54Nor, as the Office rightly points out in its response, can Rule 18(2) of the implementing regulation be applied by analogy in this case. Such an approach would be contrary to the fundamental distinction drawn by the legislature between, on the one hand, the conditions which the notice of opposition must satisfy in order to be admissible and, on the other hand, the conditions concerning the production of the facts, evidence and arguments and of the documents in support of the opposition, which fall within the scope of the examination of that opposition.
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