68It should be borne in mind that, under Article 21 of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union and Article 44(1)(c) of the Rules of Procedure of 2 May 1991, each application is required to state the subject matter of the proceedings and a summary of the pleas in law on which the application is based. The information given must be sufficiently clear and precise to enable the defendant to prepare its defence and the Court to decide the case, if necessary without other supporting information (judgment of 30 January 2007, France Télécom v Commission, T‑340/03, ECR, EU:T:2007:22, paragraph 166). Furthermore, the Courts of the European Union have held that it must be accepted that the statement of pleas in the application need not match the terms and the order used in the Rules of Procedure and that the presentation of those pleas, in terms of their substance rather than their legal classification, might be sufficient if the applicant set them out with sufficient clarity (see order of 21 May 1999, Asia Motor France and Others v Commission, T‑154/98, ECR, EU:T:1999:109, paragraph 55 and the case-law cited).
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