Subsection 2: Disciplinary proceedings before the Enforcement Committee

The Board may take a decision to close the case if it finds that the violation of which the person concerned is accused has not been established. This decision is notified by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by letter delivered against receipt, to the person concerned, to the sports federation and professional league concerned as well as, by any means, to the World Anti-Doping Agency and the international…

I.- Once the notification of grievances has been sent to the Enforcement Committee, the Chairman of the Enforcement Committee assigns the case, depending on its nature and complexity: 1° to a panel consisting of one member appointed pursuant to the fourth paragraph of Article L. 232-7-2 ; 2° to a section, if the Committee has set up a section under the conditions provided for in II of Article R. 232-12-1;…

The person concerned may be represented by a person appointed by him for this purpose. He may also be assisted by one or more persons of his choice. If the person concerned does not speak or understand the French language sufficiently, he or she may, at his or her request, be assisted by an interpreter at the expense of the agency. The person concerned, the person(s) with parental authority or…

The member of the Board or the agent appointed pursuant to the last paragraph of Article R. 232-11, who has access to all the documents in the file, will receive a copy of the interested party’s written observations on the grievances notified to him from the Board’s secretariat and may respond in writing. The reply is communicated to the respondent.

The person concerned and his/her counsel, accompanied, where applicable, by the person(s) exercising parental authority or the legal representative, shall be summoned to appear before the Sanction Committee of the French Anti-Doping Agency by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by letter delivered against receipt, at least fifteen days before the date of the hearing. The summons is simultaneously sent to the President of the Agency. The World Anti-Doping…

The accused party and the President of the French Anti-Doping Agency shall be informed of the identity of the members of the panel that will examine the case. A party wishing to challenge a member of the panel must, on pain of inadmissibility, submit a request within seven days of being notified of the composition of the panel or, where applicable, of the information referred to in the previous paragraph….

The person concerned and his counsel, where applicable, the person(s) with parental authority or the legal representative, as well as the representative of the Agency’s College, the World Anti-Doping Agency, the International Federation and, where applicable, the foreign national organisation, the sports federation and the professional league concerned, may submit written or oral observations to the Sanction Commission. Where such observations are made in writing, they must be received at…

The chairman of the panel appoints a rapporteur from among its members. The rapporteur draws up a report setting out the facts and the conditions under which the proceedings were conducted. The rapporteur may carry out any useful investigations, without being able to impose any coercive measures, the results of which are added to the file and communicated to the person concerned and to the Board before the meeting. When…

The rapporteur presents his report orally at the hearing. The member of the Board or the agent of the Agency appointed pursuant to the last paragraph of Article R. 232-11 may attend the hearing and present observations. Where appropriate, the member of the Board may be assisted by an agent of the Agency. The person concerned, his counsel and, where applicable, the person(s) exercising parental authority or the legal representative…

To take account of geographical distance or professional or medical constraints, the chairman of the panel called upon to reach a decision may decide, with the agreement of the person subject to the disciplinary procedure, that the deliberations will be organised by means of an audiovisual conference. The rules of procedure of the Sanction Committee shall determine the procedures for identifying the parties, hearing third parties and ensuring the confidentiality…