Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

When the athlete has refused to consent to the monitoring operations mentioned in article L. 232-14-1, the liberty and custody judge of the judicial court in whose jurisdiction the test is carried out or the liberty and custody judge of the judicial court provided for by the decree mentioned in I of article 706-2 of the code of criminal procedure may, at the request of the director of the testing…

I.- Athletes in the target group designated for one year by the Agence française de lutte contre le dopage (French Anti-Doping Agency) are required to provide precise and up-to-date information on their whereabouts to enable the tests mentioned in article L. 232-5 to be carried out: 1° Athletes registered on the list of top-level athletes, elite athletes or national teams within the meaning of this code, or athletes who have…

Any athlete designated by the French Anti-Doping Agency to be part of the Registered Testing Pool mentioned in article L. 232-15 or by an International Federation to be part of a Registered Testing Pool created by the latter, who ceases to belong to this pool due to the decision taken by the person concerned to definitively abandon competition, must inform the Agency and his International Federation, in writing, of his…

On the occasion of an international sports event, the French Anti-Doping Agency may: 1° At the request of the international sports organisation responsible for the event, carry out tests at the event site on behalf of this organisation. It may also take additional samples or ask the laboratory responsible for analysing them to carry out additional types of analysis. It informs the international organisation of this; 2° After obtaining the…

Any person who is subject to a suspension by virtue of a decision pronounced by an anti-doping organisation signatory to the World Anti-Doping Code or by the competent body hearing an appeal against such a decision, as well as any person who has accepted such a suspension, shall be prohibited from participating in competitions and events and from exercising the functions and activities mentioned in 2° of I of Article…

Analyses of samples taken by the French Anti-Doping Agency are carried out, under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat, by any laboratory designated for this purpose by the Agency and accredited or approved by the World Anti-Doping Agency. The Agency also carries out research activities.

When the Secretary General of the Agence française de lutte contre le dopage decides to carry out the investigations mentioned in 3° of I of article L. 232-5, he shall authorise the investigators in accordance with the procedures laid down by decision of the College.

The investigators of the French Anti-Doping Agency may have recourse, for the purposes of an ongoing investigation, to experts registered on a list of legal experts, to the persons mentioned in article L. 232-11 or to competent persons or authorities. These persons may receive remuneration from the French Anti-Doping Agency in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down by decision of the College. The Secretary General of the French…

In the context of the investigations mentioned in articles L. 232-5 and L. 232-18-1, professional secrecy may not be invoked against the French Anti-Doping Agency and its investigators or, where applicable, against the persons or authorities mentioned in article L. 232-18-2, when they are assisting the French Anti-Doping Agency, except by court officers.

For the purposes of the investigation, the investigators may: 1° Obtain any documents, whatever their medium; 2° Summon and interview any person likely to be able to provide them with information. These interviews are recorded in minutes signed by the investigators and the persons interviewed; 3° Gain access to premises used for professional purposes, to any place where training or an event mentioned in article L. 230-3 is taking place…