<span>2</span>)</a> should be amended accordingly,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
In Article 1 of Decision 1999/70/EC, paragraph 19 is replaced by the following:
‘19. UAB ROSK Consulting are hereby approved as the external auditors of Lietuvos bankas for the financial years 2022 to 2024.’.
Article 2
This Decision shall take effect on the date of its notification.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the European Central Bank.
Done at Brussels, 24 May 2022.
For the Council
The President
B. LE MAIRE
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( 1 ) OJ C 153, 7.4.2022, p. 7 .
( 2 ) 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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