Judgment_paragraph 224 · Republic of Lithuania and Others v European Parliament and Council of the European Union (C-541/20)

224Similarly, it is apparent from the case-law of the Court that, where the EU legislature amends substantial elements of the proposal submitted by the Commission, point 15 of the Interinstitutional Agreement does not impose any firm obligation on that legislature to carry out an update of the Commission’s impact assessment, since that point provides only for the possibility of such an update where the Parliament and the Council ‘consider this to be appropriate and necessary for the legislative process’ (see, to that effect, judgment of 13 March 2019, Poland v Parliament and Council, C‑128/17, EU:C:2019:194, paragraph 43).