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Subsection 3: Automated processing of personal data known as "Therapeutic Use Exemptions for Sportsmen and Sportswomen".

Article R232-85-2 of the French Sports Code

The French Anti-Doping Agency is authorised to create an automated personal data processing system to facilitate the exchange of information relating to Therapeutic Use Exemptions between this Agency, National Anti-Doping Agencies, the World Anti-Doping Agency, organisations responsible for major events within the meaning of 2° of Article L. 230-3 and international sports federations. This processing brings together data concerning the substance which is the subject of an authorisation or the…

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Article R232-85-3 of the French Sports Code

The purpose of the processing mentioned in Article R. 232-85-2 is to : 1° Gathering information on athletes within the meaning of Article L. 230-3 who have been or are holders of a Therapeutic Use Exemption; 2° Promoting the mutual recognition of exemptions issued, in their area of competence, by the authorities mentioned in the first paragraph of Article R. 232-85-2; 3° To avoid the initiation of criminal and disciplinary…

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Article R232-85-4 of the French Sports Code

The following categories of data are recorded in the French automated personal data processing system mentioned in Article R. 232-85-3: 1° Data relating to the athlete’s civil status: a) Surname and first name; b) Date of birth; c) Sex; 2° Indication of the sporting discipline for which the authorisation has been requested; 3° Indication of the pathology whose treatment justified the granting of the authorisation; 4° Details of the authorised…

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Article R232-85-5 of the French Sports Code

I.-The data collected directly by the French Anti-Doping Agency pursuant to article R. 232-85-4 is used for processing. II-This processing is also fed by data of the same nature made available to the French Anti-Doping Agency by : 1° The World Anti-Doping Agency from the anti-doping administration and management system hosted on a secure internet platform in Canada; 2° An international sports federation on condition that the place where the…

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Article R232-85-6 of the French Sports Code

The only persons authorised to record or modify the data referred to in Article R. 232-85-4 are the person appointed by the President of the French Anti-Doping Agency to perform the duties of head of the Agency’s medical service and the agents placed under his authority.

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Article R232-85-7 of the French Sports Code

I.-The data mentioned in article R. 232-85-4 is communicated to the World Anti-Doping Agency. II.The following have access to this data with the consent of the French Anti-Doping Agency: 1° An international sports federation, provided that the place where the processed data is hosted meets the conditions mentioned in 2° of II of article R. 232-85-5; 2° A National Anti-Doping Agency, provided that the place where the processed data is…

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Article R232-85-8 of the French Sports Code

The information and personal data recorded in the automated processing may not be kept for more than eighteen months from the expiry of the period of validity of the authorisation. However, in the event of a dispute, this period shall be extended, if necessary, until an irrevocable court decision has been reached.

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Article R232-85-9 of the French Sports Code

The head of the medical department of the Agence française de lutte contre le dopage, deputised where necessary by the scientific adviser to the President of the Agency, is responsible for compliance with the rules governing the management of the data processing. The right of access and rectification may be exercised with this data controller under the conditions set out in articles 39, 40 and 43 of law no. 78-17…

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