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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 7 October 2025 to the Council of the European Union on the external auditors of Suomen Pankki (ECB/2025/35)note,Whereas:
(1)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.
(2)The mandate of the external auditors of Suomen Pankki, KPMG Oy Ab, will end following the audit for the financial year 2025. It is therefore necessary to appoint external auditors from the financial year 2026 onwards.
(3)Suomen Pankki has selected PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy as its external auditors for the financial years 2026 to 2031.
(4)The Governing Council of the ECB has recommended that PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy be appointed as the external auditors of Suomen Pankki for the financial years 2026 to 2031.
(5)Following the recommendation of the Governing Council of the ECB, Council Decision 1999/70/ECnote should be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
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In Article 1 of Decision 1999/70/EC, paragraph 11 is replaced by the following:‘11.PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy are hereby approved as the external auditors of Suomen Pankki for the financial years 2026 to 2031.’.
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