44However, according to settled case-law, a procedural irregularity can justify the annulment of an act only if, without such an irregularity, the outcome of the procedure might have been different (see, to that effect, judgment of 14 February 2017, Kerstens v Commission, T‑270/16 P, not published, EU:T:2017:74, paragraph 74 and the case-law cited).