Chapter II: Combating doping

Independently of the application of the provisions of Articles L. 232-13-1 and L. 232-14, the testing operations mentioned in Article L. 232-12 as well as those falling within the competence of the international sports organisations that are signatories to the World Anti-Doping Code may take place at an athlete’s home or place of accommodation between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m., while respecting the athlete’s privacy and intimacy, when the athlete…

The testing operations mentioned in Article L. 232-14-1 may only be carried out if the athlete has given his consent to the director of the testing department of the French Anti-Doping Agency or to the competent international sports organisation. The consent of the athlete may be sought by the director of the testing department of the French Anti-Doping Agency or the relevant international sports organisation. The athlete has one month…

When the athlete’s consent has been obtained in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 232-14-2, the testing operations referred to in article L. 232-14-1 may be initiated on the basis of a reasoned decision by the director of the testing department of the French Anti-Doping Agency, with regard to the criteria set out in the same article L. 232-14-1.

When the athlete has refused to consent to the monitoring operations mentioned in article L. 232-14-1, the liberty and custody judge of the judicial court in whose jurisdiction the test is carried out or the liberty and custody judge of the judicial court provided for by the decree mentioned in I of article 706-2 of the code of criminal procedure may, at the request of the director of the testing…

I.- Athletes in the target group designated for one year by the Agence française de lutte contre le dopage (French Anti-Doping Agency) are required to provide precise and up-to-date information on their whereabouts to enable the tests mentioned in article L. 232-5 to be carried out: 1° Athletes registered on the list of top-level athletes, elite athletes or national teams within the meaning of this code, or athletes who have…

Any athlete designated by the French Anti-Doping Agency to be part of the Registered Testing Pool mentioned in article L. 232-15 or by an International Federation to be part of a Registered Testing Pool created by the latter, who ceases to belong to this pool due to the decision taken by the person concerned to definitively abandon competition, must inform the Agency and his International Federation, in writing, of his…

On the occasion of an international sports event, the French Anti-Doping Agency may: 1° At the request of the international sports organisation responsible for the event, carry out tests at the event site on behalf of this organisation. It may also take additional samples or ask the laboratory responsible for analysing them to carry out additional types of analysis. It informs the international organisation of this; 2° After obtaining the…

Any person who is subject to a suspension by virtue of a decision pronounced by an anti-doping organisation signatory to the World Anti-Doping Code or by the competent body hearing an appeal against such a decision, as well as any person who has accepted such a suspension, shall be prohibited from participating in competitions and events and from exercising the functions and activities mentioned in 2° of I of Article…

Analyses of samples taken by the French Anti-Doping Agency are carried out, under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat, by any laboratory designated for this purpose by the Agency and accredited or approved by the World Anti-Doping Agency. The Agency also carries out research activities.

When the Secretary General of the Agence française de lutte contre le dopage decides to carry out the investigations mentioned in 3° of I of article L. 232-5, he shall authorise the investigators in accordance with the procedures laid down by decision of the College.