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Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article R232-41-15 of the French Sports Code

The Secretary General of the French Anti-Doping Agency shall inform the World Anti-Doping Agency, the International Federation concerned and, where applicable, the foreign National Anti-Doping Organisation concerned, of the identity of the persons to whom athletes may not have recourse or whose services they may not seek under Article L. 232-9-1.

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Article R232-41-16 of the French Sports Code

Federations shall inform the French Anti-Doping Agency, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by any means that guarantees the origin and receipt of this transmission of information, of the identity of their licensed athletes or members of the support staff of licensed athletes who use, directly or indirectly, in the context of their sporting or professional activity, the services of the persons mentioned in I of article L….

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Article R232-42 of the French Sports Code

In accordance with the annual national testing programme defined by the College, testing operations are initiated by the Director of the Testing Department, in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 232-12. Only the Director of the Testing Department, the employees of this department authorised by the Director and the employees of the General Secretariat of the Agency know the identity of the persons who will be subject to a…

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Article R232-43 of the French Sports Code

The samples are sent to the laboratory used in a form that respects anonymity. The analyses are carried out in accordance with international standards. With the exception of substances for which a decision limit as defined in Annex 1 of the World Anti-Doping Code is specified in the Prohibited List or in a technical document established by the World Anti-Doping Agency, the presence in an athlete’s sample of any quantity…

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Article R232-44 of the French Sports Code

A Scientific Steering Committee is set up within the Agency to assist it with scientific matters. To this end: 1° Each year, it proposes to the College at least one call for research projects relating to the fight against doping and issues an opinion on the projects submitted; 2° It assists the Agency in drawing up its research strategy; 3° The Board of the Agency and the Secretary General may…

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Article R232-45 of the French Sports Code

The provisions of this section apply to tests carried out, pursuant to 1°, 2°, 3° and 4° of I of article L. 232-5, by the French Anti-Doping Agency, either on its own initiative or at the request of approved sports federations.

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Article R232-46 of the French Sports Code

The decision prescribing a test mentioned in article R. 232-45 is taken by the Director of the Testing Department of the Agence française de lutte contre le dopage and designates the person or persons approved under the conditions provided for in article R. 232-68 or the body mentioned in the first paragraph of II of article L. 232-5, who are responsible for the test. The mission order that the Director…

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Article R232-46-1 of the French Sports Code

The testing operations referred to in Article L. 232-14-1 may only be carried out if the athlete has given his consent. This consent may be sought and obtained by: the director of the testing department of the French Anti-Doping Agency; -a competent international sporting body; -the organiser of an international sporting event. It is valid for all the tests mentioned in article L. 232-14-1 carried out on French territory or…

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Article R232-46-2 of the French Sports Code

The Director of the Testing Department of the French Anti-Doping Agency and the competent international sports bodies shall send each other, by any means, information relating to the consents obtained. Organisers of international sporting events shall, by any means, forward to the French Anti-Doping Agency and to the competent international sporting body information relating to the consents obtained.

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Article R232-46-3 of the French Sports Code

Subject to the definition provided by each federation mentioned in 3° of article L. 230-2, the competition period begins at 11.59 p.m. on the day before a competition in which the athlete is due to take part and ends at the end of this competition or, where applicable, at the end of any sampling process linked to this competition. Unless otherwise provided for in the agreement referred to in 2°…

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