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Article D232-78 of the French Sports Code

Reasons are given for refusal of authorisation, in compliance with the rules set out in article L. 1110-4 of the Public Health Code. The applicant and, where applicable, the person(s) exercising parental authority or the legal representative of the person concerned, are notified of the refusal in a sealed envelope, together with the reasoned unfavourable opinion of the committee of experts provided for in article L. 232-2.

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Article R232-82 of the French Sports Code

All the medical examinations and documents required to examine the authorisation application are at the applicant’s expense. The applicant pays a flat-rate contribution to the costs of this investigation, according to a tariff set by the agency.

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Article D232-83 of the French Sports Code

The Therapeutic Use Exemption does not replace the certificate attesting to the absence of contraindication to participation in sporting competitions issued pursuant to article L. 231-2-1. It does not replace a doctor’s prescription for the substance or method whose use it authorises.

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Article D232-84 of the French Sports Code

Decisions granting Therapeutic Use Exemptions are forwarded by the French Anti-Doping Agency to the World Anti-Doping Agency as well as to the International Federation concerned and, where applicable, to the foreign National Anti-Doping Organisation concerned, within twenty-one days of their notification. The same applies to decisions rejecting an admissible application. In accordance with Article L. 232-2, the French Anti-Doping Agency will review its decision if requested to do so by…

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Article D232-84-1 of the French Sports Code

When the French Anti-Doping Agency decides to reject or grant an application for recognition of a Therapeutic Use Exemption issued by an International Federation or a body referred to in 4° of article L. 230-2, it shall inform the issuing authority and the World Anti-Doping Agency within twenty-one days.

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Article R232-85-2 of the French Sports Code

The French Anti-Doping Agency is authorised to create an automated personal data processing system to facilitate the exchange of information relating to Therapeutic Use Exemptions between this Agency, National Anti-Doping Agencies, the World Anti-Doping Agency, organisations responsible for major events within the meaning of 2° of Article L. 230-3 and international sports federations. This processing brings together data concerning the substance which is the subject of an authorisation or the…

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Article R232-85-3 of the French Sports Code

The purpose of the processing mentioned in Article R. 232-85-2 is to : 1° Gathering information on athletes within the meaning of Article L. 230-3 who have been or are holders of a Therapeutic Use Exemption; 2° Promoting the mutual recognition of exemptions issued, in their area of competence, by the authorities mentioned in the first paragraph of Article R. 232-85-2; 3° To avoid the initiation of criminal and disciplinary…

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Article R232-85-4 of the French Sports Code

The following categories of data are recorded in the French automated personal data processing system mentioned in Article R. 232-85-3: 1° Data relating to the athlete’s civil status: a) Surname and first name; b) Date of birth; c) Sex; 2° Indication of the sporting discipline for which the authorisation has been requested; 3° Indication of the pathology whose treatment justified the granting of the authorisation; 4° Details of the authorised…

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Article R232-85-5 of the French Sports Code

I.-The data collected directly by the French Anti-Doping Agency pursuant to article R. 232-85-4 is used for processing. II-This processing is also fed by data of the same nature made available to the French Anti-Doping Agency by : 1° The World Anti-Doping Agency from the anti-doping administration and management system hosted on a secure internet platform in Canada; 2° An international sports federation on condition that the place where the…

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Article R232-85-6 of the French Sports Code

The only persons authorised to record or modify the data referred to in Article R. 232-85-4 are the person appointed by the President of the French Anti-Doping Agency to perform the duties of head of the Agency’s medical service and the agents placed under his authority.

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