(Special legislative procedure – consultation)

The European Parliament,

–  having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2018)0334),

–  having regard to Article 113 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C8‑0269/2018),

–  having regard to Rule 78c of its Rules of Procedure,

–  having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A8-0307/2018),

1.  Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

2.  Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, in accordance with Article 293(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;

3.  Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

4.  Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to substantially amend the Commission proposal;

5.  Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.

Text proposed by the Commission   Amendment Amendment 1 Proposal for a directive Recital 2 a (new) (2a)   In its judgment of 17 May 2018 in Case C-30/17 Kompania Piwowarska1a the Court of Justice ruled on the calculation of the degree Plato. ____________ 1a Judgment of the Court of Justice of 17 May 2018, Kompania Piwowarska, C-30/17, ECLI:EU:C:2018:325. Amendment 2 Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 Directive 92/83/EEC Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a All the ingredients of the beer, including those added after fermentation, shall be taken into account for the purposes of measuring the degree Plato.; All the ingredients of the beer, with the exception of those added after the completion of fermentation, shall be taken into account for the purposes of measuring the degree Plato.