3.2.3  Departures  from any other applicable International Standard or  other anti -doping rule or policy set forth in these Rules  shall not invalidate analytical  results  or other evidence of an anti-doping rule violation, and shall not constitute a defence to an anti-doping rule violation, provided, however, i f the Athlete or other Person establishes that a departure from one of the specific  International Standard provisions listed below could  reasonably have caused an anti -doping rule violation based on an  Advers e Analytical Finding or whereabouts failure , then the  IOC shall have the burden to establish that such departure did not  cause the Adverse Analytical Finding or whereabouts failure:   3.2.3.1  a departure from the International Standard  for Testing and Investigations related to Sample  collection or Sample  handling which could reasonably have caused an anti -doping rule violation based on an Adverse  Analytical  Finding , in which case the IOC shall have the burden to establish that such departure did not cause the Adverse  Analytical  Finding ;  3.2.3.2  a departure from the International  Standard for Results Management or International  Standard for Testing and Investigations related to Adverse  Passport Finding  which could reasonably have caused an anti -doping rule violation, in which case the IOC shall have the burden to establish that such departure did not cause the anti -doping rule violation;      IOC Anti-Doping  Rules  applicable  to the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad Paris 2024   10 / 49 3.2.3.3  a departure from the International  Standard for Results Management  related to the requirement to provide notice to the Athlete  of the B Sample  opening which could reasonably have caused an anti -doping rule violation based on an Adverse  Analytical  Finding , in which case the IOC shall have the burden to establish that such departure did not cause the Adverse  Analytical  Finding ;  3.2.3.4  a departure from the International  Standard for Results Management  related to Athlete  notification which could reasonably have caused an anti -doping rule  violation based on a whereabouts failure, in which case the IOC shall have the burden to establish that such departure did not cause the whereabouts failure .