French Sports Code

Approved veterinary surgeons are authorised to take any samples that are useful for their work, and in particular : 1° To collect urine ; 2° to take blood samples 3° To collect substances administered to the animal by any means whatsoever; 4° to take a sample from any part of the animal or from any element in contact with the animal.

The samples and examinations referred to in article R. 241-5 must, on pain of nullity, be taken under the following conditions: 1° The materials required to collect the substances mentioned in article R. 241-5 must be supplied by the laboratory responsible for carrying out the analysis; 2° Each sample referred to in Article R. 241-5 must be distributed by the approved veterinarian in sufficient quantities in two sealed containers bearing…

Approved veterinarians shall draw up a report of the conditions under which they carried out the sampling and examinations. Any supporting documents produced by the person or persons mentioned in 1° of article R. 241-4 shall be attached to the report. In the event of the animal being prevented or refused from undergoing sampling and examination, the approved veterinarian shall draw up a report setting out the circumstances in which…

When an approved veterinarian wishes, for the purposes of a test, to be assisted by a delegated member of the competent sports federation, he shall make his request either to that federation or to its local officials. The federation delegate may not attend the interview provided for in 1° of article R. 241-4. In the event of a refusal to appoint a delegate from the federation, this is noted in…

The approved veterinarian shall forward to the Agence Française de Lutte Contre le Dopage (French Anti-Doping Agency) the report and, where applicable, the conclusions he draws for the performance of his duties from the medical examination he has carried out. A copy of the report is given to the person responsible for the animal. The approved veterinarian shall send the samples referred to in article R. 241-5 to the laboratory…

Laboratories may be contracted by the French Anti-Doping Agency to analyse the substances and detect the processes mentioned in article L. 241-2.

The laboratory to which the samples referred to in article R. 241-5 have been sent analyses the first of the samples referred to in article R. 241-6 and draws up an analysis report. It retains the second sample for possible control analysis. This control analysis is automatic if it is requested by the person or persons mentioned in 1° of article R. 241-4. It is carried out in the same…

The analysis reports are sent to the French Anti-Doping Agency.