Judgment_paragraph 41 · MasterCard Inc. and Others v European Commission (C-382/12 P)

41In order to guarantee legal certainty and the sound administration of justice, the summary of the pleas in law of the applicant must be sufficiently clear and precise to enable the defendant to prepare its defence and the competent court to rule on the action (see, to that effect, judgment in Grifoni v EAEC, EU:C:1991:95, paragraph 18). Thus, it is not for the General Court to seek and identify in the annexes the pleas on which it may consider the action to be based (see judgment in Dansk Rørindustri and Others v Commission, EU:C:2005:408, paragraphs 97 and 100). Similar requirements are called for where a submission is made in support of a plea in law raised before the General Court (see judgment in Versalis v Commission, EU:C:2013:386, paragraph 115).