209In this case, the general reference to the matters set out in the pleas relating to the gravity of the infringement, in order to demonstrate the existence of the attenuating circumstances relied on, does not enable the Court to determine precisely the scope of the plea alleging attenuating circumstances. Although it is possible that the basic legal and factual particulars relied on by Roquette are set out in the application, it is nevertheless important for the applicant to present them coherently and intelligibly. In particular, it is not the task of the Court to search through all the matters relied on in support of a first plea in order to ascertain whether those matters could also be used in support of a second plea and, in this instance, which matters could be used for which type of attenuating circumstance. The fact that the Commission made a special point of attempting, despite the flagrant vagueness of this plea, to identify any of the applicant's arguments relied on in the context of its reasoning relating to the plea regarding the gravity of the infringement which could, where appropriate, be reiterated in support of the plea alleging attenuating circumstances, and to reply to them in that context, does not alter that conclusion. Indeed, that position adopted by the Commission amounts merely to a hypothesis as to the exact scope of the plea raised by Roquette. It does not serve to determine with certainty the exact scope of Roquettes plea based on the existence of attenuating circumstances.
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