The judicial authority may, at the discretion of the public prosecutor, communicate to the French Anti-Doping Agency any information it gathers in the course of legal proceedings which may give rise to a presumption of doping or the commission of acts prohibited under this chapter. It shall communicate to the Agency, spontaneously or at the request of the latter, the decisions handed down by the judicial courts in the context of these proceedings.
Unless otherwise indicated by the public prosecutor, the information communicated to the French Anti-Doping Agency in application of the previous paragraph remains, where applicable, protected by the secrecy of the investigation or enquiry and may not therefore be mentioned or placed in the file of disciplinary proceedings.
The French Anti-Doping Agency shall inform the public prosecutor, within six months of receiving the information or at any time at the request of the public prosecutor, of the progress of the research or investigations it has carried out following the communication of information pursuant to the first paragraph.
The agency shall also inform the public prosecutor of the final decision it has taken following this communication.