Judgment_paragraph 35 · Roca Sanitario, SA v European Commission (C-636/13 P)

35In accordance with Article 48(2) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court in the version in force at the date of the judgment under appeal, 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. An argument which does not expand upon an argument raised previously, whether directly or by implication, in the original application and which is not closely connected with that previous argument must be regarded as a new plea (see, to that effect, judgment of 12 November 2009, SGL Carbon v Commission, C‑564/08 P, not published, EU:C:2009:703, paragraphs 20 to 34, and of 16 December 2010, AceaElectrabel Produzione v Commission, C‑480/09 P, EU:C:2010:787, paragraph 111).