54However, it follows from settled case-law developed in cases whose circumstances were comparable to that of the present case that, in the case of circumscribed powers, lack of competence cannot entail the annulment of the contested decision, since an annulment on the ground of lack of competence of the maker of the contested decision can give rise, once that defect is remedied on that date on which it occurred, only to the adoption of a decision of identical substance (see, to that effect, judgments of 6 July 1983 in Geist v Commission, 117/81, ECR, EU:C:1983:191, paragraphs 6 and 7; 9 October 1992 in De Persio v Commission, T‑50/91, ECR, EU:T:1992:104, paragraphs 18, 22 and 24; and 19 January 2010 in De Fays v Commission, T‑355/08 P, ECR-SC, EU:T:2010:16, paragraphs 57 and 58).
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