31Having regard to the very purpose of the adversarial procedure, which is to avoid a situation in which the Court may be influenced by arguments which could not have been discussed by the parties, the Court may of its own motion, or on a proposal from the Advocate General, or at the request of the parties, order the reopening of the oral procedure in accordance with 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, inter alia, order in Case C-17/98Emesa Sugar [2000] ECR I-665, paragraph 18, and Case C-42/07Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional and Bwin International [2009] ECR I-7633, paragraph 31 and the case-law cited).