
Article 1 
Article 1(6) of Decision 1999/70/EC is replaced by the following:
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6. PricewaterhouseCoopers SpA is hereby approved as the external auditors of the Banca d’Italia for the financial years 2010 to 2015.'.
Article 2 
This Decision shall take effect on the day of its notification.
Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to the European Central Bank.
Done at Luxembourg, 11 October 2010.
For the Council
The President
V. VAN QUICKENBORNE