Judgment_paragraph 17 · Internationaler Hilfsfonds eV v Commission of the European Communities (C-331/05 P)

17The Court may, of its own motion, on a proposal from the Advocate General or at the request of the parties, order the reopening of the oral procedure under Article 61 of its Rules of Procedure, if it considers that it lacks sufficient information or that the case must be dealt with on the basis of an argument which has not been debated between the parties (see the order of 4 February 2000 in Case C-17/98 Emesa Sugar [2000] ECR I-665, paragraph 18, and Case C-210/03 Swedish Match [2004] ECR I-11893, paragraph 25).