Section 2: French Anti-Doping Agency

I.-The French Anti-Doping Agency, an independent public authority, defines and implements actions to combat doping. To this end, it cooperates with the World Anti-Doping Agency and with the anti-doping organisations that are signatories to the World Anti-Doping Code. To this end: 1° It defines an annual testing programme; 2° It carries out controls under the conditions set out in this chapter: a) During sporting events organised by approved federations or…

The French Anti-Doping Agency comprises a College and a Sanctions Committee.

The College of the French Anti-Doping Agency comprises nine members appointed by decree: 1° Three members of the administrative and judicial courts: -a Conseiller d’Etat, appointed by the Vice-President of the Conseil d’Etat ; -a Councillor at the Cour de Cassation, appointed by the First President of that court, who exercises the powers of the President in the event of the latter’s absence or impediment; -an Advocate General at the…

One third of the Agency’s College is renewed every two years. In the event of a vacancy, the gender of the replacement is determined so as to reduce, as far as possible, the difference between the total number of women and the total number of men among the nine members of the college and the person mentioned in 1° of II of article L. 241-1. The Agency’s College may only…

I.-The number of women and men to be appointed at each renewal, as well as the drawing of lots provided for in the fourth paragraph of this article, shall be determined six months before the expiry of the terms of office, in such a way that : -the difference between the number of women and the number of men appointed at the time of this renewal is at most equal…

The Sanctions Committee of the French Anti-Doping Agency comprises ten members appointed by decree: 1° Four members of the administrative and judicial courts: a) Two members of the Conseil d’Etat, including at least one Conseiller d’Etat, appointed by the Vice-President of the Conseil d’Etat; b) Two magistrates from the Cour de cassation, including at least one Conseiller, appointed by the First President of the Cour de cassation; 2° Four leading…

The Sanctions Committee may set up sections chaired by one of the persons mentioned in 1° of Article L. 232-7-2. The vice-chairman chairs the Sanctions Committee if the chairman is absent. If the Chairman and Vice-Chairman are unable to attend, the Committee is chaired by one of the other members mentioned in 1° of article L. 232-7-2. When it meets as a section and in the absence of its chairman,…

To carry out its tasks, the agency may call on experts or qualified persons.