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Article 1

Article 1(5) of Decision 1999/70/EC shall be replaced by the following:

5.Deloitte & Touche is hereby approved as the external auditors of the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland for the financial years 2009 to 2011.

Article 2

This Decision shall be notified to the ECB.

Article 3

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

Done at Brussels, 16 February 2010.

For the Council

The President

E. Salgado