
Article 1 
Article 1(10) of Decision 1999/70/EC shall be replaced by the following:
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10. PricewaterhouseCoopers & Associados — Sociedade de Revisores Oficiais de Contas, Lda. is hereby approved as external auditor of the Banco de Portugal as from the financial year 2004 for a renewable period of one year.'
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 March 2005.
For the Council
The President
J. ASSELBORN