Section 2: Role of sports federations

Sports federations look after the health of their members and to this end take the necessary measures, particularly with regard to training programmes and the calendar of competitions and sporting events that they organise or authorise. They undertake prevention and education initiatives in conjunction with the Ministry of Sport or as part of the education programme defined by the French Anti-Doping Agency. They provide information to licence-holders and their managers…

Sports federations cooperate in the fight against doping with international federations and national anti-doping organisations. To this end, either spontaneously or at the request of the French Anti-Doping Agency, they provide it with any information necessary for it to carry out its duties. Through the regulations they issue, they ensure the effectiveness of the decisions taken by the French Anti-Doping Agency in application of Section 4 of Chapter II of…

I.-The delegated sports federations are responsible for organising the medical surveillance to which their licence holders registered on the list of elite sportsmen and women mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 221-2 are subject. An order from the Minister for Sport defines the nature and frequency of the medical examinations carried out as part of this surveillance. Delegated sports federations may define additional medical examinations adapted to their…

An individual record booklet is issued to each athlete mentioned in article L. 231-6 or to their legal representative, by the sports federation to which they belong. This booklet only contains information of a sporting nature and medical information relating to sporting activities. Only doctors approved in application of article L. 232-11 are authorised to have this booklet shown to them during the tests provided for in article L. 232-12.

When an athlete sanctioned in application of articles L. 232-21-1 to L. 232-23-3-12 requests the return, renewal or issue of a sports licence, the competent federation shall make this return, renewal or issue subject to the production of a certificate issued by a doping prevention medical unit following an interview between a doctor and the person concerned. During this interview, the doctor may suggest that the athlete undergo the monitoring…