55.— (1) Where a sum of money payable or remaining to be paid under an external confiscation order is expressed in a currency other than the euro, the confiscation co-operation order shall require payment of an equivalent euro amount, calculated at the baseline rate of exchange prevailing between that currency and the euro on the date of the making of the confiscation co-operation order.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a certificate—

(a) purporting to be signed by an officer of a financial institution (within the meaning of Part 2 ) in the State, and

(b) stating the baseline rate of exchange prevailing on a specified date between a specified currency and the euro,

is admissible, without further proof, as evidence of the exchange rate so prevailing on that date.