31In that connection, the plea based on infringement of Article 48(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, which prohibits the introduction of any new pleas in law in the course of proceedings, must be dismissed from the outset. It is clear from the file on the case that on 26 January 1996 the Court of First Instance requested the applicants to determine the amount of the difference between their remuneration up to their reclassification on 1 January 1994 and the remuneration which they would have obtained if they had been reclassified in Category B 5 on 1 January 1991 with the successful candidates in Competition B/228. Since that request was based on Article 64(3) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance, that Court was entitled to base itself on the replies received, without infringing Article 48(2) of those Rules, a fortiori since the Council had the opportunity of stating its views on that point at the hearing.
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