Judgment_paragraph 16 · European Parliament v Council of the European Communities (C-65/90)

16The case-law of the Court indicates that the duty to consult the European Parliament in the course of the legislative procedure, in the cases provided for by the Treaty, includes the requirement that the Parliament be reconsulted on each occasion when the text finally adopted, viewed as a whole, departs substantially from the text on which the Parliament has already been consulted, except in cases where the amendments essentially correspond to the wishes of the Parliament itself (see the judgments in Case 41/69 Chemiefarma v Commission [1970] ECR 661 and Case 817/79 Buyl v Commission [1982] ECR 245).