1999/70/EC: Council Decision of 25 January 1999 concerning the external auditors of the national central banks
Date: 1999-01-25
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU Member State, accountant, appointment of staff, central bank, self-employed person

29. 1. 1999

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 22/69

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 25 January 1999

concerning the external auditors of the national central banks

(1999/70/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Protocol on the Statute of the Euro-
the European
pean System of Central Banks and of
Central Bank and in particular to Article 27.1 thereof,

Having regard to the Recommendation of the European
Central Bank (hereinafter referred to as the ‘ECB') of 12
November 1998 (1),

Whereas the accounts of the ECB and of the national
central banks (hereinafter referred to as the ‘NCBs') are to
recom-
be audited by independent external auditors
mended by the Governing Council of
the ECB and
approved by the Council;

Whereas the ECB has recommended the reappointment
of the current external auditors appointed by each partici-
pating NCB subject to a possible later decision,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

1. KPMG R(cid:130)viseurs d’Entreprises s.c., Antwerp, and
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu s.c., Brussels, are hereby
approved as the external auditors of the Banque Nationale
de Belgique/Nationale Bank van Belgi(cid:137).

2. KPMG Deutsche Treuhandgesellschaft AG and PwC
the
Deutsche Revision AG are hereby approved as
external auditors of the Deutsche Bundesbank.

(1) OJ C 411, 31. 12. 1998, p. 11.

3.
Coopers & Lybrand, belonging to the international
firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, is hereby approved as the
external auditor of the Banco de Espa(cid:157)a.

4. Mazars & Gu(cid:130)rard, Paris,
and Deloitte Touche
Tohmatsu-Audit, Neuilly, are hereby approved as the
external auditors of the Banque de France.

5.
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Dublin, is hereby approved
as the external auditor of the Central Bank of Ireland.

Reconta Ernst and Young, spa, Rome,

is hereby
6.
approved as the external auditor of the Banca d’Italia.

PricewaterhouseCoopers SARL (Soci(cid:130)t(cid:130) (cid:133) responsa-
7.
bilit(cid:130) limit(cid:130)e), R(cid:130)viseur d’Entreprises, Luxembourg,
is
hereby approved as the external auditor of the Banque
centrale du Luxembourg.

8.
Prof. Dr J.A. van Manen RA (Registered Accountant)
is hereby approved as the external auditor of De Neder-
landsche Bank, acting on a personal assignment, partner
of PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Prof. DDr Kurt Neuner, Dr Pipin Henzl, Dr Peter
9.
Wolf, Mag. Christian Hofer, Dkfm. Dr Peter Christian
Gormasz and Dkfm. Leopold Wundsam, all of whom are
registered certified public
are hereby
approved as the external auditors of the (cid:153)sterreichische
Nationalbank.

accountants,

10.
PricewaterhouseCoopers-Auditores e Consultores
Lda., is hereby approved as the external auditor of the
Banco de Portugal.

Arthur Anderson Oy is hereby approved as the

11.
external auditor of Suomen Pankki.

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This Decision shall be notified to the ECB.

Article 2

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Done at Brussels, 25 January 1999.

For the Council

The President

J. FISCHER