Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Testing operations are carried out by the Director of the Testing Department of the French Anti-Doping Agency, who may delegate this task to agents under his hierarchical authority. The persons mentioned in article L. 232-11 may take biological samples intended to reveal the use of prohibited methods or to detect the presence of prohibited substances in the body. Only the persons mentioned in article L. 232-11 and who are authorised…

The biological samples mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 232-12 may be taken for the purpose of establishing the profile of relevant parameters in the urine or blood of an athlete for the purpose of revealing the use of a substance or method prohibited under article L. 232-9. The information gathered in this way may be processed by the French Anti-Doping Agency in accordance with the provisions of…

I.-For the sole purpose of detecting the presence in an athlete’s sample and the use by that athlete of a substance or method prohibited pursuant to Article L. 232-9, the laboratory accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency in France may, on the basis of blood or urine samples from athletes which are sent to it and in the event that other available techniques do not allow them to be detected,…

Testing may be carried out : 1° As part of the annual testing programme mentioned in 1° of I of article L. 232-5 or at the request of an approved federation ; 2° Or at the request of a) The World Anti-Doping Agency ; b) A National Anti-Doping Organisation; or c) An international sports organisation within the meaning of article L. 230-2.

Checks may be carried out : 1° In any place where a training session or event mentioned in article L. 230-3 is taking place; 2° In any establishment mentioned in article L. 322-2, in which physical or sporting activities are practised, as well as in its annexes; 3° In any place, including the athlete’s home, where the test can be carried out while respecting the athlete’s privacy and intimacy; 4°…

The tests referred to in Article L. 232-13 are conducted after the athlete has been notified of the test, either: 1° By the person responsible for taking the sample ; 2° By a person designated by the person responsible for taking the sample. The procedure for notifying the athlete of the test shall be determined by decree. Where an athlete is not subject to the whereabouts requirements set out in…

In carrying out their testing duties, the persons mentioned in article L. 232-11 may only enter the places mentioned in 1° to 3° of article L. 232-13-1 between 6 a.m. and 11 p.m., or at any time when these places are open to the public or when a sporting event or training session in preparation for one is in progress. They may be assisted, at their request, by an anti-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.