93It must be borne in mind that, under Article 21 of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union and Article 44(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court, the application initiating proceedings must contain a brief statement of the pleas in law on which the application is based. That statement must be sufficiently clear and precise to enable the defendant to prepare its defence and the Court to rule on the action, if necessary without any other supporting information. The application must, accordingly, specify the nature of the grounds on which it is based, with the result that a mere abstract statement of the grounds does not satisfy the requirements of the Rules of Procedure (Case T-102/92 Viho v Commission [1995] ECR II-17, paragraph 68; Case T-352/94 Mo och Domsjö v Commission [1998] ECR II-1989, paragraph 333; and Case T-224/10 Association belge des consommateurs test-achats v Commission [2011] ECR II-7177, paragraph 71). Since the applicants have not in any way specified the nature of their complaint alleging infringement of Article 28 of the basic regulation, that complaint must be rejected as inadmissible.
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