When it does not constitute the violation mentioned in 4° of article L. 232-10, the fact that any person, within the framework of the investigations mentioned in 3° of I of article L. 232-5 and in article L. 232-18-1, at the request of the investigators and subject to the preservation of a legally protected secret enforceable against the French Anti-Doping Agency, to refuse to give access to a document, whatever its medium, and to provide a copy, to refuse to communicate information or to respond to a summons or to refuse to give access to the premises, places or establishments mentioned in 3° of article L. 232-18-4 shall be liable to the suspension provided for in article L. 232-23, which may not exceed two years, or to a fine of up to 15,000 euros.
These sanctions are imposed under the conditions set out in articles L. 232-21-1 to L. 232-23. The decision of the Sanctions Committee or the agreement reached in accordance with article L. 232-22 may give rise to the publication referred to in article L. 232-23-6.