96As regards the first plea in the action for annulment, it must be recalled that it follows from the first paragraph of Article 21 of the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union, which applies to the General Court by virtue of the first paragraph of Article 53 of that statute, and from Article 76(d) of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court, that an application initiating proceedings must, in particular, contain the subject matter of the proceedings, the pleas in law and arguments relied on and a summary of those pleas in law. That information given must be sufficiently clear and precise to enable the defendant to prepare its defence and the General Court to rule on the action. In order to guarantee legal certainty and the sound administration of justice it is necessary, in order for an action before the General Court to be admissible, that the basic legal and factual particulars relied on be indicated, at least in summary form, coherently and intelligibly in the application itself (see, to that effect, judgments of 29 March 2012, Commission v Estonia, C‑505/09 P, EU:C:2012:179, paragraph 34, and of 3 March 2022, WV v EEAS, C‑162/20 P, EU:C:2022:153, paragraphs 67 and 68).
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