69It is nevertheless necessary to consider the conclusions to be drawn from that error of law. According to settled case-law, a procedural irregularity leads to annulment of all or part of a decision only if it is established that the content of that decision could have differed if that irregularity had not occurred (Joined Cases 209/78 to 215/78 and 218/78 Van Landewyck and Others v Commission [1980] ECR 3125, paragraph 47, and Case 150/84 Bernardi v Parliament [1986] ECR 1375, paragraph 28; Case T-62/98 Volkswagen v Commission [2000] ECR II-2707, paragraph 283, and Case T-279/02 Degussa v Commission [2006] ECR II-897, paragraph 416). Similarly, it is clear from a combined reading of subparagraphs (2) and (3) of Article 63 of Regulation No 40/94 that decisions of the Boards of Appeal may be annulled or altered only where they contain a substantive or procedural irregularity (CaseT-247/01 eCopy v OHIM (ECOPY) [2002] ECR II-5301, paragraph 46 ).
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