Judgment_paragraph 55 · ClientEarth v European Commission (T-108/17)

55Next, again as a preliminary remark, it should be noted that the pleas and arguments raised before the General Court in an action for annulment of a decision rejecting a request for internal review can be regarded as being admissible only in so far as those pleas and arguments have already been presented by the applicant in the request for internal review, and in such a way that the Commission has been able to respond (see, to that effect, judgment of 15 December 2016, TestBioTech and Others v Commission, T‑177/13, not published, under appeal, EU:T:2016:736, paragraph 68).