Any athlete designated by the French Anti-Doping Agency to be part of the Registered Testing Pool mentioned in article L. 232-15 or by an International Federation to be part of a Registered Testing Pool created by the latter, who ceases to belong to this pool due to the decision taken by the person concerned to definitively abandon competition, must inform the Agency and his International Federation, in writing, of his intention to resume a sporting activity which would lead him to once again fall within the scope of 1° to 5° of article L. 232-15.
During the six months following the transmission of the information to the Agency, the athlete is not authorised to take part in national or international events, unless he can justify an exemption granted by the World Anti-Doping Agency, after consultation with the relevant International Federation and the Agency, where the strict application of this rule would be unfair to him.