Judgment_paragraph 901 · Republic of Lithuania and Others v European Parliament and Council of the European Union (C-541/20)

901According to that case-law, the duty to consult the Parliament in the course of the legislative procedure, in the cases provided for by the Treaty, includes the requirement that the Parliament be reconsulted 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 wish of the Parliament itself (see, to that effect, judgment of 16 July 1992, Parliament v Council, C‑65/90, EU:C:1992:325, paragraph 16 and the case-law cited). That requirement of due consultation of the Parliament is regarded as an essential formal requirement, failure to comply with which renders the measure concerned void (see, to that effect, judgment of 5 July 1995, Parliament v Council, C‑21/94, EU:C:1995:220, paragraph 17).