se tenir

Sur le plan de la procédure, nous étions tenus à la rédaction de ce rapport.
Procedurally, we in the European Parliament are bound by this report.
À Rome, nous avons commencé notre travail en tant que missionnaires et les enfants se sont immédiatement habitués. Neuf mois après, le responsable de la communauté nous communique sa dernière décision : nous étions tenus de rentrer au Brésil.
In Rome, we started our missionary work and the children immediately adjusted, but after nine months the leaders of the community decided to call us back to Brazil.
Mesdames et Messieurs, en vertu des décisions adoptées à Séville, nous étions tenus de planifier la présidence grecque en collaboration avec la prochaine présidence, à savoir la présidence italienne, dans le but de pouvoir élaborer un programme d'action opérationnel annuel.
Ladies and gentlemen, under the decisions taken in Seville, we were required to plan the Greek Presidency in collaboration with the next presidency, the Italian Presidency, so that an annual operational action programme could be formulated.
Nous étions tenus informés, mais nous n'étions pas colégislateurs.
We were informed, but we were not colegislators.
Nous étions tenus par notre devoir.
We were duty-bound, were we not?
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