106As the Advocate General observed at points 130 to 132 of his Opinion, it is clear from the beginning of paragraph 336 of the judgment under appeal, which is worded as follows: ‘... even if it is assumed that ... — which has not been demonstrated — ...’, that this ground is included purely for the sake of completeness and is autonomous by reference to the conclusions which the Court of First Instance drew at paragraphs 332 to 335, cited at paragraph 72 of this judgment. According to settled case-law, the Court rejects outright complaints directed against grounds of a judgment of the Court of First Instance which are included purely for the sake of completeness, since they cannot lead to its being set aside (order in Case C-137/95 P SPO and Others v Commission [1996] ECR I-1611, paragraph 47, and judgment in Case C-362/95 P Blackspur and Others v Council and Commission [1997] ECR I-4775, paragraph 23).
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