Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

I. – The presence in an athlete’s sample of any of the substances on the prohibited list referred to in the last paragraph of this article, their metabolites or markers, is prohibited. It is the responsibility of each athlete to ensure that no prohibited substance enters his or her body. The violation of the prohibition mentioned in the previous paragraph is established by the presence, in a sample provided by…

I.-It is forbidden for any athlete or any other person to use directly or indirectly, in the context of their professional or sporting activity, the services or advice of a member of the athlete support personnel: 1° Who has been the subject of an administrative sanction that has become final for a breach of the provisions of Articles L. 232-9, L. 232-9-2, L. 232-9-3, L. 232-10, L. 232-10-3 or L….

During the tests provided for in articles L. 232-12 to L. 232-16, it is forbidden: 1° To evade taking a sample; 2° To refuse, without valid justification, to take a sample after being notified of the test; 3° Intentionally or negligently failing, without valid justification after being notified of the test, to take a sample.

Any combination of three breaches of the whereabouts obligations set out in article L. 232-15 during a continuous period of twelve months is subject to the administrative sanctions set out in articles L. 232-21-1 to L. 232-23-3-12. For the purposes of this article, any breaches of the whereabouts obligations set out in article L. 232-15 identified by the French Anti-Doping Agency, as well as any breaches of whereabouts obligations identified…

It is prohibited: 1° For any person to administer or attempt to administer to athletes one or more substances or methods included on the list of prohibited substances mentioned in article L. 232-9. The following do not constitute a breach of this prohibition a) Actions undertaken in good faith by medical personnel involving a Prohibited Substance or a Prohibited Method used for legitimate and lawful therapeutic purposes or for which…

The international sports bodies responsible for initiating or carrying out anti-doping controls at international sports events, as well as the organisers of national or international sports events and their agents who, in the course of their duties, become aware of any of the offences referred to in articles L. 232-25 and L. 232-26, shall report them to the competent judicial authority.

All athletes, athlete support personnel, sports federations and any body, member or agent of a sports federation shall cooperate with anti-doping organisations that are signatories to the World Anti-Doping Code investigating anti-doping rule violations and shall report to the French Anti-Doping Agency any breach of the provisions of this chapter of which they become aware. In the event of a breach of these obligations and except where the breach constitutes…

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…