35As regards the notification of the decision of the Board of Appeal, a finding of an infringement of the Rules of Procedure would not suffice to annul the contested decision, since irregularities in the procedure for notifying a decision are extraneous to the decision and therefore cannot invalidate it (Case 48/49 ICI v Commission [1972] ECR 619, paragraph 39; and Joined Cases T-78/96 and T-170/96 W v Commission [1998] ECR-SC I-A-239 and II-745, paragraph 183). In any event, there has been no infringement of a substantial procedural requirement, since the decision was in fact notified to the applicant, which was not prevented from defending its rights (Case T-323/00 SAT.1 v OHIM (SAT.2) [2002] ECR II-2839).
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