121Accordingly, it is also necessary to consider whether such an error, committed by the Commission, means that the contested decision is vitiated by a purely formal defect or, instead, a substantial procedural defect such as to entail its annulment as regards the correction of 5%, on account of infringement of the principles of legal certainty and protection of legitimate expectations.
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