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Article L232-25 of the French Sports Code

Opposing the performance of the duties entrusted to the agents and persons authorised pursuant to article L. 232-11 is punishable by six months’ imprisonment and a fine of €7,500. Failure to comply with suspension orders issued pursuant to articles L. 232-21-1, L. 232-23, L. 232-23-3-3 to L. 232-23-3-9 is punishable by the same penalties.

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Article L232-26 of the French Sports Code

I.-The possession, without a duly justified medical reason, of one or more prohibited substances or methods set by order of the Minister for Sport is punishable by one year’s imprisonment and a fine of €3,750. This order lists the non-specified substances and methods identified on the list of bans mentioned in article L. 232-9. II – The following are punishable by five years’ imprisonment and a fine of €75,000: 1°…

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Article L232-27 of the French Sports Code

Natural persons guilty of the offences provided for in article L. 232-26 of this Code shall also be liable to the following additional penalties: 1° Confiscation of the substances or processes, objects or documents used to commit the offence or to facilitate its commission; 2° Display or dissemination of the decision handed down, under the conditions set out in article 131-35 of the Criminal Code; 3° Closure, for a period…

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Article L232-28 of the French Sports Code

Legal entities declared criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Penal Code, for the offences defined in article L. 232-26 shall incur, in addition to the fine set out in article 131-38 of the French Penal Code : a) The additional penalties provided for by 2°, 8° and 9° of article 131-39 of the French Criminal Code ; b) Closure, for a period of…

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Article L232-30 of the French Sports Code

The following may exercise the rights conferred on civil parties in respect of the offences referred to in this section: 1° The French National Olympic and Sports Committee for acts committed during competitions for which it is responsible; 2° The sports federations approved by the Minister for Sport, each insofar as it is concerned, except where the offender is subject to its disciplinary powers. When proceedings are instituted in application…

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Article L241-1 of the French Sports Code

I.-The French Anti-Doping Agency defines and implements the actions set out in article L. 232-5 to combat animal doping. II – It carries out the tasks entrusted to it by this title under the following conditions: 1° A person with expertise in veterinary medicine takes part in the College’s deliberations relating to the fight against animal doping; 2° For the application of the provisions of articles L. 241-6 and L….

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Article L241-2 of the French Sports Code

It is forbidden to administer or apply to animals, during sporting events organised by an approved federation or authorised by a delegated federation or by a specialised commission set up in application of article L. 131-19, or with a view to taking part in them, substances or processes of such a nature as to artificially modify their abilities or to mask the use of substances or processes having this property….

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Article L241-3 of the French Sports Code

I.-It is forbidden for any person to: 1° Facilitating or encouraging the administration of the substances mentioned in article L. 241-2, or facilitating or encouraging the application of the processes mentioned in the same article; 2° Prescribing, administering, applying, transferring or offering one or more of the processes or substances mentioned in article L. 241-2 ; 3° Producing, manufacturing, importing, exporting, transporting, holding or acquiring the processes or substances mentioned…

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Article L241-4 of the French Sports Code

The provisions of Section 3 of Chapter II of Title III of this Book, with the exception of Articles L. 232-9, L. 232-9-2, L. 232-9-3, L. 232-10, L. 232-10-3 and L. 232-10-4, shall apply to checks and findings of offences relating to animal doping under the conditions laid down by the Conseil d’Etat decree referred to in Article L. 241-9. For the application of the first paragraph, samples from any…

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