56Thus, to hold, in the circumstances of the present case, that the AECC would necessarily have adopted an identical decision if the applicant had been given the opportunity to make known his views effectively during the administrative procedure would amount to rendering meaningless the fundamental right to be heard, enshrined in Article 41(2)(a) of the Charter, since the very content of that right implies that the person concerned must have the possibility of influencing the decision-making process at issue (see, to that end, judgments of 14 September 2011, Marcuccio v Commission, T‑236/02, EU:T:2011:465, paragraph 115, and of 5 October 2016, ECDC v CJ, T‑395/15 P, not published, EU:T:2016:598, paragraph 80).