
Article 1 
Article 1(8) of Decision 1999/70/EC shall be replaced by the following:
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8. Josephus Andreas Nijhuis, Registered Accountant and chairman of the board of PricewaterhouseCoopers BV, acting in his personal capacity, is hereby approved as the external auditor of De Nederlandsche Bank from the financial year 2005 for an indeterminate period, this period being subject to confirmation each year.'
Article 2 
This Decision shall be notified to the European Central Bank.
Article 3 
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 12 July 2005.
For the Council
The President
G. BROWN