The following paragraph shall be added to Article 1 of Decision 1999/70/EC:
"12. Ernst & Young (Hellas) Certified Auditors SA and Mr Charalambos Stathakis, a registered certified public accountant, are hereby approved as the external auditors of the Bank of Greece for the annual accounts starting from the financial year 2001."
This Decision shall be notified to the ECB.
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Done at Brussels, 20 November 2000.
For the Council
The President
H. VΓ©drine
(1) OJ L 167, 7.7.2000, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 139, 11.5.1998, p. 30.
(3) OJ L 22, 29.1.1999, p. 69. Decision as amended by Decision 2000/223/EC (OJ L 71, 18.3.2000, p. 24).