Judgment_paragraph 35 · Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic (C-375/95)

35The Court has consistently held that the Commission must indicate, in any application made under Article 169 of the Treaty, the specific complaints on which the Court is asked to rule and, at the very least in summary form, the legal and factual particulars on which those complaints are based (see, inter alia, Case C-52/90 Commission v Denmark [1992] ECR I-2187, paragraph 17). An application does not satisfy that requirement if the Commission's complaints are not accurately set out in it and simply appear by way of reference to the reasons set out in the letter of formal notice and in the reasoned opinion (Case C-43/90 Commission v Germany [1992] ECR I-1909, paragraphs 7 and 8).