69According to settled case-law, the obligation of the General Court to state reasons, pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 296 TFEU and Article 36 of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union, is an essential procedural requirement that must be distinguished from the question whether the reasoning is well founded (see, to that effect, judgment of 30 November 2016, Commission v France and Orange, C‑486/15 P, EU:C:2016:912, paragraph 79).
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