Chapter II: Combating doping

It is forbidden for any person to aid or abet, or attempt to aid or abet, a violation of the anti-doping rules.

Where such conduct does not constitute Tampering, an Athlete or other Person shall not: a) intimidate or threaten any person with a view to dissuading that person from communicating in good faith to the World Anti-Doping Agency, an anti-doping organisation, the judicial authority, a person entrusted with public authority, an administrative authority or a professional body with sanctioning powers, a hearing body or a person conducting an investigation on behalf…

Persons authorised by the French Anti-Doping Agency or requested by the persons mentioned in article L. 232-13 are authorised to carry out tests ordered by the Agency and sworn in, as well as persons working on behalf of a body mentioned in the first paragraph of II of article L. 232-5. These persons are bound by professional secrecy under the conditions set out in article 226-13 of the French Penal…

Testing operations are carried out by the Director of the Testing Department of the French Anti-Doping Agency, who may delegate this task to agents under his hierarchical authority. The persons mentioned in article L. 232-11 may take biological samples intended to reveal the use of prohibited methods or to detect the presence of prohibited substances in the body. Only the persons mentioned in article L. 232-11 and who are authorised…

The biological samples mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 232-12 may be taken for the purpose of establishing the profile of relevant parameters in the urine or blood of an athlete for the purpose of revealing the use of a substance or method prohibited under article L. 232-9. The information gathered in this way may be processed by the French Anti-Doping Agency in accordance with the provisions of…

I.-For the sole purpose of detecting the presence in an athlete’s sample and the use by that athlete of a substance or method prohibited pursuant to Article L. 232-9, the laboratory accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency in France may, on the basis of blood or urine samples from athletes which are sent to it and in the event that other available techniques do not allow them to be detected,…

Testing may be carried out : 1° As part of the annual testing programme mentioned in 1° of I of article L. 232-5 or at the request of an approved federation ; 2° Or at the request of a) The World Anti-Doping Agency ; b) A National Anti-Doping Organisation; or c) An international sports organisation within the meaning of article L. 230-2.

Checks may be carried out : 1° In any place where a training session or event mentioned in article L. 230-3 is taking place; 2° In any establishment mentioned in article L. 322-2, in which physical or sporting activities are practised, as well as in its annexes; 3° In any place, including the athlete’s home, where the test can be carried out while respecting the athlete’s privacy and intimacy; 4°…

The tests referred to in Article L. 232-13 are conducted after the athlete has been notified of the test, either: 1° By the person responsible for taking the sample ; 2° By a person designated by the person responsible for taking the sample. The procedure for notifying the athlete of the test shall be determined by decree. Where an athlete is not subject to the whereabouts requirements set out in…

In carrying out their testing duties, the persons mentioned in article L. 232-11 may only enter the places mentioned in 1° to 3° of article L. 232-13-1 between 6 a.m. and 11 p.m., or at any time when these places are open to the public or when a sporting event or training session in preparation for one is in progress. They may be assisted, at their request, by an anti-doping…