135In that regard, it must be recalled that, under Article 76(d) of the Rules of Procedure, the application must include a summary of the pleas in law relied upon. In addition, according to consistent case-law, that summary must be sufficiently clear and precise to enable the defendant to prepare its defence and for the General Court to rule on the action, if necessary without needing to request further information. If an action is to be admissible, the essential points of fact and law on which it is based must be apparent from the text of the application itself, even if only stated briefly, provided the statement is coherent and comprehensible, in order to ensure legal certainty and the sound administration of justice. Likewise, according to settled case-law, any plea which is not adequately articulated in the application initiating the proceedings must be held to be inadmissible. Similar requirements apply where a complaint is relied upon in support of a plea. That absolute bar to proceedings must be raised ex officio by the EU court (see, to that effect, judgments of 12 May 2016, Italy v Commission, T‑384/14, EU:T:2016:298, not published, paragraph 38 and the case-law cited, and of 12 February 2020, Kampete v Council, T‑164/18, not published, EU:T:2020:54, paragraph 112).