686In this respect, it should be observed at the outset that that plea of objective justification is being raised for the first time at the stage of the proceedings before the Court. The Court would point out that, although the Commission is required to take into account a possible objective justification for conduct which may constitute an abuse of a dominant position, it is still necessary for the undertaking concerned to raise that objective ground of justification during the administrative procedure and put forward arguments and evidence in support thereof (see, to that effect, Case C-95/04 P British Airways v Commission [2007] ECR I-2331, paragraph 69, and Microsoft v Commission, paragraph 32 above, paragraph 1144). That is more specifically the case where the undertaking concerned is alone aware of that objective justification or is naturally better placed than the Commission to disclose its existence and demonstrate its relevance.
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