# 2009 discharge: EU general budget, Council

European Parliament procedure 2010/2144(DEC) (DEC - Discharge procedure, 7th term, committee CONT). Stage: Procedure completed. 39 committee amendments tabled by 5 Members between 2011-02-21 and 2011-09-08.

## What the amendments focus on

This dossier is the 2009 discharge for the Council within the EU general budget. Amendments debate Parliament's entitlement under Article 319 TFEU to adopt separate discharge decisions and the 'gentlemen's agreement', whether to grant or postpone discharge to the Secretary-General of the Council given its refusal to attend the responsible committee, a formal cooperation procedure, budgetary transfers, travel expenses funded from interpretation underspending, and allocations to the Residence Palace building.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crescenzio RIVELLINI | Italy | PPE | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97199.md |
| Inés AYALA SENDER | Spain | S&D | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28292.md |
| Monica MACOVEI | Romania | PPE | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96824.md |
| Marta ANDREASEN | United Kingdom | ECR | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96954.md |
| Søren Bo SØNDERGAARD | Denmark | GUE/NGL | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/37676.md |

## Official source documents

- PE458.798: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-458.798+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE472.102: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-472.102+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2010-2144-DEC · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2010-2144-DEC.json

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