French Sports Code

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.

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…