Departures from any other rules set forth in these Anti -Doping Rules, UCI Regulations, any International Standard  or other anti -doping rule or policy set forth in the Code  shall not invalidate analytical  results or other evidence of an anti -doping rule violation, and shall not constitute a defense to an anti -doping rule violation; provided, howe ver, if the Rider  or other Person  establishes that a departure from one of the specific UCI Regulations or International Standard  provisions listed below could reasonably have caused an anti -doping rule violation based on an Adverse Analytical Finding , an Adverse Passport Finding  or whereabouts failure, then the UCI shall have the burden to establish that such departure did not cause the Adverse Analytical Finding  or the whereabouts failure:   (i)  a departure from the UCI Testing  & Investigation Regulations  or 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  or an  Adverse Passport Finding , in which case the UCI shall have the burden to establish that such departure did not cause the Adverse Analyti cal Finding ;  (ii)  a departure from the UCI Results Management  Regulations, UCI Testing  & Investigations Regulations, International Standard  for Results Management  or International Standard  for Testing  and Investigations related to an Adverse Passport Fin ding which could reasonably have caused an anti -doping rule violation, in which case the UCI shall have the burden to establish that such departure did not cause the anti -doping rule violation;   (iii)  a departure from the UCI Results Management  Regulatio ns or International Standard  for Results Management  related to the requirement to provide notice to the Rider  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 UCI shall have the burden to establish that such departure did not cause the Adverse Analytical Finding ; [Comment to Article  3.2.4 (iii): The UCI would meet its burden to establish that such departure did not cause the Adverse Analytical Finding by showing that, for example, the B Sample opening and analysis were observed by an independent witness and no irregularities were obs erved.]