Judgment_paragraph 46 · Ziegler SA v European Commission (C-439/11 P)

46The first subparagraph of Article 48(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court provides that no new plea in law may be introduced in the course of proceedings unless it is based on matters of law or of fact which come to light in the course of the procedure. However, a plea or an argument which may be regarded as amplifying a plea put forward previously, whether directly or by implication, in the original application and which is closely connected therewith must be declared admissible (see, to that effect, the order in Case C-430/00 P Dürbeck v Commission [2001] ECR I-8547, paragraph 17).