Chapter II: Combating doping

The anti-doping delegate is required, at the request of the person in charge of the test, to participate in the selection of the athletes to be tested and to assist the latter in the test operations. He may not be present during the operations provided for in 1° to 3° of article R. 232-49.

If an anti-doping delegate has not been appointed or if the obligation mentioned in article R. 232-60 to provide assistance has not been fulfilled, the person in charge of the test shall make a note of this in the test report. He may request the assistance of a person mentioned in article R. 232-52. Under no circumstances may the absence or refusal of assistance from an anti-doping delegate prevent the…

The person responsible for the test shall send a copy of the test report to the person concerned, where applicable, to the persons with parental authority or to the legal representatives and to the French Anti-Doping Agency. It shall forward the samples collected, together with a copy of the test report, to the laboratory called upon in application of article L. 232-18, in a form that respects anonymity.

Samples are transported to and stored by the laboratory used in application of Article L. 232-18 under appropriate temperature conditions specified by the Agency. They must ensure the integrity of the samples, the safety of personnel and the confidentiality of procedures.

The laboratory called upon in application of article L. 232-18 analyses the A sample sent in application of article R. 232-62. Unless otherwise requested by the Agency, it retains the B sample with a view to a possible control analysis. This is carried out automatically at the request of the person concerned. It is carried out at the athlete’s expense and under the conditions provided for by international standards. If…

The laboratory called upon in application of article L. 232-18 shall draw up an analysis report setting out the results of the analyses and the types of methods used. The laboratory shall send the analysis report to the Secretary General of the Agency by any means. In accordance with international standards, the laboratory shall communicate, by any means, atypical or abnormal test results to the Testing Authority, if other than…

The storage of samples after their analysis by the laboratory called in by the French Anti-Doping Agency in application of article L. 232-18 is carried out under the technical conditions provided for by international standards. The storage period is ten years from the date of the first analysis when the sample was taken : 1° At an international sporting event, within the meaning of Article L. 230-2 ; 2° During…

The agreement provided for in II of article L. 232-5 specifies the conditions under which the French Anti-Doping Agency transmits information to the Ministry responsible for sport to enable the State to carry out its tasks of preventing doping and combating trafficking in prohibited substances.